Tag: Architects - Page 4
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Simple Sliding Doors Create a Transformer Apartment
Inspired by Japanese homes, this apartment uses very basic sliding doors to create multiple configurations.
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Casa Solare By Studio Albori Mixes Passive Design and Gorgeous Wood
Before there were passive houses to confuse everyone, there was passive solar design. Here is an example of it at its best.
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British Designer Thomas Heatherwick's Buildings and Work are on Show in London
Thomas Heatherwick's projects range from spinning chairs to new buses.
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House Of The Immediate Future A Mix of Prefab and Site Built Construction
Habitat for Humanity project demonstrates the best of both worlds
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Most Popular Articles of May: Shark Eating Only Lettuce, Dew-Covered Insects, and More
Florence may be the world's first vegetarian shark. We also have stunning dew-covered insects, a chicken coop made of beer cans, students suspended for biking to school, and more.
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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei's Pavilion in London is a Hovering Pond
Ai Weiwei's collaboration with architects Herzog & de Meuron has opened and it is a stunner.
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Instant Car Showroom Is Built Out Of Shipping Containers
Design takes advantage of a shipping container attribute: Speed.
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Ferraris May Be Red, But Their Factory Is Green and Gorgeous
A visit to the Ferrari factory makes me eat some of my preconceptions.
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Architects at ICFF: Building furniture instead of Buildings
In these tough times, more and more architects are turning to furniture design. Here are a few we saw at ICFF
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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Designs London Pavilion
It's a tradition; every summer famous architects design a pavilion for London's Serpentine Gallery.
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Fifty Recycled Chairs Turned into Yellow Design Statement
Find 50 old chairs in New York, paint them yellow and you've got a design statement.
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Novice Carpenter Builds a Secret, Illegal Tree House on Crown Land in Canada
The HemLoft is a self-funded secret creation built by Joel Allen on crown land in Whistler.
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400 Foot Long Badboot Floating Pool in Antwerp Is A Flash From The Past
Rem Koolhaas once described a floating pool designed by Russian Constructivists. Is it finally being built?
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Koby Cottage "Represents a Revolution in Modular Construction"
It is a few years old but a real find. We probably won't see the likes of it again for a while.
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Glittering Metallic Pavilion Morphs Itself As Temperature Changes (Video)
Made out of thousands of pieces of temperature-reactive metal, this experimental canopy explores how existing materials could be used differently to reduce our reliance on mechanical systems of shading and cooling.
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Contractor Lowballs Construction Cost for A Kit Home and THE NEW YORK TIMES IS ON IT!
The New York Times does a disservice with its title "A Prefab, Short on the Fab" and its litany of complaints.
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2012 AIA COTE Awards Announced
The big green building awards are out, and as usual, they are a mixed bag of goodies.
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Gorgeous Garden Office by Office Sian Uses Structure as Shelving
The studs that hold up your roof can also hold up your books.
