Architects: Vandeventer + Carlander Architects Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Structural Engineer: Swenson Say Faget Marine Engineer: Headway Marine Residence Contractor: dBoone Construction Float Contractor: Trend Construction Floor Area: 2,824 SF Interior / 887 SF Exterior Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Ben Benschneider Continuing a long and distinguished history of floating homes in Seat..
With the combination of design, quality and functionality arises this new A-cero´s work: a house of 1.500m2 defined by a set of clean lines and perfect volumes. The grey colour of the concrete that make up the whole building and an architectural wide black pergola, there are the elements that, at first sight, stand out in the house exterior. Furthermore, huge windows have been included in the fa..
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has designed a conceptual transport system that would involve airships powered by seaweed. Called Hydrogenase, the project envisages that by 2030 there could be farms in the ocean producing biofuel from seaweed and acting as hubs for the aircraft. Here’s a lot of text from Callebaut: “HYDROGENASE” ALGAE FARM TO RECYCLE CO2 FOR BIO-HYDROGEN AIRSHIP Between engi..
The typical museum introverts itself, focusing on displaying exhibits. This typical type forgoes numerous opportunities to create dynamic relationships outside of itself. As a museum grows in size, its inherent interiority becomes even more problematic. The large museum usually creates a world of its own in which a visitor often loses an understanding of the whole and the museum’s connection to ..
As part of a waterfront development for Oslo called Bjørvika Barcode, Norwegian architects a-lab have designed an office and residential building with a covered garden punched through the middle. The project is one of three buildings to form the new headquarters of a Norwegian bank, with the other two designed by Dutch architects MVRDV and Norwegian studio Dark. a-lab’s building will feature eig..
Architects Narud Stokke Wiig of Norway and Haptic of London have completed a feasibility study for a new international airport just outside the Arctic Circle in Norway. The design takes its inspiration from a nearby mountain range and the local vernacular architecture. Here’s some info from Haptic: The Arctic Circle Airport, Norway This new airport terminal building is located in the municipalit..
Young architect William O’Brien Jr was one of the practices invited to this years P.S.1 competition (awarded to SO-IL). He shared with us this cabin project based on an extruded A-frame. Interesting wall configuration, take a look at the section. Allandale House is an A-frame(s) house for an idiosyncratic connoisseur and her family. Along with its occupants, the Allandale House also provides spa..
Villa Bussum is situated in a lush, leafy neighbourhood in Bussum; a small town near Amsterdam. The design for the villa by GROUP A appears both modern and sculptural, and interacts in a natural way with its surroundings. By using slanting walls and roofs the abstract building volume feels comfortably embedded in the landscape. A cut-out corner facing the street in front of the house, clearly in..
Architect: GROUP A Location: Arnhem, The Netherlands Project Team: Adam Visser, Folkert van Hagen, Maarten van Bremen, Birgitta Rottmann, Edwin Larkens, Jos Overmars, Mike von Tiesenhausen, Fatima El-bouyahyaoui, David Moreno Romero, Paulo Moreno, Nolly Vos, Daniël Gijsbers, Niclas Frenning Client: Vivare Contractor: Klaasens Bouwtechniek Structural Engineer: DHV Installations: Deerns Raadgevend..
american firm archi(te)nsions developed a thematic pavilion for the yeosu 2012 world expo - which intends to raise interests and awareness of the oceans and to explore educational and scientific aspects of the state of the art research on the marine environment. to celebrate the ocean and its unifying element they developed their design concept around the shape of a waterfall. waterfalls are typ..
