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- This prefab movable house can be assembled anywhere Fri, 4 May 18, 5:00amOn the go? Not a problem. This movable, prefab house from Swiss studio Rahbaran Hürzeler Architekten can be built and installed almost anywhere. The architects developed the project as an experiment in designing a space...
- This "boat" on wheels turns city dwellers into urban adventurers Wed, 4 Apr 18, 6:42amUrban adventurers, prepare to set sail: A temporary installation in Utrecht, the Netherlands is transforming its site into an unknown land full of discoveries...
- Architects insert a daylit multi-family dwelling behind an old shop front in Melbourne Fri, 9 Feb 18, 6:31amThe H.I.V.E. (Hybridized Interlocking Vertical Environments) x Five is a group of live-work dwellings nestled within an existing shop shell in Melbourne. Design studio Megowan Architectural punctured the existing roof of...
- Derelict worker's apartment in Amsterdam is unrecognizable after space-saving renovation Tue, 8 Aug 17, 4:21amDesign Studio Deirdre Renniers renovated this derelict 484-square-foot apartment in Amsterdam into a spacious, modern space dominated by natural materials and daylight...
- These wooden blocks can be stacked up to create cabins, treehouses, and wilderness shelters Mon, 31 Jul 17, 8:59pmMost cabins lie flat upon the earth - but Ofis Arhitekti just unveiled a wooden retreat that's stacked up into the sky. The architects worked with C+C, C28 and AKT to create a beautiful library made from modular blocks at...
- Architects cracked this concrete building to fill its interior with daylight Wed, 17 May 17, 11:10pmUsually, architects avoid creating a building full of cracks. But the beautiful concrete facade of this mixed-use building in Aarhus, Denmark was built with intentional imperfections. Copenhagen-based architecture studio...
- Color-changing glass bathes the interior of the new Canvas Worldwide headquarters in vibrant light Wed, 15 Mar 17, 3:42amVisitors of the new west coast headquarters of global powerhouse Canvas Worldwide are treated to a surprising mix of colorful spaces that reflect the company's dedication to creating original and inspiring work...
- Thong House in Vietnam redefines the traditional townhouse Thu, 14 Apr 16, 3:00pmThe box-like volumes create alternating indoor and semi-outdoor spaces populated with indigenous plants. Thanks to a flexible design, users can choose the optimal degree of privacy and natural lighting. Leaf patterns and...
- Rammed-earth attached houses in Geneva stay cool without excess energy use Sat, 12 Dec 15, 6:30amThe individual dwellings have separate entrances, garages and private courtyards, while the terraces located on the opposite side create a common garden and create an appearance of a single large living unit...
- Iridescent hand-folded metal panels clad Snøhetta’s Learning Center at Toronto’s Ryerson University Wed, 9 Dec 15, 5:00amThe new building, clad in a iridescent, hand-folded metal panels, acts as a campus gateway and opens up to the street via a raised platform that is part public plaza, part porch...
- Flexible Tetris House can expand and shrink thanks to a simple system of modular blocks Thu, 3 Dec 15, 5:00pmThe Tetris House project aims to create maximum flexibility for developers building housing units. Elements can rotate of find their optimal position within specific configurations. Steel modular structure and Meccano-like...
- UN Studio’s Taiwan Taoyuan Airport imagines the air travel terminal of the future Wed, 18 Nov 15, 5:00pmTogether with Bio-Architecture Formosana from Taipei, April Yang Design Studio from Ohio, and a multidisciplinary consultant team, the architects placed the main entrance of the terminal building at the south-west end of...
- UN Studio’s design for the Taiwan Taoyuan Airport reimagines how terminals should be designed Wed, 18 Nov 15, 5:00pmTogether with Bio-Architecture Formosana from Taipei, April Yang Design Studio from Ohio, and a multidisciplinary consultant team, the architects placed the main entrance of the terminal building at the south-west end of...
- Rotating walls and transforming furniture make two rooms vanish in the “Little Big” MJE House Wed, 21 Oct 15, 2:20amThe apartment, called MJE House, occupies a part of an existing house and boasts mobile partitions and furniture systems that changes the traditional concept of room...
- Rotating walls and transformable furniture make two rooms vanish in the “Little Big” MJE House Wed, 21 Oct 15, 2:20amThe apartment, called MJE House, occupies a part of an existing house and boasts mobile partitions and furniture systems that changes the traditional concept of room...