Tag: Architecture - Page 7
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What Medals Should the London 2012 Olympics Get for Sustainability?
The Games are over, the crowds have gone home: so how was it really when it comes to sustainability?
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Folding Door Design Acts as Instant Earthquake Shelter
This re-designed door could help save lives in the event of an earthquake.
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The Week in Design: From Treehouses to Washing Machines, With a Visit to the Olympics
Plus, a side dish of how the smart phone is going to change the way we live and work.
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Stone Spray is a 3D Printer for Architecture
The machine uses natural soil or sand to create structures as strong as concrete.
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Walls of Corn: Panoramic Housing Prototype Made From Local Corn & Wood
Motivated by traditional corn-drying structures of the region, this neat little pavilion integrates corn as part of the facade.
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Could These Spider-Like, Human-Sized Webs Refine Rainforest Research?
This project learns from spiders by envisioning a series of interconnected webs that would allow scientists to study the rainforest without harming it.
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Fascinating Ramshackle Earth House is Built By Hand
An experiment in "intuitive architecture", this home reminds us that green living doesn't have to be high tech.
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Most Popular Articles of July: Crocheted Playgrounds, 1 Confused Chicken, No-Bake Desserts, and More
A fiber artist creates magical crocheted worlds for children. We also have extinct animals in photos, 10 no-bake deserts, and more.
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Coca Cola's Olympic Beatbox is a Building with a Beat
The Beatbox has gotten kudos from the design crowd and the hipsters, but why?
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A New Way To Look At The Quality Of Our Cities: Walk Appeal
Urbanist Architect Steve Mouzon shows how quality matters; it isn't the distance that you walk, it is the experience you have doing it.
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Berlin Superhome Generates More Energy Than It Consumes
Robert Llewellyn visits a massively high-tech experimental home in Berlin. He is duly impressed.
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Radio Nacional de España's Headquarters Are Solar Controlled (Photos)
Here's a building that saves up to 50% CO2 by controlling the sunlight with screens on its facade.
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Competition for the Ugliest British Building is Under Way
Called the Carbuncle Cup, it's a race to the bottom to decide upon the ugliest new building in Britain.
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Happy 60th Birthday, Suburban Shopping Mall, Too Bad About Your Golden Years
Emily Badger writes about it in Atlantic Cities
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Water Tanks Transformed into Tiny, Temporary Homes
In light of rising temperatures and worsening natural disasters, temporary shelters seem increasingly relevant. A Spanish firm came up with an idea to convert water tanks into minimal habitable units.
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Frank Gehry Returns To His Roots With His House for Make It Right
Not a curvy piece of titanium in sight.
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Tiny Apartment Hides Bathtub in a Drawer
This architect's 258 square foot home uses some clever tricks, and a careful understanding of the owner's needs, to enable living large in a small space.
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The Week In Design, From Air Conditioning to Apple
This isn't easy, looking back at a week of posts and trying to pick the most interesting; Some of the posts create quite the controversy in comments.
