Tag: Architecture - Page 8
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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.
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Stunning Storage Stair In Paris Loft Is Hung From Cables
Smoothcore Architects combine stair with bookshelf that just floats in air
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Tiny Off-Grid Float Cabin Becomes Dream Retirement Home
For one couple, retirement means living way off-the-grid in a water-access-only floating cabin in the wilds of British Columbia.
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Palm Leaf Architecture is Both Historic and Contemporary
Palm leaf architecture sounds obscure, but it is actually quite beautiful and environmental.
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How Does a "Generation of Renters" Save Energy?
As more and more people give up on the idea of home ownership, what does that mean for energy efficiency in buildings?
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Amazing Timbrel Vault Ballet School In Cuba To Be Restored By Norman Foster
Vittorio Garatti designed the building when Cuba had lots of labor and not so much material. There are lessons to be learned from it.
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Nanotechnology from Spain Preserves the Past (Video)
Tecnadis PRS EFFECT is a water-repellent for facades and historical monuments based on nanoparticles and inspired by nature. It repels the water but at the same time lets the stone breathe.
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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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St Hubert Residence Is A Subversive Renovation
A prize-winning demonstration of how to squeeze more stuff into a small area
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Swooping Swedish Chicken Coop With a Sea View
Built on a rocky slope overlooking the sea, this chicken coop mimics the outspread wings of a protective mother hen.
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Who Wins When a New Park Seems Public But is Privately Owned?
It's great to have a beautiful new park, but when it's privately managed, who wins out?
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Crumbling Austrian Hunting Lodge Converted into a Skatepark
An Austrian skateboarder added ramps to a decaying hunting lodge, making a "domestic skatepark".
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Is It Time To Stop Building Convention Centres? No, It is Time To Start Building Them Right.
The Atlantic Cities writes that their time is over. Perhaps in fact is is just that Americans have never had one that is any good.
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Do Convention Centers Make Sense? Visiting Fiera Milano Shows How It Can Be Done. (Slideshow)
Some question whether we need to fly people all over the world to conventions in the Internet Age. But After Visiting Fiero Milano, I think they have a role to play
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Clever Rotating Bookcase Wall Is Made with Reclaimed Plywood
A full-wall bookcase becomes a flexible room-dividing element through rotation: now you see it, now you don't.
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Floating Open Air Tree Lounge is Inspired by Boat Design
Taking its cues from nautical design, this elegant tree lounge allows for open views of the sky and horizon.
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Green Roofs are Changing Architecture: Erick Van Egeraat's Drents Museum Is Built Under A Park
Here is another example of how green roofs are creating a whole new type of architecture that people can walk on and enjoy.
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Cross Laminated Timber Comes To America And The New York Times Is On It
Breaking the timber ceiling in North America will take time, and we don't have a lot of it.
