This wooden tower by Norwegian architect Lars J Berge provides an accessible hide for birdwatchers on an island north of Bergen. Herdla Birdwatching Tower is situated at the tip of Askøy – a low-lying island in Hordaland county, off Norway's west coast. The landscape of open grasslands, shallow sea and freshwater ponds makes the area, called Herdla, an important location for migrating and breedi..
plano humano arquitectos has built a chapel at the national scout’s activities camp (CNAE), which is sited in the municipality of idanha-a-nova in portugal. the project was conceived for the 23rd national jamboree of portuguese catholic scouts, which involved about 22,000 participants. the chosen location is privileged, and is surrounded by a rural environment with extraordinary panoramic views ..
Made of stone and wood, the little church by bernardo bader architekten sits on top of a hill in Krumbach, Austria. Like a gem – topographically attractively situated on the hill near Krumbach, Austria, the chapel is built out of wood and stone. Its shape is based on the existing 200-year-old Lourdes chapel and includes a main ship and an apse. The shape of the room is new: an outstanding steep ..
The Long Drop is a no-cost, no-impact composting toilet made for and by Invisible Studio to serve their woodland studio. It was made entirely from scavenged or waste material, and cost nothing to build, and forms part of a group of research projects conducted by the Studio. The studio has an interest in rethinking the process of design, and the Longdrop was designed and constructed with no drawi..
The sauna located on the Queen Elizabeth Hall roof terrace in Southbank, London is an interesting sample of Finnish design skills, combining architecture and art. The Finnish Rooftop Sauna is a result of cooperation by Aalto University and Southbank Centre and it is designed and implemented in collaboration with Aalto University MA students Pedro Pablo Garcia Alcazar, Markus Holste, Monica Romag..
In a mountainous valley in British Columbia, design-build firm Studio North has created an elevated A-frame dwelling that is meant to be used by campers and birds. The Birdhut is situated on a forested slope in Windermere, a small village in western Canada's Columbia Valley. The pointy structure is lifted nine feet (2.7 metres) off the ground by wooden stilts and rises to a height of 20 feet (si..
자연으로 회귀. 굳이 드러내지 않는다. 원래 있었던 것처럼 행동한다.spanish architecture firm beta.0 has designed a pair of small gabled buildings for a tennis school in madrid. the first structure contains an office and customer service area, while the second forms a storage space for the venue’s various equipment. the facility was originally going to be one large building, however the design team decided to divide the prog..
A team of architects and designers located in Varna, Bulgaria, decided to build a street library after seeing that many young people’s lives are almost entirely based around the digital era and therefore the popularity of books among this generation has decreased. The open library provides easy access for the readers to browse books, plus there are sitting spaces and a tiny stage for street arti..
Mr. Plocq’s Caballon gives the opportunity to rediscover an almost-forgotten side of the Loire river estuary: that of the naturalists, those adventurous explorers from another time whose rich and unbelievable stories blend the taste of faraway travels to the land’s memory. The project is inspired by real-life Émile Plocq, aka the bird charmer, a local from the Vendée region who supposedly built ..
화재로 소실된 배를 수리하며 그와 동시에 배를 수리하는 독을 같이 리뉴얼하여 새로운 전시 공간으로 탈바꿈 시킨 프로젝트 입니다. 로얄 뮤지엄 인 그리니치에 속해 있는 전시공간은 범선을 공중으로 띄워 배의 아름다운 용골 곡선을 그대로 관람자에게 보여줌으로써 색다른 공간감을 선사하고 있습니다. 여기에 범선과 독사이를 메우는 유리지붕은 범선을 공중에 띄워보이게 하는 드라마틱한 상황을 연출시키는 동시에 주간에 전시장 내부의 알맞은 태양광을 유입시킵니다. 이러한 드라마틱한 환경은 단순히 건축적 경험을 넘어서 사물에 새겨진 시간을 또다시 재현하는 공간이 됩니다. London architects Grimshaw have completed the restoration of historic tea clipper the ..
