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- Students design a house that revolutionizes urban design Fri, 17 Dec 21, 4:30amVIRTUe, a student team from the Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands has created a housing scheme to transform urban living. The self-sufficient housing model called Ripple strives to create a ripple effect...
- This timber installation challenges students to think about new ways to design homes Sat, 6 Aug 16, 4:30amThe structure was built during a 5-day workshop, involving over 200 students who worked under the guidance of 12 studio directors and the wood engineer Rémy Meylan...
- Students build a stunning solar-powered multi-use space from salvaged materials Wed, 29 Jun 16, 11:00pmCreated for the University of Utah’s annual Design Build Bluff project, Cedar Hall is located next to the historic John Albert Scorup House, a historic 1890s property that, despite twelve years of effort, is unable to accommodate...
- This expanding backpack turns into an accordion-like tent Mon, 4 Apr 16, 6:00pmThe Melina pulls out accordion-style into a tent or folds together for a flatter profile. Two gray straps attached to one end of the tent allow the user to carry the Melina around like a backpack. A simple color palette matches...
- Melina backpack transforms to an accordion-like tent Mon, 4 Apr 16, 6:00pmThe Melina pulls out accordion-style into a tent or folds together for a flatter profile. Two gray straps attached to one end of the tent allow the user to carry the Melina around like a backpack. A simple color palette matches...
- Norwegian students build a contemporary wooden sauna on the sea Thu, 25 Jun 15, 6:00pmThe student project gets its name from its ribbon-like design that looks like three connected wooden bands individually rising to form three gabled shapes on one end, and stepping down towards the water on the other...
- Sharon Fieldhouse is a naturally-cooled glass pavilion in Virginia Tue, 17 Mar 15, 5:30amA group of undergraduate Virginia Tech students, led by Keith and Marie Zawistowski, who founded design/buildLAB, designed a public pavilion for Clifton Forge Little League in Sharon, Virginia, and created three geometric...
- INTERVIEW: We Chat With 16-Year-Old Tiny House Builder Austin Hay Thu, 11 Dec 14, 4:30pmAustin always thought it would be cool to build a treehouse, but once he found out you could build homes on a trailer to make them mobile, he quickly changed his mind...
- RCA student Olivia Wright receives green light to renovate a ruined pottery factory in England Thu, 4 Dec 14, 5:00pmThe project would be located on a site in the Burslem region of Stoke-on-Trent in England, and was designed as Olivia Wright's final project at the Royal College of Art...
- Recycled Material Pavilions Help Renew Interest in Costa Rica’s Public Spaces Mon, 3 Nov 14, 5:00pmIn August 2014, Benjamin Garcia Saxe and Laura Morelli led an “International Workshop” at the Universidad Veritas in San Jose Costa Rica for a class of students...
- Chitkara University’s Solar Lounge Offers Style and Comfort in a Compact Clean Energy Charging Station Fri, 30 May 14, 6:00amMany of us would prefer to work outside in nice weather, but it’s usually only a matter of time before we’re forced back inside in search of a power outlet...
- Smith Creek Pedestrian Bridge Connects Downtown Clifton Forge to New Public Park Thu, 24 Oct 13, 7:00amVA Tech's design/buildLAB program offers third year architecture students the chance to learn while participating in a project that makes a difference...
- Team Austria’s LISI House Wins the 2013 Solar Decathlon! Tue, 15 Oct 13, 1:30amThe top 3 homes of this year's competition: 1. Team Austria: Vienna University of Technology - LISI Home 2. Team Las Vegas: University of Nevada Las Vegas - DesertSol Home 3. Team Czech Republic: Czech Technical University...
- BREAKING NEWS: Team Austria’s LISI House Named Overall Winner of the 2013 Solar Decathlon! Sun, 13 Oct 13, 4:55amDRUMROLL PLEASE…..... Team Austria was just announced the overall winner of the 2013 Solar Decathlon for their beautiful LISI House! The team's win comes as no surprise as they were singled out as a competition frontrunner...
- UNC Charlotte’s UrbanEden Solar Decathlon Home Features a Garden Wall for Growing Food in the City Fri, 11 Oct 13, 3:07amThe UNC Charlotte team is calling their UrbanEden "a tree planted in the forest of the city." The Solar Decathlon home is designed for Charlotte’s temperate climate and increasingly urban lifestyle and blurs the line between...