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Woodstock Hut / Léa Bostmambrun + Réal Emond

September 20, 2018 Daniel Tapia 0

The Woodstock hut is part of « Le festival des cabanes » architecture competition around Annecy, France. Twelve huts provide an excuse to offer and share a different view of building with wood and a small budget in some striking places of this mountainous area.

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Between Square and Circle: Xinnan Kindergarten / Jin Niu

September 20, 2018 Winnie Wu 0

When I first stepped out into the site of Xinnan Kindergarten, I was a bit down and disappointed. Looking around, in this village nearby the Xiamen Island, I saw nothing but the barren fields and messy country houses. It has neither the rich and interesting information nor the fascinating surroundings.

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Greenhouse as a Home / BIAS Architects

September 19, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

In 1644, while introducing the mercury barometer, Evangelista Torricelli wrote: “We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of the element air, which by unquestioned experiments is known to have weight.” Probably, this is one of the most dramatic statements in the early history of atmospheric science. Not only, this is a dramatic statement for architecture, too. Indeed, following Torricelli discovery, we are “submerged” in an element that has properties. Most important, these properties –that we call climatic- can influence the way we inhabit. So, since today we can artificially control the climate, the walls are no more the only important element of architecture.

Seven of Robert Venturi’s best postmodern projects

September 19, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

American architect Robert Venturi has passed away, leaving behind a legacy of postmodern creations. We look back at some of the most important work he completed in the often divisive, but always playful, style. Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia, USA, 1964 When asked by his mother to design her a house in the late 1950s, Venturi

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This Small Apartment Has Plenty Of Hidden Design Elements

September 19, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Tess Kelly   Tsai Design have transformed a small one bedroom apartment in Melbourne, Australia, into a livable and functioning space.   Upon entering the small apartment, there’s a custom designed wall unit that features a flexible pegboard wall, creating a place to hang jackets, keep umbrellas and store shoes. The other half […]

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Supermonkey / Mur Mur Lab

September 19, 2018 Laurene Cen 0

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How to create something different in the normal? How to break the formula to invent the future? How to use design and innovation to trigger the sparks of interests? These propositions are what Mur Mur Lab and Supermonkey pursue for. Upon this foundation, we share a belief that we should never replicate our past. We should live at this moment.