Museum of Contemporary Art (Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

One of the most amazing building.

 Built in 1996 the Niteroi, Museum of Contemporary Art in Brazil is anothe strange and beautiful building; the Musium in Niteroi was designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer with help from structural   engineer Bruno Contarini.

The Museum in Rio de Janeiro only allows for a about 60 people in the Hall of Expositions, its impressive structure is likened to a UFO as it has a disc shape set on the cliffside reminiscent of a Science Fiction UFO landing and opening up.

Niemeyer designed a radial structure sixteen feet high, with a deck of fifty meters in diameter and almost 2000 square meters which is based on a single central support cylinder 9 feet in diameter anchored in a giant shoe two meters . This complex structure that appears to float in the air was designed to withstand a weight equivalent to 400 kg / m² and winds up to 200 km / hour.

The large central hall with 462m2, completely free of columns and contoured at the top by a wide space for smaller samples, named as mezzanine, has promoted the implementation of large tables and radial girders under the roof of the Museum. These beams are supported by six pillars of 50 cm in diameter.

Pictures of beams and columns are thus a kind of table that is in turn supported on the structure of the first floor. The weight of the superstructure, transmitted by the columns of the above "table" on the first floor is supported by a set of radial beams prestressed concrete made also on the supporting pillar. These beams are projected on balance about 10 meters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

National centre for the performing arts-The Egg,China

one of the most strange building.

Another stunning building from China is the Chinese National Centre for the Performing Arts this is also known as the National Grand Theatre or ‘The Egg’. A large and unusual building, ‘the Egg’ is found near the Forbidden City near Tiananmen Square and took over 5 years to build. This building is an oval shaped building submerged in water that contains an Opera House, a Concert Hall and a Theater.

Designed by French Architect Paul Andrew this building is both beautiful and enormous as below the surface of the water you can discover underwater corridors, an underwater garage, green space and an artificial lake.

Situated in Beijing,China.

Under water houses

Under water houses are coming...a new concept.

Could you imagine living underwater in a self-sustained pod? I think the idea sounds intriguing, but I bet in real life, it would get old quick. After all, there wouldn’t be any restaurants or nail salons down there, right? :)

Seriously though, this design is very inspiring to me.It’s always interesting to see what creative designers come up with for new and innovative ways for us to live our lives.

This underwater city design, created by designer Phil Paule from the UK, is a completely self-sustained underwater habitat. As you see in the pictures below, it is a central biome surrounded by eight smaller biomes. This entire system, called Sub Biosphere 2, can float on top of the water or travel along the ocean floor; whichever might be necessary in any given situation. Not only can people live inside the biomes, they can even grow food. Wow, this is so cool.

you can have some idea about under water houses by watching the following video.