Thursday, January 31, 2013

Elegant Swiss Agrcultural Shed














 Expressive and elegant agricultural shed in Switzerland. Uses local typologies and topology, plus local materials.

Go to designboom> http://tinyurl.com/ba37weu

World's Most Elegant Oyster Shack










Is this the "world's most elegant oyster shack" as claimed by Remodelista? Yes. It is on the coast of Brittany.

Remodelista story and more pix> http://tinyurl.com/aju63of


Tree House Is Not What You Think





















Concrete "tree" (main structural support) imitates real tree growing through house....

Found at subtilites.tumblr> slideshow>http://tinyurl.com/aa47x66





Tent Tenements Can be Elegant





Modular Tent "Tenements." Better to call them tentacles or tent villages or tent colonies.

First sited on living-off-the-grid then to> dornob>http://tinyurl.com/beoqc9b


Monday, January 28, 2013

Japanese TARDIS House for Family of Five





















Another TARDIS house from Shinozaki. Inside is definitely bigger than outside....."House for a Family of Five." Dr. Who's telephone booth TARDIS is bigger inside then outside, really bigger. 

Slide show> http://www.shnzk.com/detail7.html

TARDIS House for Japanese Couple

















More from Shinozaki --- "House T for a Couple," Tokyo. Built, I think on what the Japanese call a flagpole site: alley frontage leads to "flag" for house. Again the interiors are spectacular... House is also a studio. 

Slide show> http://www.shnzk.com/detail11.html

Narrow House for Violinist






















More from Shinozaki --- "House F for Violinist." Compression! But note the lovely arch entrance on ground floor. 

Slideshow> http://www.shnzk.com/detail12.html