Sunday, December 2, 2012
Cargotecture from Amsterdam to Brighton
Cargotecture? 35 shipping containers from Amsterdam to Brighton to fight homelessness.
Txt & pix via inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/cvf87mu
Austrian Tunnel House
Not two houses on a slope, but one house with living and sleeping quarters joined by an underground tunnel, in Austria.
Text & more pix via design-milk> http://tinyurl.com/d56qlnv
Beneath Pylons But Off-Grid
What is strange about this picture? Surrounded by electric pylons, "cabin" in Japan is off-grid and supplies its own electricity.
Story & slide show via dezeen.com >http://tinyurl.com/cfhxymq
House To View Cherry Blossoms
Modest Japanese house maximizes views of cherry blossoms. Another house designed from the inside out.
Pix & text via designboom: http://tinyurl.com/cr83kf8
Sliding Barn Doors!
Why are sliding barn doors so appealing? Check out this survey.
http://remodelista.com/posts/10-favorites-exterior-sliding-barn-doors
http://remodelista.com/posts/10-favorites-exterior-sliding-barn-doors
Thomas Schutte's House for Terrorists
First pix I've seen of artist Thomas Schutte's "Holiday Home for Terrorists." Apparently designed in response to 9/11 but now the private home of an art dealer.
Pix and story from designboom: http://tinyurl.com/cc7ezeg
Friday, November 30, 2012
Steel and Bamboo Houses
Steel and bamboo housing for those of modest income in Viet Nam. And they look great!
Story & unages via dezeen: http://tinyurl.com/c77o8le
Fujimori's Flying Mud Boat Hut
Terunobu Fujimori's "Flying Mud Boat" is an eccentric, suspended hut. Is it art or architecture?
More pix & story at designboom: http://tinyurl.com/br6wpxo
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Every Room A Shed
"Draw the Village..." An experimental house with scattered units? What a terrific idea: each room a separate "shed."
More images via blog.leibal: http://tinyurl.com/dyveany
Chinese Ark
We do not believe that the end is at hand (Dec. 21?); the
end of the world has already happened. Nevertheless....man uses life savings to build this ark.
archinect> dailymail: http://tinyurl.com/d7spzx2
Make A Silo Into A House
How to repurpose a silo and make it a house. Diagrams included.
Details and more pix via designboom: http://tinyurl.com/csn5fqg
Willem Dafoe's Rubber House
Actor Willem Dafoe's black-rubber house in upstate N.Y.
Story & pix via remodelista: http://tinyurl.com/cj4ay2d
112 black houses: http://tinyurl.com/aklwyst
Warming Huts on Ice
Warming huts for world's longest frozen river.
Story and drawings via architizer: http://tinyurl.com/bogxfgb
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Slovenian Alpine Hut
Slovenian alpine hut. Catch the movie. Some hut!
Story, pix and video via dezeen: http://tinyurl.com/c3c5zet
Green House
Green has two meanings. Caretaker's House made of local, green timber by Invisible Studio.
Story & pix via archdaily.com: http://tinyurl.com/bljoe4w
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Quilted Cube Home
Chinese quilted cube mobile home for tricycle. One wall slides open as door.
Story & pix via dezeen.com: http://tinyurl.com/cdjueu7
Monday, November 26, 2012
Private Gallery by Holl
Private gallery in upstate N.Y. by Steven Holl. Details!
Pix and profile via remodelista.com:http://tinyurl.com/c6pcoc2
Folly Competition
New folly competition; last year's winner.
Details via residentialarchitect: http://tinyurl.com/c39f7sj
Sunday, November 25, 2012
My Swedish Summer House
Already dreaming of July and my summer house in Sweden. If only!
Txt & slide show via residentialarchitect:http://tinyurl.com/btzotnn
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Swedish Prefab Cabin by Helicopter
Swedish, prefab cabin with sliding glass doors can be delivered by helicopter.
Story and more photos via design-milk>http://tinyurl.com/aayzwtp
Neo-Modern Desert House
tumblr>hperform.dwell>txt slide show>http://tinyurl.com/cmgbu2w
On The Flood Plain Of The Danube
House designed for a flood plain of the Danube. Would it work on Long Island?
Details and more pix via archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/alxwgyd
Friday, November 23, 2012
Portable Hotel Room Pods
Portable, free-standing hotel rooms now available. DROP is a pod suitable for "natural locations" since it has minimal ground contact....
Story and images via designboom: http://tinyurl.com/altsv24
Earthquake-Proof House in Chile
New earthquake-proof house in Chile. Elegant!
Story and pix via dezeen.com> http://tinyurl.com/avhaqvw
Story and pix via dezeen.com> http://tinyurl.com/avhaqvw
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Retreat Platform for Living.
Not a residence, but a platform for living. Get it? North Face tent on roof. A refuge in the woods. A camp site. Stretching what a house could be? Check out slide show images.
Via tumblr> hyperform> dwell> slide show:http://tinyurl.com/b4deb53
San Francisco Goes Micro!
San Francisco joins micro-apartment trend, approving 250 square foot pads. Give those singles a place to sleep! But will SRO hotels and rooming houses return?
via inhabitat.com> http://tinyurl.com/acur8cq
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
I'll Take The House on The Roof!
French housing project. Although they function as a sign, I want to live in one of the houses on the roof. But, really, hierarchy prevails; must be something about France.
Text & more pix via dezeen.com> http://tinyurl.com/br5vh2x
Future Pod or Minimalist Sculpture?
"We are the primitive men of the future and this is our future cave." Pod or sculpture?
Story, pix and video via designboom>http://tinyurl.com/awellxr
The House with No Windows
Three-room, concrete Japanese house with no windows, but with two dramatic light wells on the roof. Entrance is a door at the side. Darkness, starkness, bareness can be cozy. House is a light-trap and the light moves and changes from hour to hour, from day to day, from month to month. A mattress on the floor is all I would need.
Interiors and text via dezeen.com>http://tinyurl.com/c53yuwq
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