designed by british architect amanda levete, the 2015 MPavilion has opened to the public in melbourne. commissioned by the naomi milgrom foundation, the temporary structure employs materials and technologies developed for the aerospace industry to create a canopy of translucent ‘petals’ elevated four meters above ground. the design employs recently developed composite construction methods, refin..
Artist Wolfgang Buttress, has completed Lucent, a new sculpture created as part of the lobby refurbishment of the iconic John Hancock Center in Chicago. Lighting Supplier: Universal Fibre Optics Curator : Susan Aurinko Photography by Mark Hadden PhotographyDeriving its name from the Latin Lucere, meaning ‘to shine’, this sculptural installation is based on a star-map. The piece draws on celestia..
Spanish company Tecrostar, have designed a collection of DIY kits, that allow you to easily create a loft space in your own home, if you have the ceiling height. Each kit comes flat packed, and can be set up with just two people and a few hours. from contemporist
These stairs in a home in Seongnam, South Korea, designed by mlnp Architects, feature book storage, as well as provide a place to sit and read. from contemporist
For the first time the building hosting the Milanese space Marsèlleria will be target of an installation by artist Daniel González, its physiognomy will be completely transformed, becoming a massive animated architecture: a cardboard fairytale, a dynamic structure inspired by children pop-up books. Daniel González Pop-Up Building Milan 16 September – 31 October 2015 Marsèlleria via Paullo 12/A, ..
German watersports company Wibit Sports, creates these HUGE awesome inflatable obstacle courses that are being used at resorts, pools, summer camps, and open water locations. The courses are made up of a variety of modular sections, that allow various courses to be made in whatever configuration you want. from contemporist
RESSÒ project was designed by 50 students of the Architecture School of el Vallès (ETSAV-UPC) for the international collegiate competition Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 that took place the summer of 2014 in Versailles. RESSÒ는 50명의 학생이 공부하는 건축학교를 설계하였다. 2008년 이후 스페인은 경제 사회 환경적인 위기를 겪고 있었는데, 건축붐은 이러한 위기 상황에 의거 집에 대한 건축적 요구가 훨씬 더 많아 졌다. 그 결과 임대가 되지 않은 거의 새로운 건물들이 늘어나고, 이들에 대한 새로운 요구는 없었다. 이 모든 집은 거의 ..
The new elephant house in Zurich Zoo is embedded in the extensive landscape of the newly designed Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park. The characteristic element of the new elephant house is its striking wooden roof which blends into the landscape as a shallow free-form shell-structure. The roof dissolves into a transparent maze-like structure that establishes an organic relationship to the surrounding ..
다양한 컬러로 채색된 강관 비계는 지속가능한 건축을 위한 첫번째 단추입니다. 한정적인 예산에서 최대한 효과를(주민들의 다양한 사회활동을 보장하는 공간제공) 얻기 위해 건축은 심미적인 활동은 최대한 자제합니다. 대신 효과적인 공간구현을 통해 기능성을 최대한 확보합니다. 주민공동시설은 다음과 같이 구성됩니다. 다양한 마을 외부활동 지원을 위한 공간으로 공중화장실 및 행사개최를 위한 다목적실 그리고 박공캐노피 하부, 테이블과 의자가 배치된 야외 테라스 공간으로 구성됩니다. Vietnamese studio H&P Architects has used leftover construction materials to build a multicoloured community building in the grounds o..
이스라엘 베두인 텐트로 부터 영감을 받은 휴식공간, 그늘막 텐트 아래 평온한 오후를 즐긴다.named ‘sway’, this temporary installation has been created by tel aviv-based architectural collective sack and reicher + muller, together with fabric expert eyal zur. the work has been completed for the third iteration of ‘fugitive structures’, an ongoing series commissioned by australia’s sherman contemporary art foundation (SCAF). the design f..
