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Palindromic place names in Germany.

Idea by @dgplacenames & found at @geokaramanis The places are typically parts of towns. Colours reveal some local patterns. Funny that “Aua” - the German equivalent to the English “ouch” - is a place name.

Data: https://www.geonames.org/

Aleksandr Rodchenko

1891-1956

The “Bloomhouse” in Texas is also called the Mushroom House, but I see a fox head on the top of it.

Bloomhouse was built in 1980 and was featured in a number of publications at the time. It served as the graduate degree thesis statement for architect Charles Harker while studying at the University of Texas. He & his friend Dalton Bloom built it.

A quirky fireplace swirls up towards the ceiling.

The home is a study in organic, curvilinear architecture that seeks to find a symbiotic balance between humanity and nature. A series of steps leads up to the kitchen area.

The house is built from steel rebar, polyurethane foam, and cement stucco with cherry wood accents throughout. It was sculpted with a hand-held pruning saw over a seven-month period, and finished with layers of concrete both inside and out

The kitchen features bar seating, a breakfast nook, cherry wood accents and handmade concrete and ceramic tiles.

When the house came on the market in 2017, Dave Claunch, an Austin-area entrepreneur working in the creative industry, and his wife Susan, jumped at the chance to become a part of its history.

The house that’s been dubbed as “the most unusual home in the world” and is known for its organic shape that is supposed to mimic “the flow of the air.”

Handmade terracotta tiling covers the floor while sculpted stucco motifs on the walls undulate in organic shapes.

The bedroom feels almost like an upscale cave. There’s a sunken bedroom design and the room has been decked out with midcentury modern-inspired furniture.

The 1,101-square-foot home features just one bedroom and one bathroom. There are tons of groovy, curvaceous lines and foam work.

Outside, there’s a sizeable wooden deck that looks out into the two-and-a-half wooded hilly acres that the home is set on.

Galdrakver (‘Little Book Of Magic’) The ‘Little Book Of Magic’ is a seventeenth-century Icelandic manuscript, written on animal skin and containing magical staves, sigils, prayers, charms and related texts.