How Cool Are These? . . .

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Huts:

The Lepine Mountains is a mountain range in Italy noted for its grottoes and wildlife anfd popular with hikers using the walking trails.  Each year the ”Carpineto Mountain Refuge” competition aims to promote the territory and the landscape of the Lepine Mountains by having young designers submit plans and proposals for huts for hikers on those trails.  The aim is to promote the design of imaginative huts at locations that already have tourist facilities but that lack architecture style and quality.  Huts are to:

·       be sustainable both in the choice of materials and in the use of passive and active integrated energy systems integrated into the composition of architectural volume;

·       be maximum 5 metres high, area not to exceed 20 square metres;

·       contain 4 beds, a kitchen (basic services), a  relaxation area and a toilet/dressing room (essential services).

Some designs:

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These are actually wall tapestries . . .

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. . . and these are floor rugs . . .

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A rustic kitchen in a mountain home:

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A log table:

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Tree bookshelf:

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Industrial crane hooks:

Awww...

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Portraits on worn paint brushes by Alexandra Dillon:

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German artist Martin Roller uses objects found on the streets to create artistic works:

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Predator statue:

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Rings: