Collection by Dave Morin
If you’re looking for a relaxing getaway that can be used as your own personal Zen spa, you’ll find everything you could want within the House of Ki, a private estate in Texas that was designed by Stern and Bucek Architects. Combining wood, glass, tile, and touches of metal, this bathroom looks out to the neighboring Buffalo Bayou river through a substantial window wall.
Copenhagen's future waste-to-energy plant features the a ski slope and a smokestack that will blow "rings" of CO2, which each represent one ton of emissions. Combining a environmentally sustainable building with a social program—the ski slope—represents Ingels' theories of "hedonistic sustainability" and "bigamy." Photo via B.I.G.