Houseboat Colony For Oslo
Now I know that houseboats are a specialty of Amsterdam, but designer Espen Erikstad thinks otherwise. He feels that something like the Loup de Mer…
Architecture
Eels Inspire This Fish And Chips Joint
Being vegetarian gives me two advantages; I don’t care if they don’t serve me eels for my dinner and I don’t care if this one-time-staple…
Drammen on Down the Road to Car Island
Drammen is a city and municipality in Norway (look it up!) which is along the 1,890 km (1,174 mi) long European Route E18. The city…
What’s a Library with no Books in it?
Books are obsolete! Says the new knowledge seeker who learns by barraging themselves with internets. But I learn by turning the page! Says the traditional…
File Under Robot Infrastructure
In Leeuwarden, Netherlands they enjoy the comforts of a robotic overlord controlling a road bridge. It looks less like a bridge than a giant transformer…
Self-Sustaining Urban Area Abode Chapeau
Hydroponic Greenhouse. Turns air we breath out into air we can breath in. Uses solar-powered turbines to pump this air. Converts (biodegradable) human waste into…
It is a Football Stadium Inside a Volcano
Yeah. That’s what’s up. It’s built on top of the mountain. Or at least it’s made to seem as though it must be. Plush-ed out…
Zaha Hadid Created This Hot Mess
I’ll keep this straight forward. This shoe is the result from a collaboration between renowned architect Zaha Hadid and Brazilian fashion label Melissa. As with…
A Playful Meeting Between Wall and Floor
Those are the words of ADDI products, Kalmar, Sweden based design group who takes the wild step, not just forward, but to the side as…
Luminous Surfaces For Your Experiential Needs
The Cielos modular lighting system designed by Billings Jackson Design for Zumtobel has won a coveted GOOD DESIGN Award 2008, conferred by The Chicago Athenaeum:…
My Home’s Umbrella is Better Than Yours
Designer and Architect Andreas Angelidakis released a couple renders on his New Menir house, which I call an island rock. Nevermind the interior or geologic…
Kengo Kuma Houses for Muji
Kengo Kuma has designed two prefabricated houses for Muji They are small, simple, beautiful, can come in many variations, are made of standardized kits of parts, and…