40 Fascinating Architectural Ideas Inspired By Everyday Objects

Brazilian artist Felipe de Castro takes ordinary everyday objects like a book or a coat hanger and transforms them into fascinating, fictional works of architecture.

His creative slant on the seemingly mundane has inspired the internet, and his impressive artworks have garnered him nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram.

We guarantee Castro’s pieces will rub off on you — that stapler on your desk will morph into a sprawling theater hall before your eyes.

Keep going for some of our favorites.

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Stefanie

Stefanie Mustian

Stefanie is an architect with 15+ years of working both independently as well as on teams of some of the top Architectural Firms in the country located in Atlanta, Washington D.C. and New York. She currently runs BoardBatten.com a coastal architecture and design service in Port Aransas, Texas. She is also the wife of the dude who runs Pleated-Jeans.