project: Slit house Architects : Eastern Design Office location: Japan Client: NIWAKA, INC. Site Area: 318 square meters Building Area: 210 square meters Total Floor Area: 210 square meters Structure: Reinforced Concrete Levels: At ground level Materials used: Concrete, Glass, Timber, Hemp carpet Slit House by Eastern Design Office text by Marcia Argyriades for Yatzer To my amazement once some a..
Yigal Ozeri is an Israeli painter that lives and works for the last twenty years in New York. Inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites // artists from nineteenth century England who went out into nature and celebrated it // he has managed with his cinematic portraits to challenge perception and illusion. His latest exhibition at Mike Weiss Gallery in New York is called Desire for Anima, as a tribute to C..
Parent advisory: the following photos are certainly not for the faint-hearted! All fairy tales have good endings, don’t they? At least that’s what everybody wanted us to believe till now. Well, it’s time to reveal the aching truth: reality always is stronger than fiction and Yatzer, after having spent loads of money on private detectives, finally found where all those Disney princesses have ende..
Designed by Matsys Designs, Sietch Nevada is a response to the idea of a water-poor world becoming a reality, especially in the American Southwest. With so much of the press focused on wars over oil, the world is often unaware of the slowly depleting water sources, which are indeed exponentially more valuable than oil. This futuristic urban prototype addresses the water situation as a complex un..
Architects: Birrelli Architects Location: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Project Architects: Jack Birrell and Todd Henderson Project Team: Phil Dingemanse, Gary Fleming Collaborators: McBride Charles Ryan Structural Engineer: Engineering Edge Mechanical and Electrical Engineers: Engineering Solutions Building Contractor: Matthews Constructions Project Year: 2008-2009 Photographs: Rob Burnett Th..
the prefab parasite is to populate the unused space found in urban landscapes. to achieve sustainable densification the dwelling attaches itself to a blank building fabric found in the city. it grows on empty facades, rock faces and bridges. it finds value by turning dead public space into lively private space. the prefab parasite was completely designed using a parametric 3d modelling system. a..
Japanese design studio Leif.designpark have created the Hug Lounge Sofa for De La Espada. From De La Espada: Hug Lounge Sofa has a generous seating area and a playfully modern form reminiscent of a large embrace. In contrast to the familiarity of the welcoming seating area, the back of the sofa has the formality of a mens suit. from contemporist
Located in Niihama in Ehime, Japan, the Café la Miell lacked the space needed to accommodate the number of daily customers. To combat this shortcoming, the client wished to open a new café across the street that would be able to hold 80 customers. To create the new Café la Miell, Suppose Design Office utilized the one meter drop of the site so that instead of having a standard two story café, as..
Architects: Kanner Architects Location: Oakland, California, USA Client: Craig and Terri Rubenstein Project Area: 394 sqm Budget: $2.5 million Project year: 2007 Photographs: Tim Griffith Located in Oakland, California, on a down-sloping site high above the San Francisco Bay, this home was designed to capture the magnificent vistas spanning from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge. Floor-to..
Another house that will be part of the Fall Home Tour put on by the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects is the Tree House by KAA Design Group. Located in the desirable “tree section” of Manhattan Beach, this home reinforces the viability of indoor/outdoor living along the Southern California coast. Locally sourced sustainable materials are, whenever possible and relevant ..
