Posted in Folly-esque on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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The Baobab Hotel, Huilo Huilo, Chile
Hotels in tree houses are not a new concept. But the latest addition to the genre certainly takes the form to new heights.
Parque Huilo Huilo is a sprawling private nature reserve, midway between Neltume and Puerto Fuy, on the east side of Volcán Choshuenco (Choshuenco Volcano) in [...]
Posted in Modern Folly, tagged architecture, Folly, mountain, trees on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK so hotels aren’t strictly speaking follies, but when the owners have allowed themselves licence to indulge their imaginations to construct buildings which serve as hotels while at the same time indulging their wildest fantasies in design and construction, we let them in.
Hotels like the Magic Mountain in Chile are almost always found in the third [...]
Posted in Modern Folly, tagged architecture, chapel on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jon and Muriel Richards outside the tiny chapel “Chapel of the Crosses” in their back garden
A couple fulfilled a two-and-a-half year “labour of love” by building a fully functional miniature chapel in their back garden.
Jon and Muriel Richards spent around £25,000 assembling the sanctuary next to their house in Mappleborough Green, Worcestershire, from pieces they [...]
