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Life in the Tree Tops of Chile

follyfancier wrote 7 months ago: Technorati Tags: treehouse,folly,hotel  The Baobab Hotel, Huilo Huilo, Chile Hotels in tree houses a … more →

Gotta Lotta Bottle

follyfancier wrote 9 months ago: Monks in Thailand have built a temple complex from over 1 million recycled beer bottles. Above is th … more →

Tags: Folly, Temple, Architecture, Chapel, church

Park in a Skip

follyfancier wrote 1 year ago:                 The young London based artist Oliver Bishop-Young has had the brilliant idea of crea … more →

Tags: Build your own, public art

Dutch folly to rent - in darkest Essex

follyfancier wrote 1 year ago: The Dutch House, Rayleigh, Essex The thatched octagonal Dutch Cottage in Rayleigh, Essex, is thought … more →

Tags: Dutch, octagonal, cottage ornee

Shed on top of the world

follyfancier wrote 1 year ago: image by hyperfocusing.jpg This shed, perched precariously on a ridge on Whistler Mountain, in Briti … more →

Tags: Build your own, Mountain, shed

Ocean Views from the (Concrete) Treetops3 comments

follyfancier wrote 1 year ago: Okinawa Tree House restaurant (Photo credit: Flickr) Purely decorative follies do not spring up like … more →

Tags: concrete tree, Restaurant

Sealed with a (Marmite) Kiss

follyfancier wrote 1 year ago: There is a shortage of follies to report here at present so I thought we might look at some folly-es … more →

Tags: public art, statue

Is it a shed, is it a tower? Who cares, it's a folly!

follyfancier wrote 1 year ago: Shed-tower-folly by Jayne Tarasun, 2007 What better way to start 2008 than with a new folly design b … more →

Tags: Build your own, Modern Folly, tower, shed

Stumpery adrift in the landscape

follyfancier wrote 1 year ago: The Stumpery  – a driftwood cave by Phil Game Follies echo the zeitgeist of their time. In the … more →

Tags: Retro folly, arbour, cave, Garden, Seat, stumpery, Trees

Eerie fusion of past and present

follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Often today it seems the line between follies and works of art in public places, is increasingly blu … more →

Tags: Modern Folly, Retro folly, Architecture, artwork, Folly, public art

Flights of Fancy

follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: The Airplane House Nigeria by Said Jammal Strictly speaking a folly should be a building with no use … more →

Tags: Build your own, Modern Folly, Folly, Architecture, airplane house

Pure Folly but Fun

follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: If you fancy a modern garden folly, but lack the imagination or time, to build one, you can always c … more →

Tags: Build your own, Modern Folly, Retro folly, Architecture, Folly, grotto, shed

"Look within yourself and welcome the light"

follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: The Sky Spaces of James Turrell (1943-) I first encountered Kielder Forest, in northern Northumberla … more →

Tags: Modern Folly, Folly, Architecture, grotto, skyspace, sky space, turrell

Out to See in Kent1 comment

follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: The Samphire Tower Did you ever wonder what they did with all the spoil they dug out to create the C … more →

Tags: Modern Folly, tower, Observation, viewing, Sea

Stumping about in Lincolnshire

follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: The Boston Pendulum Two themes have converged of late in these pages – bikes and the flat Lincolnshi … more →

Tags: Modern Folly, viewing platform

More Bathing Beauty Beach Huts.....

follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Halcyon Hut by Atelier NU Montreal (Quebec) Well I couldn’t resist, the beach huts in the comp … more →

Tags: Build your own, Modern Folly, Architecture, Beach HUT, Folly, shed

Can a Beach Hut ever be a Folly?6 comments

follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Article from Building Design – the Architects website Building Design – the Architects w … more →

Tags: Build your own, Modern Folly, Folly, Architecture, shed, Beach HUT

Power Spot lures lunch time bankers

follyfancier wrote 2 years ago:  The Upper Room, Esplanade/Albany Street, Manhattan, New York For the past few years a major reclama … more →

Tags: Modern Folly, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Temple, Pillars

Monument to a lost love

follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Alster Tower, Boldt Castle, St Lawrence River, September 2007   OK so it isn’t strictly a mode … more →

Tags: Retro folly, tower, Folly


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