Skyshelter.zip is like a compressed bellow that opens into a skyscraper
What these designers proposed was ground-breaking enough to win them the Golden Prize at the eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2018. The premise? Instant Skyscrapers. The technique?…
Architecture
A glass house that uses nature as its decor
To be honest, with the amount of natural beauty Iceland has to offer, and with its 300K population (that’s the entire country), ceilings and walls…
20 A’ Design Award winning buildings that make us drool!
Goethe’s words “I call architecture frozen music” couldn’t ring more true for these 20 structural marvels. If architecture truly is frozen music, this article is…
Turning Plastic Trash into Fantastic Tiles!
https://youtu.be/GRq59yPcXrM?list=PL1ksFH4IfpGaWEC2fwzdTqvVLTplqG12l After stunning audiences in Beijing, Shanghai, and most recently in London, the Trashpresso makes its way to the Milan Design Week. The massive machine,…
The Norwegian hotel that’s saving planet earth
While we try to minimize our carbon footprint on the earth, Norwegian hotel Svart doesn’t really worry about its own carbon footprint of energy because…
For Bird Watchers, Inspired by Bird Builders
You’ve probably heard of biomimicry as a design trend but have you ever heard of animal architecture mimicry? Designed just for bird watchers of the…
Greek architecture or underwater energy harvester?!
Neither have we discovered Atlantis, nor has the Parthenon sunk yet! This is the Parthenon Seawall, a structure designed by Waterstudio led by Netherlands based…
People who live in glass prefab cabins…
This cabin in the woods hides in plain sight, thanks to the use of one-way mirrors. Aptly named the Disappear Retreat, not only because it…
Asia Design Prize: Free for Design Students!
Awards are expensive ordeals. I remember trying to push my work out as a design student and being absolutely shocked at the amount I was…
A smart-home that travels with you!
The Ecocapsule is proof that we’re heading to a future heavily inspired by the Jetsons. The tiny, egg-shaped smart-house is definitely a slice of the…
Let sunlight be your wallpaper!
“I want a house where I can feel the sky” sounds more like poetry than a design brief, but then again, the resulting product also…
I’d like a room with a forest-facing view please
Oh, the irony. We evolved and built cities, concrete jungles, civilizations, only to absolutely detest the lifestyle and want to connect with nature again! That’s…