Ok, hopelessly may be pushing it. It’s not like I’m sending them stalker letters or visiting them first thing of the day. That said, I do really, super, very much adore this blog. It’s not an architect blog, more a smattering of stuff - mostly wicked cool stuff.

I don’t know why, but lately I’ve been stretching out from my usual feast of architect and green blogs, and while I was doing so, one blog I found happened to be Electro^Plankton. It was a good find though, because look at this stellar house they have posted:

It’s not so much a house as it is a chapel, but it’s weirding me out. Mainly because they note that it’s, “Off highway 1 in California” yet I never saw it. Was I in a complete fog in California or what? Maybe. See another picture of this hat-like abode.

They also have this item below, which I don’t like at all - but it is Offbeat material. I thought it might be fun to guess at this one. First take a look:

Can you tell what this item is? Before you look. I knew what it was, but for a few minor seconds, I had this feeling it was something else - what does it look like to you? Don’t cheat.

In any case, you can visit Electro^Plankton to see more of the strange and slick items they feature: I suggest you start with the following posts - perfect Offbeat Homes what not…

• If The Doorknob’s A-missin’, Don’t Come A-knockin’
• Artlebedev Defendius Door Chain - this post is too cool - go see.
• The Cell Toilet
• OMG Billboard Homes!

[All pics, links, etc, above via Electro^Plankton - the hopeless love is all me though]

I’ll admit it, not all of this architecture is technically shiny, but all of it makes me delightfully happy, thus I can name it how I see it.

Contemporist has the most amazing, octagon dreamy, above the trees, weird home you’ve seen in a while - check it out.

Treehugger unveils the hyper neat newspaper house:

Ah yes, it took about 150,000 papers, but the house got built. To see this recycled darling in progress visit Treehugger.

Sensory Impact has the most beautiful array of lighting systems, blown to look like bubbles. I can’t believe I missed these before, they’re really very unique and amazing. They’re calling to me.

I was reading Tropolism, where I saw a link to A Daily Dose of Architecture, who has the actual image shots of Aqua - the new wavy insane Chicago structure. If you saw the renderings being passed around the web, you might think this building would come off a little funny in reality, but it’s actually looking like you’d expect in your happiest dreams. Below is a rendering, but Daily Dose has the full scoop go see!

And because Daily Dose wasn’t on my list of visits today, and I only saw Aqua thanks to Tropolism, you should go show them some love. Back in Feb they had the cool Dubai Autodrome, a building that looks sort of likely to walk off when you’re not looking.

And that’s what I’m reading today. What cool structures do you like lately?