Living in 129 Square Feet, Sovhus 4:12
The Sovhus 4:12 , measuring in at a tiny 129 square feet (12 square meters), is small in all dimensions. But its design power is undiminished…
Useful Tools in a Designer’s Arsenal
As a practicing architect, one of the difficulties I face is the pearl that is the English system of measurement that persists in the United States…
Nesting Doll House
House N is a new house in Oita, Japan , by one of our favorites, Sou Fujimoto Architects. The house is a series of nesting boxes, another departure from…
Sherwood Forest’s Fantastic Treehouse
London-based architects Make created the winning design for the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre (yes, that Sherwood Forest ). Their solution makes this little installation in Madison Square Park look really weak. In fact, Make…
Atelier Tekuto’s Poetic House Experiments
Architectural home designs rarely push the boundaries of actual living: they often boil down to 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. Atelier Tekuto is not only…
The Wonders of Concrete
Ahh, the wonders of concrete. A technology invented by the Romans continues to astound me with what is possible. In the case of dupli.casa, it…