Saturday, January 26, 2013

Emergency Architecture You Hope You Never Have to Use













Some architecture is architecture you hope you never have to use....Emergency Architecture.

Pix & txt via archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/bgotxt6

Dennis Maher: Architectural Repair




















NYT Home & Garden piece on Dennis Maher (whose show "House of Collective Repair" opens Saturday at the Albright-Knox, Buffalo) stays at home (in its own territory). If you really want to see his art follow links below to Albright-Knox, but above all his own website.

NYT> http://tinyurl.com/ab8tcjz
Albright-Knox> http://tinyurl.com/b5cdzvh

MAHER WEBSITE > http://tinyurl.com/amqy5ml

Japanese Tardis House: Bigger Inside Than Outside










Another Japanese TARDIS house where the inside is bigger than the outside. TARDIS is Dr. Who's telephone booth time machine, which is the only thing interesting about the Brit TV kiddie/pop/si-fi series. 

pix ext via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/a7cq8ok

Canadian Bunkie Cabin Knock-Out















"Bunkie Sleeping Cabin" (Canada). Canadian architecture is not all devoted to the eternal '70s. I stand corrected. 

Great design> http://design-milk.com/the-bunkie-sleeping-cabin/



New Japanese Hat House


















Japanese "Hat House" for small plot, ungainly on the outside but follow the link below and check out the interiors! 

story & pix via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/bfauwlk



The House Detective: Edinburgh Cube House






















ARTOPIATECTURE APPROVED! Mike Page's Edinburgh Cube Project. Ten cubic feet; 6.5 ft headroom; clever stairs; big bed; solar panels earn money in U.K. Go to site for video tour and interactive panorama.

Here> http://www.cubeproject.org.uk/

The House Detective: Is Small All Over?
















Three stories in NYT House & Garden Section about small housing. Does this mean it's [AMBIGUOUS] all over? Tiny is so cute and coy. Stop using it. Rational housing is not upscale downsized-housing or folk art. 

NYT> http://tinyurl.com/a6cydv2

Image is of "Cowboy" which can be ordered as small as 650 sq ft from form&forest> http://tinyurl.com/9wwh99v

Found on> http://www.smallhousestyle.com/