Airbnb
- Airbnb awarded 100 recipients $100,000 each to design out-of-this-world properties.
- The properties are located around the world and have unique thematic concepts.
There's an Airbnb for anyone, these days.
Tiny homes, A-frames, Moroccan riads, and properties purposely stocked with a grand piano.
But for those looking to step inside an Airbnb and have their minds blown, there's a specific category for that: the OMG! category, symbolized by a little UFO spaceship.
Judges representing Airbnb chose 100 winners from more than 20 countries to award $100,000 each to bring their designs to life. The properties will be ready for guests by next summer and join the other OMG! properties. Airbnb invested a total of $10 million for the recipients.
Common themes submitted included stargazing experiences, musical themes, fruit-, mushroom- and wine-inspired, treehouses, and solar panels to boost sustainable energy.
OMG! Fund recipient Ignacio R. said his Floating Avocado House in Chile "is all about the connection with nature. I have spent most of my life on our family farm — the happiest memories of my childhood come from there. It has something so special that just resonates with me. That's why I have this dream, this calling, of sharing it with more people."
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