Some rich jerks in the Dominican Republic have an incredible house on the beach that also happens to be skateable. You and I can take comfort in the fact that there is a kink where the transition meets the flat, or maybe they were trying to recreate the “ka-chunk ka-chunk” experience of prefab street ramps. Even the roof looks skateable. Check it out on SpaceInvading. I did some Wikipedia research on the Dominican Republic because the only thing that came to mind was sugar and a few natural disasters and/or riots. Interesting facts I learned, The U.S. invaded the D.R. in 1916 an occupied it for six years. This after failing to annex it twice before. Abraham Lincoln wanted to buy it so the slaves could have a place to relocate. Recently, as much as 8% of all cocaine smuggled into the United States comes through the Dominican Republic. The service industry has overtaken agriculture as the biggest employer segment. I think they make T-shirts there. They have an advanced telecommunications network, a lot of poor people, and at least one very cool, skateable house. – Thanks to Skate D for the tip.

PHL is the airport code for Philadelphia International Airport, the same place you can find this 1988 installation by Vito Acconci, called Flying Floors. These cellphone snaps are courtesy of 1998 Tom Jacobs, via Brian Baade. There’s another overview shot here, and here. As long as we’re blowing it out… U.S. Airways area, Terminal B. That’s one hell of a roll in. I love public art.

Here’s some cool architecture in Croatia that looks like it might be skateable. Even more so if you were 20 stories tall. – Thanks to Sk8 D for the tip. [Source: ArchDaily]

I don’t know whether the architects are cooler in Europe and Asia, or the people with the deep pockets have more progressive outlook. Why doesn’t any of this stuff get built over here? The Aphalt Spot is in Tokamashi, Japan. Head on over to SpaceInvading to get the pics. Bonus walk through vid after the jump. – Thanks to Sk8 D for the tip.

This is the Food Factory and Curiosity Center built by J. Mayer H Architects at the Danfoss Universe Science Park in Nordborg, Denmark. The purpose of the park is “to enthuse children and young people and promote interest in and understanding of technology and science.” They also explain “However, to be entertained you must participate actively. Because the fun really begins when you start to use your body and mind in wonderful harmony.” Yes, we all can think of at least one way to accomplish this. – Thanks to Seth Levy for the tip. [Source: e-architect]

This thing has been showing up all over in the last few days. Architectural Review covers a skate centered design for a house addition in Athens Greece. Concrete and wood ramps are integrated into the remodel atop a two-story structure with storage integrated into the ramps. [Photo: Theo Vranas]

We’ve covered marginally skateable architecture, so now we travel to Punta del Este, Uruguay for this apartment complex surrounded by waves of bricked banks. This corner is a JAWBREAKER, since the first time I passed by this corner during the 80’s I felt in love with the arquitecture. Good that It was free to ride this “wave”… The “skate abuse” of the place during early 90’s made skateboarding prohibited. Nowadays there’s a security guard 24/7 and they don’t even like people who go there to take pictures. If u come with a skateboard you’ll have a not so nice welcome. Check out the pictures and the video on Yerbah. – Thanks to Luciano for the tip.

Here’s a roundup of some more skateable architecture. These aren’t just fantasy proposals. The top two are scheduled for construction and the bottom two have already been built. I titled this collection “marginally skateable” not because the terrain is barely skateable, but because the skateable features are just a small part of the overall design.

Check out Ettubrute’s Flickr set of Dutch architects MVRDV’s Villa VPro. I have some really cool concept books by these guys so I was psyched to see something they had actually built. At the first view of the ouside I’m thinking that looks skateable and it just kept getting better. Hey, you could get a job with a Dutch television studio. – Thanks to Pinch for the link.