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...
Old grain silo to stunning hotel!---------------------------------------------Prolific architecture firm Heatherwick Studio has updated an abandoned silo in Cape Town with beautiful pillowed glass windows. The former silo building has sat at the heart of the Table Bay harbor since 1924 and, out of respect for the beloved landmark, the architects...
Already loving this one!-------------------------Positioned at the heart of vibrant East Austin, Gensler Austinhas converted an old single-story warehouse into creative office. Built in 1972, the 65,000 square foot warehouse’s unique appearance was preserved while transforming the structure into a modern space optimized for collaboration. As the former...
German Engineering in the House!------------------------------------------This villa breaks with all traditions and forms an unrestrained contrast to the otherwise natural surroundings. Like an artistic installation on a podium made of natural stone, which at the same time forms the underground car park, lies the two-story villa...
It can be done!------------------------------------Affordable and sustainable housing is possible—and Studio 804’s many projects are proof. Working together with University of Kansas architecture students, Studio 804 produced their latest design/build project, called 1330 Brook Street, in a working-class neighborhood in the city of Lawrence. As with their previous...