very creative. i'd probably love the warmth of the sun on my feet as i sat by the table reading. pets would probably love that window at their heights, too. all that is overshadowed, though, by the thoughts i couldn't get out of my head as to the lack of privacy (especially in a bedroom) and wondering how secure that window would be for someone wanting to break in and do wrong.
sorry ... not for me, but again very creative.

I actually... really like that. I'm not sure it fits into my dream house, but if I were rich I'd have a second house with that feature.

Wow this is really cool! Although, I would want it a little closer to the bed. Having a smaller, more square version on either side of the bed would make killer side tables. I'm not so sure about those red chairs in a bedroom though. Everything else seems so serene and zen-like, but the chairs feel too office-y to me. The rest of the photos on the other site were great though!

I also really like that... It's kind of odd, but kind of awesomely desirable...

That's really interesting, never seen anything like it!

That's really cool. I'm not sure about the conference table vibe in the bedroom though.

Very cool! I'd make it bigger :)

This is a great idea! I love how luminous it looks in the first photo. It would be hard for me to resist putting things on top of it though, flat surfaces always tend to accumulate clutter in my place.

The first time I saw something so similar in size this was in David Bromstad's Design Star finale design.

I'd love to see some the kind of bizarro terrarium+picture+natural elements smashup I thought the first picture was :D

I'd like it more in an office space than in a bedroom. How creepy would it be to wake up in the morning and find "footsteps in the sand"?

love it! makes me think of an aquarium or terrarium, or something on a spaceship. i especially love the use of the space to create a japanese garden within the room.

as for people creeped out by the idea of a window in the bedroom, get a shade to pull at night, or a screen.

impressive!

Very cool idea.

I'm also really confused by the conference table in the bedroom, and I'd definitely roll right into the glass. I do like the idea for an area with less mobile furniture, though.

I think a One-Way mirrored panel would give you more privacy and also reflect the Zen garden to make it appear larger.
A water feature would also be nice surrounding the Zen garden.

What are these people doing with a conference table in the bedroom? (I mean, I know that a successful marriage requires compromise and negotiation, but sheesh...)

And I know that I would definitely be the one whose chair went carrooming disatrously into that floor-level glass.

Looks cool as all get out, though.

i guess i'm the only one who likes the table and chairs? i think it's a nice style constrast, seems practical, and the chair colors warm it up.

@gorfram ~ too funny!

Not a big fan of this detail. The idea is great, but it could have been done in a more subtle way.

Love the idea of a window overlooking a Zen rock garden--but the way this is done here calls too much attention to itself.

Like it! But probably it would get dirty and wouldn't look that cool somewhere else. Also, I share art is necessary's worries about security and privacy... Maybe it would look great in a office, where the outside space is secure?

@ JCHall, One-way glass panels don't provide privacy as well as you might imagine.

That is the weirdest bedroom I've seen on AT. It's like a really nice board room, but with a bed.

I like the window a lot, but having just today cleaned all the windows (outsides) on the house, I have to say I'd only like it if someone else was responsible for maintenance (oops! dropped something...) and cleaning.

Building codes, at least here in the Midwest, require special, extra tough and thick glass within a certain distance of the floor. This would certainly qualify.

I find the privacy comments slightly odd...

Good. Good. I'll take it. Wrap it up.

Love it...as long as it doesn't leak.

I am a fan of this design. Very Cool.

Coooooooool!

Obviously don't have cats.

Thought it was a trompe l'oeil at first!

Who doesn't have a window in the bedroom? But it's probably in a gated community anyway.

My son and I both just stared at the picture, then wished our house had something cool like that.

I was wondering what a bed was doing in a conference room.

I'm a huge fan of aquariums (aquascaping!), terrariums eth, but It would bother me so much when leaves from those ominous-shadow-casting trees nearby would blow in there and you'd have to walk allll the way outside with your tiny rake to sweep it away :D To be honest though the idea of zen gardens outdoors seems like it'd be the opposite of zen to maintain, unless it's in some walled temple yard, tended all day by monks or whatever :D Plus they remind me of cheesy 90's Eastern fads like little electric indoor fountains, those dexterity hand excercise balls with bells in em, and anything washi paper :p

Well, it's beautiful. I'll grant that.

However, the amount of effort it would require to keep it looking nice (dead sticks and leaves, rain, weeds pushing up, cats and dogs, toddler fingermarks on the inside) ... ugh.

And you'd have to actually climb in the little glass cavern on the outside to clean it.

Just no. It's not for me.

If you are willing to put the work in, or have live-in staff, I commend you.

WOW, amazing idea and great execution!!! creative, but professionally done. I like it ALOT

I also like the chairs. Where are they from, does anyone know?

I like the shape and size of the table - but i would switch it out with a tulip table... :-)

Nothing says "it's business time" like a conference table in the bedroom. Also, low windows are something easily overcome. Our Lafayette Park home is encased by windows in every room(bathrooms not included)--no biggie.

Love it!