So I stumbled across this bonkers hotel while surfing for coolness. It’s the Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. and it is crazy cool. Built half on land, half on water with access to the marina. The shell of the hotel is created to resemble the tossing of a fishing net, and the LED colour [...]

Living space – Planning and arrangement of a 110 sqm apartment in a historic building. The principal part was planning the kitchen: Crucial aim was to combine functionality and living space. The kitchen cabinets were designed especially for the apartment using high-quality surfaces. The spacious square sculpture-like wall unit opposite the cabinets also holds a [...]

Behold! Apparati Effimeri’s “TETRAGRAM FOR ENLARGEMENT” is one twisted, mind-bending piece of work. Through the use of projected light (and, the absence of light), we witness something as grand and tangible as a castle, meld, mold, melt, and continually rebuild itself. The presentation features a glitchy audial adventure from Be Invisible Now! – so if [...]

I love summers, especially patios during the summer. Hitting up the patio scene is definitely on the top of my list of rad things to do. Yes, that’s right. I said rad. Jealous? I’m always on the hunt, trying to find the next best patio-centric hot spot. Lis, James, Christy and myself ventured to one [...]

This is an installation that artist Leo Villareal created for the National Gallery of Art. Multiverse, the name of the installation, spans a 200 foot walkway running from the east to west concourse of the buildings. This installation consists of 41,000 programmed LED lights. This installation by Villareal started in September of 2008 and will [...]

It’s a very tetris week here on the SplashFan, and I thought I’d share this product that would make any shower or back splash 100% less boring… Tetris tiles.  Knowing that you can choose your schematic in layout and colour scheme (they even match Pantone colours), makes this the most designy *slash* beautifully-nerdy concept ever.  [...]

This modular home has been around the blogosphere more than a few times but still stands out as an incredibly creative concept and worth a post.  This exhibitionist form was created by architects Pieter Peelings and Silvia Mertens, of Sculp(IT). They created a livable space from 4 shipping containers stacked and cleverly placed between two [...]

Located in London, England, lies this visually stunning and modern restaurant and lounge. With cleverly hidden lighting and sparingly decored with intimate all-white furniture, it acts as a canvas for projecting light and colour. Thus creating an atmosphere that is focused on ambiance and mood. If you are in the area of, or, on route [...]

I was planning on posting this one yesterday but certain natural forces kept me away from said Internet. An architect friend found this bizarre mock-up of the KL IT Hub in Malaysia. Take 2 parts Gundam robots, 2 parts moon, a blood-red sky, and a spaceship thrown in for good measure. Coming to a Kuala [...]

Quite the atomic encounter, this restaurant’s aim is to please. It’s first location opened just a few blocks north of it’s newest location and set quite a trend in fast food dining in Calgary. The restaurant has many different flavoured drinks, some consisting of the bubble tea variety. As well, they offer really tasty /  [...]