At the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate show earlier this month, designer Hung-Pin Hsueh presented a system for using Taiwan Cypress driftwood as an architectural building material. Hsueh proposes that small pieces of timber - usually discarded as unsuitable for architectural purposes - could be used in construction to reduce the need for intensive logging. “The forests are logged in search for..
Architect Zaha Hadid has created a series of installations for a two-venue show in New York, curated by Kenny Schachter. According to Schachter, each installation is derived from architectural projects Hadid has been working on. Masterplan (top image and above) was originally part of her citywide plan for the Asian side of Istanbul, while the Opera House desk (below) uses a relief from a wall of..
Our friends at Inhabitat tipped us on this amazing project, the Folded Bamboo Houses + Paper House by Ming Tang. This structures were conceived as a response to the 7.9 earthquake that strucked China last May. In order to relocate the people that lost their houses, the Chinese goverment decided to build 1.5 million temporary homes. For this, Ming Tang proposed a shelter that was easily produced,..
Architects: GBGV Arquitectos - Federico García Barba y Cristina González Vázquez de Parga Program: Edificio Deportivo cubierto con canchas, gimnasio y piscinas Location: La Higuerita, La Laguna, Tenerife, España Project: 2003 Completion: Junio de 2008 Client: Excmo. Ayuntamiento de La Laguna, Programa Urban de La Cuesta y Taco Contractor: Dragados S.A. Collaborators: Jorge Mosquera Paniagua (Arq..
Home.Haus by J. Mayer H. Architects and Sebastian Finckh Home.Haus - Home for Children and Adolescent Located near the edge of the forest in Hamburg, a new residential building is now finished as a home for children and adolescents. The characteristics of the building are based on a two colour relief facade embracing a compact house volume. A central staircase penetrates the division between flo..
A university faculty building in Milan by Irish practice Grafton Architects has been named World Building of the Year at the inaugural World Architecture Festival, held in Barcelona last week. Luigi Bocconi University was praised as a “magical subterranean realm” by judges including Robert Stern, Richard Burdett and Cecil Balmond. Here’s a statement from the World Architecture Festival, followed..
Instalación para la muestra colectiva "MyHome" en Vitra Design Museum Installation in the collective exhibition "MyHome" at Vitra Design Museum
El diseño de pequeños edificios de apartamentos encuentra en Buenos Aires un terreno evidentemente fértil. La variedad y originalidad de las propuestas hacen de cada edificio una pieza arquitectónica singular, un nuevo modelo. La originalidad radica, en la mayoría de los casos, en la búsqueda de diversidad tipológica en el marco de una estricta economía de diseño; en la búsqueda de la poesía de ..
With winter just around the corner, it's time to pack away your air conditioner and bust out the humidifier. Luckily, the Japanese seem to have a small obsession with moisture and have produced several devices we wouldn't mind keeping out all year. The latest to join this lineup is the Middle Colors humidifier, which is not only attractive and available in a range of colors but will help save yo..
Private Residence and Workspace. Houston, Texas 2004-2006 Residential Projects 48’ House is a modest single family residence and workspace located in Houston, Texas. The size and proportion of the house is based upon a 4' x 8' framing module ideal for wood and steel construction. 48' House is sited at the rear of a standard residential lot adjacent to interstate I-59. The interstate is depressed..
