Ctrl-Z 0 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Seen this one Marine Bay Sands in Singapore Nuts. Any more nutty hotels out there? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Wow that place looks well.....crazy. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 The place looks REALLY stupid from Singapore. Might be fab inside but is an eyesore with no architectural integrity, like some preschool kid put his plastic boat on leggo. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Aren't you the dude that wanted to plonk some containers in the middle of Hakuba, pete? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Just got back from Singapore on Monday night. Only saw that place from a moving vehicle, but it certainly looked schmick. I am quite impressed with all the improvements. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I've been some very cool love hotels. I know one thing for sure though no matter how nice that hotel is I have no intention of ever going to Singapore. A big, hot city in the tropics where it never snows....what on earth would be the attraction? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Originally Posted By: brit-gob Aren't you the dude that wanted to plonk some containers in the middle of Hakuba, pete? Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 That dream is not dead yet Watch this space..... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 there's a hotel in one of the old eastern bloc countries, think its might be the Czech Republic, that recreates Communist-era hotels.　Drab, grey and horrible looking......its apparently fairly successful Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver there's a hotel in one of the old eastern bloc countries, think its might be the Czech Republic, that recreates Communist-era hotels.　Drab, grey and horrible looking......its apparently fairly successful Must be where the Chinese guys stole the idea from Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 That's a great hotel. Pool on the roof. Viewing gallery costs 20 sing. Not worth the money. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 This is a mad hotel Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Originally Posted By: panhead_pete That dream is not dead yet Watch this space..... Any more news on this yet? it has gone quiet Pete. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Well the land deal fell over Rob as the price jumped 30% above what was agreed at about 80% through the precess so I walked away in disgust. Bought a house on the Sunshine Coast instead and will be throwing coin at renovating that but will be looking again at land in Hakuba when I'm there in just over two weeks as much is happening there development wise and it would be nice to ride some of that wave so to speak. I am still researching the concept of containers for housing, if on a slightly smaller scale (1 story, 4 containers) and still feel its very viable and that there is possibly a global demand for affordable transportable housing. Whilst I was initially against any sort of cladding on the outside I saw this in Munich the other day and like the effect. Seems something like this would "blend" with the environment better then a huge picture of Dali There is also an oxidising paint now that mimics rust which looks great. Link to post Share on other sites
mitchpee 10 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Pete if you go through with this I have a friend who has more engineering degrees than one could fathom and specializes in sustainable living for houses. He has awesome ideas like cheap ways to make vertical gardens and many others. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Hook me up matey Link to post Share on other sites
Ross 4 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Pete where did you buy on the Sunny coast Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Buddina - its where I grew up and will hopefully retire too soon. Opps this has been a huge thread hijack... To help get it back on track - my containers house ideas are contained in this thread, I was thinking out loud for most of it, some of those thoughts were a bit odd http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/366078/1.html Now lets get this back to mad hotels Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Dunno, those crates are pretty mad! Link to post Share on other sites
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