All of Berlin in a Single Credenza
Presenting the defining moment in Credenzoligy. This credenza is made to read like a novel, telling the story of the history of the structures that…
Architecture
My Entire House be Rearranging Itself, Grid-wise
I just saw an episode of Futurama where instead of the elevator moving though the building, the entire building moved when the button was pressed….
Modern Additions in not so Modern Homes
The Grafton Crescent project replaced an existing dilapidated small lean-to rear extension with a new glass extension at ground floor level and new timber and…
Leave the Children at Home; this is Adult Business
Kids, you have to stay here: your father and I are going to the park to play on the adult playground …?! “Big Kidz” athletic…
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…
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…
The Inside Out
Emergent’s new Huaxi Urban Center for China (always China or Dubai) is a paradigm shift in architectural design when once upon a time a building’s…
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…
Move Over Grand Central, WTC Transport Hub Revealed
Last week, the Port Authority of New York, New Jersey, and Santiago Calatrava released revised renderings of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. I’ve always…
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…
When a Building’s Skin Ripples
FLARE is a pneumatic building facade system. The FLARE system consists of a number of tiltable metal flake bodies. An infinite array of flakes can be mounted…