Archive for March, 2008
Genious use of pre-fabricated materials
These days Dasparkhotel, created by designer Andreas Strauus as a new form of accommodation near Austrian city Linz, starts his third season. The hotel, opened from May till Octobre, is designed from unused increadible robust drain pipes, made from concrete. Simple look-like exterior covers entire 2 metres long room with a double-bed and storage. Other […]
Eco-hotel in a quarry
The Songjiang district, near the Chinese city Shangai, is a popular zone for recreation. Firm Atkins, famous for their grandiose projects, proposed a set of hotels called Songjiang. The key factor of the design is the water, that is all around the building. The hotel is created in the deep quarry and this point reflexes […]
Small House Seems Large (video)
The manipulation of light and space makes the Penguin House in Tokyo seem much larger.
Green Building Research from autodesk (video)
Autodesk and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) are committed to a future where design process and technology are integrated in support of our common goal: a sustainable tomorrow.
Over the past year, the Project Chicago: Green Building Research team investigated how modeling, analysis, and sustainable validation could converge into an improved design process. See how […]
Rucksack House - Parasite Perspective – New views on the city
Perched between art and architecture, form and function, the Rucksack House is a walk-in sculpture with its own spatial quality. A hovering illuminated space that looks like a cross between temporary scaffolding and minimal sculpture. As mobile as a rucksack, this mini-house is intended to be an additional room that can be suspended from the […]
