Can you imagine a post-apocalyptic world populated with prefabricated buildings? Assembled on land from “memory metal” that can pop into shape when carried out to deep-ocean building sites. Frankly, it is not that far-fetched in this day and age – except that the architect behind these dreams is now … [Read more...]
New Designs from MotoArt
Yes these are completely new, so if you like how these guys design tables and desks you will love the following images. You may have seen some of the cool bars and desks from MotoArt, the air craft parts rehabilitation specialists who use a wide variety of wing segments etc... to make innovative … [Read more...]
Futures Prefabricated: 7 X Stunning Small-Space Design Ideas
The challenge of Prefab 2020? Create a sensation – something more than just a working space to live. Ideas that will inspire others, to be planted within the dizzyingly dense cores of the major city centers. Use design to show the incredible potential of prefabricated, modular and small-space … [Read more...]
Tod Williams Billie Tsien & Associates | Logan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, University of Chicago
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects, a renowned practice with expertise in public/cultural buildings, just unveiled the details for the new Reva and David Logan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Chicago. This new building will offer 170,000sqf for studios, … [Read more...]
Crazy Wood and Glass Staircases
Pretty crazy, huh? The wood and glass staircases by Siller are about as close as “interactive art” as you can get! In fact, you’ll feel like you’re scaling a sculpture as you make your way up the Mistral staircase design – a stylishly simple, barely there floating staircase. The minimalist design … [Read more...]
Serious Piano playing using iPhone
iPhone is not just a mobile phone. It is a portable, powerful computing device. Now it has one more reason to be number one, especially for musicians/pianists. Check out the Finger Piano Share from Yamaha. This app allows upto 10 different people to remotely play a real piano completely from their … [Read more...]
Lumenhaus Concept: The Solar Powered House of The Future – by Virginia Tech
From young smart people come new smart ideas. Sure the concept of solar powered homes is not new but the students at Virginia Tech entered the "Lumenhaus" in the U.S Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition that not only achieves it goal of self sustaining power provided by the good old sun, … [Read more...]
MAKE – Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham
Project: Universidad de Nottingham, Campus del Jubileo Auhtor: MAKE Ken Shuttleworth Location: Nottingham, Inglaterra Photography: Wojtek Gurak via Flickr The first phase of the Jubilee Campus expansion project delivers a remarkable new environment for research, study, business and leisure to … [Read more...]
Herzog + de Meuron’s Hamburg Philharmonic Concert Hall Breaks Ground
About the project: The new design for the Elbphilharmonie, the new home for the Hamburg Philharmonic to be inaugurated in 2012. The concert hall is currently being constructed in the industrial quarter of HafenCity, an area undergoing major revitalization with the conversion of hundreds of dated … [Read more...]
Studio Gang Architects – Aqua Tower
Project: Aqua Tower Author: STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS Architect of Record: Loewenberg & Associates Owner: Magellan Development Program: Hotel and Residential High-rise with retail and commercial spaces Size: 1.9 m SF including parking, 823 feet high Completion: Summer 2009, currently under … [Read more...]
Bio-Fuel Growing Eco Pods Rejuvenate Stalled Boston Project
Halted in November 2008, mid-construction, the Filene development in downtown Boston is currently barely even a shell of a building. The bones of the building are up, but sub street level a giant hole leaves a gouge in the city’s plan. Undaunted, Höweler + Yoon Architecture and Squared Design teamed … [Read more...]
Matsys Designs – Sietch Nevada – Urban Prototype
Designed by Matsys Designs, Sietch Nevada is a response to the idea of a water-poor world becoming a reality, especially in the American Southwest. With so much of the press focused on wars over oil, the world is often unaware of the slowly depleting water sources, which are indeed exponentially … [Read more...]
Red Chairs : Lily Armchairs from Edra Furniture
Red chairs are great in how they splash color into a room and can make a bolder statement even in a conservative design. Pictured here is the "Lily Armchair" getting its name from its shape like a lily flower. The secret behind this product is an elaborate molded steel frame that provides the floral … [Read more...]
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands – Jewish Community Center
Against tough competitors, such as Rafael Viñoly, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Foreign Office Architects, the competition to design the Jewish Community Center was awarded to Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands. The 30,000 sqf JCC project will emphasize an arts and community center that aims to bring … [Read more...]
Modern Cooper Concrete House Design
The concept of this home is strongly influenced by the lifestyle of the client, a person who is engaged in the field of art and creativity. He wanted to live in open space without division between his private and professional lives. The house has modern design and mostly made of cooper and concrete. … [Read more...]
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