Hello, welcome to another post on architecture as we revisit one of the inspirations in architecture: nature - specifically this nice building in Australia which obviously draws from the natural inspiration of bee hives and yet it doesn't explicitly use the honeycomb pattern which has made beehives so popular. Instead, the reference to beehives is made by the extra use of yellow tinted light bulbs which evoke the color scheme of beehives. But also, there is a graffiti like carved window which emphasized its name as the "Hive" which can be seen below. The unique yet puzzling design of the windows is meant to emphasize the chaos of beehives - as bees transport themselves to one beehive to another. But of course, the Beehive is also symbolic of a home - a person's hive or den. As much yellow as there are outside, the Hive Apartment's interior is uniquely white which excludes a modernist design motif with hexagonal floor tiles, which ties in with the radical exterior arrow shaped windows on the building. The interior is not only know for it's hexagonal floor tiles, though - the entire interior is veyr polygonal in shape.
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