Itsy Bitsy Babe

Would You Live Underwater?

Originally introduced at the Dubai International Boat Show in 2015, the Floating Seahorse Villas are unlike anything you’ve seen.

For starters, the villas float like anchored boats – albeit without listing from side to side.And each three-story retreat features an entire floor submerged beneath the sea, with two enormous windows – each measuring 269 square-feet (25 square-meters) – that provide front-row seats to marine life.

“This is an original idea, to have a boat villa with a submerged floor where you can experience the feeling of stepping down into the master bedroom, be in contact directly with the walls, and see the reef, the marine life all around you – you’re surrounded by it,” says the project’s architect, Gianfranco Rasile.

326. Walter Gropius & Adolph Meyer /// Adolf Sommerfeld House /// Berlin-Dahlem, Germany /// 1920-22

Nora Hallway

Objects by Alachie and Brick Sims

Teeny-tiny set of 3 objects. A large circle mirror, a pile of books with a mesh basket, and a long pillow.

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O'Flaherty House Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland; 1963-65

Michael Scott (photography by Henk Snoek)

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