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…
Architecture
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…
A bug’s life!
It looks like an igloo on the outside, but step inside and it feels like a world of magic! This is the Compound Camera, an…
Life Inside a Pipe Doesn’t Sound Too Shabby
There are various iterations of how urban dwellers will live in times to come, and of course, this is edged on by sci-fi films and…
Eindhoven’s forests defy gravity!
With the Liuzhou Forest City just a few years from completion, Stefano Boeri continues to make this world more habitable not just for humans, but…
A Multifaceted Masterpiece Hotel
The award-winning Tetra Shed has evolved into something entirely new and more substantial. Introducing, the Tetra Hotel! It expands on the live-in triangular pyramid, clustering…