ARTOPIATECTURE

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Shipping Container Tea House

Shipping container tea house....or pavilion....or garage....

Txt & pix, go to designboom> http://tinyurl.com/ajz2mu2

Minimal House with Gorgeous Interiors

Wrapped in silence, sealed-off from sound. Japanese house deals with site by elegant withdrawal. Follow link to see gorgeous interiors...

Story, pix, interiors via domusweb> http://tinyurl.com/b5vy34g
Past posts> http://artopiatecture.blogspot.com/

Beautiful Wooden Swedish Barn-Style House

Built-to-order Swedish-barn houses. Pine!

More info on designboom> http://tinyurl.com/apoqye3
Past posts> http://artopiatecture.blogspot.com/

Cabin in the Middle of Drina River

Although usually serene, I confess I sometimes feel like this mid-river cabin made by school boys on the river Drina in Serbia in 1968. Go to link and check out video on intro page!

Via inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/d6xm4qx

Sand Rug Resort

Trending towards interiors today. How about this Portugese resort made up of buildings with sand floors?

More px at design-milk> http://tinyurl.com/bfbhqf8

Penthouse With Four-Story Slide

This is NOT a NY mini-apt. Downtown penthouse with four-story, stainless steel slide.

More pix at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/apl2lz6

Green Bathroom with Greenery

"Green" bathroom proposed in Japan. One of the sponsors is TOTO, Japanese sanitary porcelain company. Have bathroom; need gardener.

More info at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/bx54yd5

Walking House

Might be good for beaches, to avoid flooding....

N55’s Walking House is a modular, self-sufficient dwelling that can get up and walk away http://bit.ly/ZgfVa2

Every Roof A Garden

Why not on every roof?

This new affordable apartment complex boasts a massive rooftop farm for residents to grow fruits and veggies:http://su.pr/3lX6HU

Monday, March 4, 2013

Visualizations Trump Drawings!

At last an answer to conservative Michael Graves in the NYT who prefers drawings to visualizations. Visualizations! In praise of the Unbuilt!

"Balloons and Render Ghosts" at domus>http://tinyurl.com/c37czzl
On the dark side> http://ny.curbed.com/tags/rendering-vs-reality

Ank Artist's Studio

Always looking for ideas for a studio, I found this studio by Stijin Ank. No rooms! Actually, Ank contacted me.

Px & txt via domus> http://tinyurl.com/cy5jsqw

Dutch Dock Recreational House

Recreational house on a dock on an island in The Netherlands with a view from each end.

Px & txt via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/d2xcghv

Absalon Pods in Tel Aviv

Absalon (1965-1983) exhibit opens at Tel Aviv Museum of Art --- visionary, all-white habitation cells in dialogue with the white city of Tel Aviv.

Via artdaily> http://tinyurl.com/cxhz9pa

Nigerian Floating School

Prelude to a floating city of 250,000!This floating school in Nigeria is made with locally-sourced wood and is eqipped with solar panels!

http://su.pr/62U6IS

Dutch Pirate Station Restaurant

Dutch restaurant and office on site of pirate radio station. Looks like the future to me. Next: make these buildings walk.

Px & txt> http://www.archdaily.com/337557/rem-island-concrete/

Dutch Self-Sustaining House

Dutch proposal for an amazing self-sustaining house. Look inside!

Px, txt via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/d755zdu

British Window Rules!

Too many building regulations? Example: British windows rule results in too many poky windows and Juliet balconies: "...all windows must be cleanable from within, by women aged 64–75, without the use of ladders or cleaning devices and without stretching."

Article at guardian.uk> http://tinyurl.com/bswragv

Japanese Tree House

Japanese Garden Tree House. Who needs sculpture?

Found on archdaily. Slideshow>http://www.ogaa.jp/project/GTH/GTH03.htm

Cube House

"Cube House" in Japan. Artopia collects cubes.

Details at thisispaper> http://tinyurl.com/bd3seac
Cubes> http://pinterest.com/johnperreault1/cubes/

House in Brittany

After seeing this house, I finally want to visit Brittany, the origin of the Perreaults.

More px & info at archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/b2mdazf

Small in a Big Way in L.A.

"BIG & small House" in L.A. --- Volume exceeds square footage in two story, three-room house. Yes!

Px, txt, plns at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/akb6ybw

Friday, March 1, 2013

Fibonacci Japanese Neo-Modern

Japanese neo-modern "Northern Nautilus" based on Fibonacci spiral. Small and gorgeous, inside and out.

Txt, px at dezeen > http://tinyurl.com/bdl8sjn

Thatched?

Fresh from subtilitas on tumblr this renovated cottage by Proarh, Zagreb. Neo-modern thatched!

More images> http://tinyurl.com/b39l483

Invisible Land Is Hot Air

Hot Air. In NYC developers can buy, transfer, and build on "invisible land" i.e air rights. For more square feet and, above all, to own and sell a view.

NYT> http://tinyurl.com/actbbvj

How Big is Too Big?

Is 925 square feet too big? Canadian house looks much bigger than it really is. And it is self-sufficient.

Details at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/b7vv8ob

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Prison Into Hotel

Van der Valk Hotel The Judgment House in exotic Roermond, Netherlands, is an 1891 jailhouse converted into a hotel. Wish we could do that in U.S. But can't because we have the world's largest number of prisoners.

Via inhabitat > http://www.hetarresthuis.nl/nl/home

Portable Tourist Towers?

One of these portable tourist towers might work well as a quest house or a retreat, right?

Pix/txt at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/a67ybh7

Urban Campsite in Brooklyn

Bivoac --- urban rooftop campsite. Architizer finalist.

Details on architizer> http://tinyurl.com/bcyunht

Micro-Housing in the Big Apple

My new essay on Artsjournal.com --- "Roomers: Micro-Housing in the Big Apple." Could you live in 300 square feet? It's likely your children will have to.

On artsjournal.com: http://tinyurl.com/ak84t6e

Micro-Apts in Malls?

Providence RI Arcade (1828), first U.S. indoor shopping mall, will now sport micro-apartments. Will mega-malls and Tanger outlets follow suit? Some already have hotel rooms for exhausted shoppers.

Details at inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/alyswm9

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Swedish Slumming at the Homeless Hotel

Swedish Slumming--- you can book different outdoor sites at "the homeless hotel" website and experience homelessness for yourself. Money goes to charity. I don't know what to make of this. Is it condescending?

Story & px at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/amozax7

Russian Opera House Uproar!

Russian Opera House Uproar! Dominique Perrault plan rejected --- cost overruns, did not conform to building codes, sour cream soil. Public demand demolition of Diamond Schmitt substitute as too ugly. Perrault is at top. Diamond below.

Via ajarts> http://tinyurl.com/bakvrrt

Tokyo Office/Home

"BASE" --- your Tokyo home and office. Live above your work; ladders for stairs; hanging clothes instead of closet. Skylights. Yes!

Details at leibal> http://tinyurl.com/a4nfwu9

Shipping Container Greenhouse

Urban shipping-container greenhouse. We love greenhouses and we love the proportions of shipping containers.

Details at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/a45wqvf

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Desk Bed for Your Office

For 21st Century living spaces. For 21st Century work loads. Desk bed! Well, it's better than commuting.

Txt & pix at inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/d96koh2

Budapest Bauhaus Villa for Rent

Not a Japanese neo-modern; too big! Instead it's Farkas Molnar's 1932 Bauhaus villa in Budapest for sale or rent.

From Barbara Armstrong (Facebook) to details/realtor>http://tinyurl.com/c9scjgr

Friday, February 22, 2013

Rudolph's Brutalist Icon Saved!

Paul Rudolph's Brutalist Orange County Government Center saved!

NYT> http://tinyurl.com/buyojlh

Fujimoto's House N

"House N " by Sou Fujimoto who has designed the 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.

Txt & px at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/cg494lp

Fujimoto Serpentine Gallery Preview

Fujimoto Serpentine Gallery Pavilion preview....

Txt & pix at dezeen>http://tinyurl.com/caoqhld

Fujimoto Tree House

Tree House? Fujimoto in the news because of Serpentine Pavilion commission. His "House NA" gives a new meaning to the term "tree house"...

Pix, txt, floorplans via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/cgzgox5

Fujimoto to Design Serpentine Pavilion

Sou Fujimoto will design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London. Check out slide show of his past projects. Pix here is of "Final Wooden House."

Slideshow at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/aplcymw

Houselike House in Antwerp

"VMVK House," Antwerp. Another houselike house.

Px,txt, interiors at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/bbl6z7h

Red Tree House in Lapland

Bright red tree-house in Swedish Lapland.

Pix, txt at gardenista> http://tinyurl.com/arwuh9u

Neo-Modern in Nantes

Neo-modern in Nantes, France. Artopia does not use the term minimal for neo-modern architecture. Ever. Besides, what is so minimal about this top-heavy delight?

Via liebal> http://tinyurl.com/an8nxtu