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A Luxury Prison Hotel Concept
After serving as one of the Netherlands most feared prisons for almost 150 years, Het Arresthuis, in Roermond, has been converted into a luxury hotel that no one wants to escape from anymore.
Het Arresthuis opened its doors in 1862, as a prison. Obviously, no one came here to stay by their own accord, during the 19th and 20th century, but things have changed a lot since then. The jail closed down for good in 2007, and now that the facility has been transformed into a luxurious hotel, guests actually pay big money to spend at least a night in one of the old holding cells. Although “cells” is not exactly the right word to describe the chic accommodations at Het Arresthuis.
The 105 prisoner’s quarters have been converted into 40 spacious rooms, including 24 standard rooms, 12 deluxe rooms, and four suites, all of which feature modern furnishings and chic interior design. They are all equipped with air conditioning, a flat screen TV, free WiFi, and even a personal coffee and tea machine, and the hotel’s include a sauna, a fitness center, a central patio with olive trees, and an organic herb garden. If you’re wondering about bars, this place has both kinds – the ones you can’t get past and the ones where you can get your drink on.
Just in case you’re worried about jail food, Het Arresthuis staff are quick to reassure guests that the Damiantz restaurant serves more than just water and bread. Patrons can opt for a special jail-themed dinner party, complete with jailhouse attire, but the menu will be a lot scrumptious that what the old prisoners used to get. Looking at all these lovely photos, I think it’s safe to say the Het Arresthuis prison hotel is not a bad place to be doing time.
If you’re looking for more special jails around the world, you might be interested in Bolivia’s San Pedro prison community or Norway’s relaxing Bastoy Prison Island.
Het Arresthuis opened its doors in 1862, as a prison. Obviously, no one came here to stay by their own accord, during the 19th and 20th century, but things have changed a lot since then. The jail closed down for good in 2007, and now that the facility has been transformed into a luxurious hotel, guests actually pay big money to spend at least a night in one of the old holding cells. Although “cells” is not exactly the right word to describe the chic accommodations at Het Arresthuis.
The 105 prisoner’s quarters have been converted into 40 spacious rooms, including 24 standard rooms, 12 deluxe rooms, and four suites, all of which feature modern furnishings and chic interior design. They are all equipped with air conditioning, a flat screen TV, free WiFi, and even a personal coffee and tea machine, and the hotel’s include a sauna, a fitness center, a central patio with olive trees, and an organic herb garden. If you’re wondering about bars, this place has both kinds – the ones you can’t get past and the ones where you can get your drink on.
Just in case you’re worried about jail food, Het Arresthuis staff are quick to reassure guests that the Damiantz restaurant serves more than just water and bread. Patrons can opt for a special jail-themed dinner party, complete with jailhouse attire, but the menu will be a lot scrumptious that what the old prisoners used to get. Looking at all these lovely photos, I think it’s safe to say the Het Arresthuis prison hotel is not a bad place to be doing time.
If you’re looking for more special jails around the world, you might be interested in Bolivia’s San Pedro prison community or Norway’s relaxing Bastoy Prison Island.
10 Apple Awesome Concept Designs
In terms of the design and the aesthetic value of IT wares, there is little dispute that Apple create some of the finest and most creative design for their products that few or no other competitors can match. Over the years, product concept designs by hardcore Apple fans began to surface as Apple started to stand out among its competitors. Although these designs are not going to be marketed as actual products, it reflects the deepest wishes of die-hard Apple fans.
So Here I have compiled some of the best, coolest and most creative Apple Futuristic concept designs created by Apple fans around the globe. I am sure that you will appreciate there efforts.
1. Mac Mini (Slim)
Mac Mini is super-slim concept design of the actual Apple Mac Mini. It has all the features of the original machine but is a lot slimmer. Connect the Mac Mini to an Apple LED displays and you will have a powerful Multimedia computer in-front of you.
2. Apple iView
iView is concept Mac design with curved display that is made for best orientation with the curvature of a human eye. It has a dual-sided display and 2 web-cams on both sides of the display.
3.Apple Tribook
The tribook has exactly what the name and the picture suggest, it has three screens. One is the regular laptop-style screen and the other two can be folded to save the space when they are not in use. It is possible that the fordable screens use the Apple’s patented transparent screen technology, that way when they are folded.
4. MacBook Mini
MacBook mini is a smart concept design goes one further to make MacBooks smaller. It features a foldable trackpad which saves up the space when you are not using the keyboard.
5.Macbook Touch
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The MacBook Touch is actually an iPad concept design with a bigger screen and more I/O ports.
6. Apple TouchBook
This concept may be a reality soon as the rumors are that the two companies, Apple and Verizon, are looking forward to develop a wireless iPhone. The device is expected to be thinner, lighter and much affordable than the iPhone.
7. iPhone Elite
When Apple was to launch iPhone, a reporter asked Steve Ballmer what he thought about it – He laughed and said, “A Phone without a Keyboard?” If only he could see this concept design of iPhone. iPhone Elite has a dual slider mechanism. It has a bigger camera and a full keyboard too.
8. iEye
The iEye is a concept mobile phone which boasts a shutter button onto the camera making it over iPhone constraints. The phone curbs a glut of features that take in 720p HD video, 5.1-megapixel stills, 12GB of flash memory, and a large-capacity lithium-ion battery hardwired inside.
9. iPod Shuffle
This concept is a portrayal of an iPod Shuffle wrist wrap dangling and would be found on all the joggers and runaway models on the roads, strapped on their arms. It’s an iPod shuffle with an Mp3 bracelet and a wireless ear piece that might look prettier on arms of girls.
10. iPhone Nano
The iPhone Nano? It’s a pretty good concept which can be abstracted from the image above. It’s a concept mated from an iPhone 3G and Nano G4.
Underground Hotel Concept Becomes a Reality
What you see here is the SongJiang Hotel concept, a unique project taking advantage of an abandoned water-filled quarry. Here is the photo of the pit as it is today:
The design won an international competition for China’s 5-star resort hotel. It incorporates a number of 10 meter deep aquariums and two levels of aquatic underwater experience.
