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The Magic Mountain casts its spell
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 ti… more →
The Folly Fancier
The Magic Mountain casts its spell
follyfancier wrote 7 months ago: OK so hotels aren’t strictly speaking follies, but when the owners have allowed themselves lic … more →
Good Heavens - a chapel in the garden
follyfancier wrote 7 months ago: Jon and Muriel Richards outside the tiny chapel “Chapel of the Crosses” in their back … more →
The House that Books built
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follyfancier wrote 9 months ago: Case di Libri No 1 Livio De Marchi is a man obsessed with wood. The Italian carver was born in Ven … more →
Life's a ball in a concrete tree
follyfancier wrote 9 months ago: The Hang Nga Hotel in Vietnam This offbeat hotel in Dalat in Vietnam goes by various names, among th … more →
Stadium comes to Confucius?
follyfancier wrote 1 year ago: 1:20 replica of the Bird’s Nest Stadium in bamboo Most of you will be familiar with the … more →
A"butt-er" class of goat shed
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follyfancier wrote 1 year ago: Goat tower in Illinois (those are real goats) Farmer David Johnson of Findlay, Illinois built this m … more →
Have those Druids been at it again?
follyfancier wrote 1 year ago: Standing stone at Brierley, overlooking South Kirby Hillfort (photo by Mothy) Local folklore had a s … more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
"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 →
Out to See in Kent
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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 →
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 →
A Modern "folly" tower for the Millennium
follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Hurlestone Tower, Lilburn, Northumberland Several new folly towers were put up to commemorate the … more →
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 →
Can a Beach Hut ever be a Folly?
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follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Article from Building Design – the Architects website Building Design – the Architects w … more →
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 →
Palladio in Hollywood
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follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Eccentricity and excess mark a centuries-old tradition. Richard Shapiro’s folly began, as m … more →
