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3 Different Ways to Use a Shipping Container on Your Next Project

October 9, 2017 Victor Delaqua 0

Recycling material in architecture is becoming increasingly valued in order to enable the creation of sustainable projects. Certainly, naval containers have been one of the elements that have gained prominence in recent years for the design of private and public buildings that respect the environment. In addition to the ecological appeal, containers are a viable choice due to the speed and ease of assembly, the option of a cleaner construction site, or even the different design solutions that this material provides. With their standardized sizes, it becomes possible to create a modular structure that allows infinite possibilities of intervention, so that it suits different uses.

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Single Family House in Granada / DTR_studio

October 9, 2017 Cristobal Rojas 0

The house has a very relevant situation inside the city of Granada, located in the join between “Paseo del Salón” and “Paseo de la Bomba”. The position, between common walls, but at the same time like a separated object, because the adjoining plots have their free space towards our boundary, make our building into a urban referent.

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BIG’s LEGO House Photographed by Laurian Ghinitoiu

October 9, 2017 AD Editorial Team 0

Bjarke Ingels Group’s (BIG) LEGO House, which opened to the public earlier this month in Billund, Denmark, has already entered the canon of the iconic. By reframing the “toy scale of the classic LEGO brick” to the architectural scale, a vibrant collection of exhibition spaces and public squares “embody the culture and values at the heart of all LEGO experiences.” In other words, it’s playful, bright, and almost exclusively rectilinear!