Month: November 2017

from the 15th of november to the 10th of december, the solar egg will be placed in the courtyard of the swedish institute in central paris.

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The conversion of shipping containers to living spaces is not a new concept—but being able to purchase them online and have them delivered by e-commerce giant Amazon is. Deliveries by the Seattle-based (and seemingly endlessly expanding) company are becoming a staple for most American households: dogs have never barked so much at the postman, porches have never been so littered with empty boxes, and never before has almost every product on the market been available from one place without even having to leave the house.

Home [From b. Lat. Focāris, adj. Der. Of focus, fire]
Place where the fire is made. House. Group of people living together.
“The house is the coat.” Álvaro Siza
“The house is a dwelling machine”. Le Corbusier

New York City’s latest full-floor luxury apartments are officially for sale in Morris Adjmi Architects’ first ever residential tower, 30 E 31. At 500 feet tall and 40 stories, this building will feature 42 one- and two-bedroom homes with a duplex penthouse—with prices ranging anywhere from $1.65 to $12 mil. Located in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood, the building’s design draws from its Gothic context. On the facade, 6 columns emphasize the skyscraper’s verticality and at the top of the building turn into a diagrid pattern reminiscent of a barrel-vaulted ceiling.

UNStudio, working in collaboration with Werner Sobek, have unveiled their designs for the Wasl Tower, a 300-meter tall skyscraper in Dubai. Centrally located along the main thoroughfare that connects the Emirates north to south, the Wasl Tower sits directly opposite the Burj Khalifa and, once completed, will feature one of the world’s tallest ceramic facades. Inspired by the movement of the city, the 300-meter supertall building takes on a “contrapposto” form, responding to the Sheikh Zayed Road along which it is sited.

by arranging 99 dwelling units in eight separate buildings, and by reserving the virgin forest, takenaka has succeeded in reproducing the historical and beautiful landscape along the ‘sando’.
The post takenaka group designs a japanese-style housing nex…

by arranging 99 dwelling units in eight separate buildings, and by reserving the virgin forest, takenaka has succeeded in reproducing the historical and beautiful landscape along the ‘sando’.
The post takenaka group designs a japanese-style housing nex…