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- The Life Pod is a $1,500 dome-shaped dream home on wheels Fri, 22 Jan 16, 6:40amMichel Weekes built the 8-foot diameter Life Pod dome in only 10 weeks out of Luan plywood covered with TPO-thermoplastic polyolefin. The 1,200-pound dome is a 13 1/2-foot long structure designed according to the Golden Ratio...
- Tiny Life Pod is a $1,500 dome-shaped home with a compost toilet Fri, 22 Jan 16, 5:00amMichel Weekes built the 8-foot diameter Life Pod dome in only 10 weeks out of Luan plywood covered with TPO-thermoplastic polyolefin. The 1,200-pound dome is a 13 1/2-foot long structure designed according to the Golden Ratio...
- Ulf Mejergren Architects team up with 100 kids to build a city from sticks Sat, 21 Mar 15, 5:30amStockholm-based Ulf Mejergren Architects designed an interesting mini-city made from sticks which would be built by 100 kids during a scout camp workshop in New Hampshire...
- Airbnb Unveils Four House-Shaped Pavilions in Trafalgar Square for the London Design Festival Sat, 20 Sep 14, 12:53amJasper Morrison’s design was conceived as a home for a pigeon keeper. Boxes and perches with model birds are housed in blackened exterior made from plywood. The small house, adequately located on a large open space where...
- Watch This Shape-Shifting Building Shrink and Expand as Temperatures Change (Video) Fri, 12 Sep 14, 2:24amΤranslated Geometries from efilena baseta on Vimeo. Architects dream about buildings that can change shape to suit varying environmental conditions, and constantly tinker with the technology necessary to achieve this. To...
- Tiny Papay Fire Shelter Inspired by Nomadic Tents Pops up in the Orkney Islands Sat, 15 Mar 14, 6:30amThe shelter was used during the Papay Gyro Nights 2014 festival, which celebrates video art, sound art, experimental film, music and architecture. It takes place at the first full moon in February on Papa Westray, a small...
- AA Students Build a Gorgeous Cocoon Treehouse Retreat in England Thu, 27 Jun 13, 12:30amThe temporary frame for the structure was constructed using only four untreated sheets of plywood and one locally milled cedar tree. The strips were bandaged together to create a façade stiff enough to be suspended from...
- Roskilde Plywood Dome is a Large Geodesic Structure Inspired by a C240 Molecule Fri, 5 Apr 13, 4:04amRead the rest of Roskilde Plywood Dome is a Large Geodesic Structure Inspired by a C240 Molecule Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Benny Jepsen, biomimicry, Buckminster Fuller, buckminster fuller...
- Temporary Wooden Pavilion is a Day-Lit Meeting and Event Space at World Design Capital Helsinki Thu, 23 Aug 12, 2:40amRead the rest of Temporary Wooden Pavilion is a Day-Lit Meeting and Event Space at World Design Capital Helsinki Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Aalto University, cultural architecture, exhibition...