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- An abandoned Chinese village is reborn as an interactive art destination Thu, 28 May 20, 2:30amWith 1 billion people estimated to be living in Chinese cities in 2050, China is seeing hundreds of thousands of its rural villages abandoned. In a bid to bring renewed life to one of its 102 abandoned villages, the Government...
- Modular Aquatecture panels can harvest rainwater from the sides of buildings Tue, 17 Dec 19, 5:30amIn response to the severe water shortage that recently gripped Cape Town, South African-born designer Shaakira Jassat of Studio Sway has developed Aquatecture, a building facade panel designed to harvest rainwater runoff...
- MVRDV unveils pro-bono vision to reopen the lost canals of The Hague Sat, 28 Sep 19, 1:30amIn a bid to restore a lost part of nature to The Hague, MVRDV has unveiled a proposal to reopen the city’s 17th-century canals that were filled in between 1910 and 1970...
- This beautiful, barn-inspired visitor center has nine movable sections that let in natural light Thu, 29 Mar 18, 7:48amDutch firm 70F architecture has designed a beautiful, barn-inspired visitor center in the Netherlands that "breathes" thanks to nine movable sections that open up the facade in the morning and close it at night...
- The 'Dutch Mountains' will be the world's largest wooden building Sat, 17 Mar 18, 4:58amThe Netherlands is famously flat—but a massive green mountain is rising up in the Dutch city of Veldhoven. The Dutch Mountains project will be the world’s largest wooden building, combining natural materials with high-tech...
- These incredible lights look exactly like giant soap bubbles Tue, 28 Mar 17, 10:00pmDutch designers Martens & Visser created a collection of mesmerizing kinetic objects that rotate and reflect light and color like massive soap bubbles floating through the air...
- Solar Cabin: modular refugee housing with an energy-generating solar field Fri, 15 Jul 16, 9:30pmWith prefabricated gypsum walls and a western red cedar facade, Solar Cabin is an aesthetically-pleasing design that offers profound environmental and social benefits...
- Modular Wikkelhouse wrapped in 24 layers of cardboard snaps together in a day Tue, 31 May 16, 10:00pm"Wikkelhouse is what you get when an everyday material finds a groundbreaking purpose," Fiction Factory told Dezeen. "Using cardboard as its main building material, Wikkelhouse is a cutting-edge sustainable house with a beautiful...
- Dutch designer upcycles abandoned shopping carts into luxury sofas and chairs Sat, 21 May 16, 5:00amDutch designer Etiënne Reijnders has taken it upon himself to turn abandoned, run-down shopping carts into elegant chairs and sofas. The process involves sawing, cutting, folding, forging and welding the steel. Once finished,...
- 10 inspiring upcycled designs that will make you think twice before tossing anything Fri, 15 Apr 16, 5:59pmTurning something discarded into something useful and beautiful is one of the most rewarding facets of design. We're delighted to see that more emerging designers are integrating upcycling into their work, proving that new...
- A quirky split-level pavilion in the Netherlands built with fallen trees Tue, 9 Feb 16, 5:00amThe double gable-roofed pavilion is located right next to the bricked Zegenwerp Mansion, on a former isle at the River Dommel. It shelters two main areas, one for socializing and a smaller space for parking a car, storing...
- See-through Porta Palace tiny home “feels bigger than expected” Wed, 13 Jan 16, 1:59am"Wouldn’t it be great if our houses would fit more to us like personal shell instead of being oversized and one-size-fits-all?" asks Daniël Venneman, Dutch tiny home designer...
- Glass and timber ‘Little Black Box’ is everything we love about Dutch design Wed, 16 Dec 15, 6:30amDelft-based office architectural studio DP6 Architectuurstudio dark larch cladding blends with the surroundings. Related: Prefab “Mini-Me” House Acts as an Adorable Smaller Sidekick to an Upstate New York Home "The old...
- 14 inspiring designs from Eindhoven Sectie-C Tue, 1 Dec 15, 9:10amCilindrical Mine Kafon by Massoud Hassani One of Inhabitat's favourite inventors, Afgan Massoud Hassani settled for a studio at Sectie-C after graduating from the Design Academy four years ago...
- Two architectural teams redesign the fourth ugliest place in all of Holland Fri, 13 Nov 15, 2:12amRelated: + Maarten Bass + Van Aken Architecten Via Frame Web Photos by SDK Vastgoed Maarten Bass, Van Aken Architecten, architecture, Eindhoven, De Bakermat, the sketch, House Up, dutch architecture, Dutch Design Week 2015,...