Venice Preview: The Airbnb Pavilion
Airbnb is one of the most provocative innovations that the internet has offered us in recent years. So much so that it is seen as a direct threat to a multi-billion dollar hotel industry. By allowing...
View ArticleGrow Your Wealth
The refurbishment of houses into commercial spaces is common practice in regional areas of Australia, however it is usually poorly executed. A complete overhaul can be costly and time consuming. The...
View ArticleGo Glamping in a Geodesic Dome à la Buckminster Fuller
We've seen rotund structures inspired by Buckminster Fuller's seminal geodesic dome pop up all over the world. From a sustainable luxury tent suite, to a Bucky-inspired robot, to prominent domes being...
View ArticleBrisbane Street House
The Brisbane Street brief required the refurbishment and reinvention of a semi-detached terrace in Queens Park. A home was required for a young family that could become a vehicle for exploration and...
View ArticleDead Garden II
Dead Garden II is an arrangement of logs built for the International Garden Festival, an event held annually in Metis, Quèbec (Canada) that sponsors new possibilities, wild ideas, and other horizons...
View ArticleDaring Public Interest Design: 10 Architects Set to Save the World
Few professions are so driven by an innate idealism as architecture. Many enter the field not to just leave a string of glittering new buildings for posterity, but in an effort to improve the way we...
View ArticleA School's Spiraling Rooftop Farm Paves the Way for Environmental Education
The best way to foster a society that values environmental responsibility begins with early education. That's why when Vo Trong Nghia — a firm already known for their distinctive green roofs and...
View ArticleFaring Road
This project is located on a 57,000 square-foot residential site in West Hollywood, with far-reaching views extending to downtown and the sea beyond. The existing home has been demolished to make way...
View ArticleNo.1 Dream Apartment
This residential apartment is located in the heart of Milan, inside an area which is now undergoing a deep urban renovation for Expo2015. The design aimed to create a dynamic and urban space and a new...
View ArticleInside a Modernist Swiss Classic's Subtle Makeover
Swiss manufacturer USM is the creator of three modular office furniture icons that have been in continuous production since the mid-century: the Haller storage system of tubular steel frames and sheet...
View ArticleYallingup House
Completed in 2012, this project is located on a beautiful sloping site in the Millbrook Estate, Yallingup; a large luxury home built for a middle-aged couple and their four children. The challenge...
View ArticleTime Travel Through Architecture With Newly Released Digital Archive of...
Libraries and museums everywhere are rushing to digitalize their collections, and it seems as though new online archives are cropping up every day. The latest is from the American Museum of Natural...
View ArticleScandinavian Middle
This residence, consisting of a design office and a master bedroom, is the result of renovating a barn that once stored farming equipment. Located in a rural area about an hour's drive from Tokyo, the...
View ArticleNow This Is How You Renovate a Frank Lloyd Wright Icon
Chicagoland is no stranger to Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie house repertoire. From his first residential commission to the famed Robie House, Chicago and its suburbs are teeming with some of the...
View ArticleA Shrine in Chaos
This is a Shinto shrine built to remember the city’s origin, designed for the Water and Land art festival held in the city of Niigata. This shrine is located in a vacant lot between two bridges where...
View ArticleHop Aboard This Vertical Train to the Stratosphere
Last year, architects like Diller Scofidio + Renfro and SHoP released futuristic proposals for a new Penn Station that would replace the widely-detested Madison Square Garden. But, while these...
View ArticleBlue Box
The three-section sports hall of BG/BORG Graz Liebenau – called Blue Box – should be seen as an additional module within the whole complex of the existing sports and school building, which functions,...
View ArticleThree House
Built on an irregular plot of approximately 22 by 62 feet, this house is located in the town of Boca del Rio, at the Port of Veracruz. Based on the concerns and needs of a family consisting of a...
View ArticleCasa Zii
This house is located in an area dense with buildings, facing the shores of Lake Iseo. The project started from a desire to exploit the potential of a place that was widely neglected; a mechanical...
View ArticleHouse of Blocks
This house is located in Ushiku City, Ibaragi Prefecture, about an hour by car from Tokyo. The exterior features a triangular roof with no windows on the front facade, to create an image of blocks...
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