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The Legacy of Saddam’s Architecture of Fear
Empires rise and fall, but the physical foundations they lay remain like ghosts. Fifty years ago Baghdad had just three public sculptures. During the revolution mobs destroyed two of them, leaving just one dedicated to an obscure prime minister. Today Iraq proliferates with imposing monuments and lavish palaces. But what has become of this architecture of fear since the fall of Saddam?
Continue reading...Incredible Bamboo Architecture by Vo Trong Nghia
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Bamboo is the stuff of green dreams these days. Not only is this material a winning combination of strong, lightweight and flexible; it also scores highly in the sustainable stakes, being super fast growing and easy to harvest locally in many parts of the world. What's more, it is increasingly lauded for its aesthetic qualities. None of this is news to any architect worth their salt – but one in particular, Vietnamese virtuoso Vo Trong Nghia, stands out for his exceptional bamboo designs.
Continue reading...8 Incredible Green Roofs
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Environmental Graffiti's put together a roundup of eight great green roofs for you to admire: these aren’t just your average pieces of sod plopped on top of a building, they're beautiful roofs that are meant to be seen, designed by artsy types in newfound attempts to express and flex their creativity. Take a look, and be inspired.
Continue reading...The Ramp House: A Skatable Home By Archivirus
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Skateboarders are a fanatical bunch, warriors on wheels who’ll ollie and grind whenever and wherever they can. Any urban space will do, but if it’s raining or there isn’t a skate park nearby, what’s a skater to do? Answer: live in the Ramp House, newly completed by Acrhivirus Architecture and Design. The Ramp House is exactly what it says it is: less a residence with a ramp than a seamless integration of half-pipe and homestead.
Continue reading...Shining Solar Beacon Lights the Way for the Weary Traveler
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Avid skiers may soon find a shining new example of sustainable shelter on their next trip to the Swiss Alps. The Monte Rosa Hut, developed by the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and winner of Holcim Awards Bronze 2008 Europe, is an alpine shelter that uses state of the art technology to self-sufficiently produce energy, collect water and treat both solid waste and waster water - all at 2,883 m above sea level.
Continue reading...MAD Architects’ City of the Future
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
What will the city of the future look like? If MAD architects have anything to say about it, urban centres will no longer resemble the concrete jungles of the industrial revolution. MAD and their design friends have come together to create a conceptual model of the Huaxi city centre of Guiyang, China, that brings nature into every consideration when building with the most modern technologies of the 21st century.
Continue reading...Camouflage House 3
Monday, February 23, 2009
Immerse yourself in nature while enjoying all the comforts of a modern home with Hiroshi Iguchi's Camouflage House 3. Fondly referred to as the "greenhouse house", this sustainably designed building is not only beautiful, it gives you the chance to live a wonderful life inside your very own greenhouse. Live here, and you'll never want for greenery again, because you'll have Mother Nature as your roommate.
Continue reading...Arthur C. Clarke’s Monolith Appears in the Forest
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
If you want to get away from it all and you really don't want anyone to find you, then the newest concept hotel designed by Swedish firm Tham & Videgard Hansson is for you. You'll enjoy a wonderful 360 degree view of a beautiful forest just like this one, but no one will be able to see you. That's right: all you have to do is climb on into the invisible tree house hotel and disappear from the world.
Continue reading...Mad Japanese Kid Lives in Ancient Hut that he Created
Friday, February 13, 2009
On warm, summer nights, kids might ask their parents to let them set up a tent so they can sleep under the stars. If they get too cold, or feel that the ground is too hard, they'll just find their way back to their comfy beds. But this is not the case with the industrious 14-year-old Shogo Kasai; he built his very own Jomon period Japanese pit house - similar to the one above - out of bamboo and rice straw, and intends to live in it for a few weeks at a time!
Continue reading...Floating House by MOS Architects
Friday, January 2, 2009
Located on Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes bordered by Michigan and Ontario, this floating house was designed by MOS architects to a complex site-specific brief. Lake Huron’s water level fluctuates dramatically throughout the year, so to accommodate the cyclical changes of the seasons and possible global warming effects the house had to be designed to allow for constant movement.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
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