If you thought the recently unveiled Honda V4 concept was a bit fanciful, well, here’s the Honda 2025 racer concept that takes things to a whole new level. Designed to participate in the (imaginary) Great Race of 2025, which will entail going around the world in all of 24 hours, the concept uses Honda’s expertise in automotive, marine, robotics, and jet technologies. Well, whatever. We’ll just t..
Staré Mesto could have its own beautiful park!!! It’s just a piece!! But in fact, we have a little problem here...they are separated and connected by the Danube River. What about making this famous promenade end in a park instead of in a four-lane road? What about making the Danube River flow through the old town and not next to it? Would it be possible to unite the city and the park? And sudden..
Architect: ARTEKS Arquitectura + Esther Pascal architect Location: Ordino, Andorra Architects in charge: Elisabet Faura & Ester Pascal Collaborators: Gemma Roca, Dalila Pregal, Alvaro Briceño, Malte Ruckert, Ruper Maurus, Carlos Cobreros, Cecilia Vázquez , Alex Miralles Artistic Collaborator: Victor Pérez Porro Structure: GETCE BEAL_ Xavier Beal Vilaginés Utilities: Bernabé Rodriguez Acoustics: ..
Location: Saka, Latvia Architects: NRJA (Uldis Luksevics, Martins Osans) Client: Una and Andris Vitolins General Constructor: RBS Skals Object: private house Size: 200 sqm2 Year: 2002 The House of Ruins is located in Latvia on the coast of the Baltic Sea. It is a new family house built inside the19th century ruins of a traditional Latvian barn. The architects here have used the idea of contrast ..
Architects: ONL [Oosterhuis_Lenard] Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Lead Designers: Kas Oosterhuis, Ilona Lenard Project Architect: Gijs Joosen Design team: Ronald Brandsma, Pim Marsman, Paulina Gurak, Rafael Seemann, Arnest Boender, Gerard van den Engel, Bas de Beer, Sanne Plomp, David Milam Client: Ekris Utrecht BV Project year: 2005-2007 Construction Area: Building A_5,400 sqm Building B_6..
Architects: m2r Location: Klingenthal, Germany Project Year: 2006 Client: Landratsamt Vogtlandkreis Structural Engineering: Arup Dusseldorf Photographs: m2r 1. Location? The Ski Jump is located in Klingenthal/ Vogtland, which is in former East Germany, close to the Border of Czech republic. The small town in the mountains is a well-known ski resort, which has produced some of the very finest ski..
international architectural firm coop himmelb(l)au have received first prize inthe competition to design the new 'headquarter of china insurance group' in shenzen, china. it will be part of a lively business quarter in the heart of the central district of shenzhenmade up of a carefully composed ensemble of individual towers creating a landmark silhouette. the project is a high-rise structure wit..
Designer and inventor extraordinaire Knut Karlsen recently unveiled an inspired approach to portable power that can’t be beat for its elegant simplicity: a prototype battery capable of charging itself when exposed to sunshine. His slick set of SunCat C-cells are wrapped in flexible photovoltaic panels and will slowly recharge when left to bask in the sun - just like a cat. Rechargeable batteries..
Architects: Work AC / Dan Wood and Amale Andraos Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox A Hutong on top of an Onion This house is part of the “Ordos 100″ project of 100 speculative villas to be built in Inner Mongolia, Chin..
