Wedge shaped container house! ----------------------------- Carroll House is a single-family residence located in a typical 25x100-feet Brooklyn corner lot. 21 shipping containers are stacked and cut diagonally along top and bottom, generating a monolithic and private volume within the urban fabric. The diagonal cut modifies the conventional ground-floor...
Even more Cantilevers! ------------------------------------- SPC Technocons completes a cantilevered house in Bangkok, Thailand, with integrated design -built approach. Located in the neighborhood area of Bangkok, Thailand, the 800 square-meter cantilevered house by SPC Technocons is built for a family of 5 with integrated design-built approach. Hidden behind the private...
Sure love us some cantilevers! ---------------------------------------- This project is situated in a glaciated, coastal landscape, with a cool maritime climate. The geomorphology of the site consists of granite bedrock and boulder till, creating pristine white sand beaches, and turquoise waters. The two pavilions float above the shoreline...
Perfect reuse with epic views! ------------------------------- What were once 28 unused canal-side bridge houses are now a series of hotel suites reused by Dutch architecture firm Space&Matter for the SWEETS hotel. The hotel concept is that of adaptive reuse, essentially reusing an old building for something that it...
This may not be sustainable but it is a striking design. Maybe the next one could be built similar with more sustainable materials. ---------------------------------- Our clients wanted to build their dream house; a house that would be their definitive family home. It had to have an urban...
Love the slanted concrete walls! ------------------------------ JJ House is a house for a family of four in Surabaya, Indonesia. The house is characterized by a series of parallel primary walls that become the primary organizing element of the house. Towards the front of the house, the walls separate...
Even Holiday Inn is on this trend! ----------------------------------------- Architecture firm Chapman Taylor unveiled images of the recently completed Holiday Inn Express at Manchester’s Trafford City – the first hotel in the North West to be built using a special type of volumetric modular construction based on steel...
Both my wife and I Love the wabi-sabi feeling of this house. The driveway down into the retaining pool is Epic. With the materials we prefer and made Eco friendly, this could be our dream home...
Perfect looking mountainside house using containers. -------------------------------- The home is organized with open layouts and positioned to optimize views of the outdoors. The home is organized with open layouts and positioned to optimize views of the outdoors. A shipping container brings a sense of drama to this...
From Death to Life. ------------------------------------- Hamburg residents are taking their community’s urban design into their own hands – and the results are amazing. A team of local residents and architects are planning to convert a WWII bunker into Hilldegarden, a mixed-use community space topped with a rooftop garden covered in...