Ando Studio and TNA (Takei – Nabeshima – Architects), has designed an amazing small tower house on a commission in the town of Karuizawa located approximately 300 km north-west from Tokyo. The ring house is wrapped in glass and cedar wood and has a 360 ° view of the forest. The house stands in a […]
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The Chilean architect, Oltmann Ahlers G. dRN + Arquitectos are convinced that a good example of a home with low environmental impact is not just a building that uses environmentally friendly or recyclable materials, but architecture in all its parts research balance and total fusion with the environment surrounds it. Born following this philosophy, a […]
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Accelerated in the world characterized by continuous change, we must be prepared to adapt. HHD is a project associated with thinking and make mobile homes that meets the desire for freedom and movement. And at last furniture fair in Milan were presented home designed and produced by Aldo Cibic. The project is called “more with […]
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An admirer of the author J.R.R. Tolkien has achieved his dream of owning a ‘hobbit’ house in a plot of bucolic Chester County, near Philadelphia. The 55 square meters of this house designed by architect Peter Archer keep a first-class collection of manuscripts and memories of the famous author of The Lord of the Rings. […]
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Environmental sustainability is the keyword. Inspired by the tropical climate vegetation of Rio de Janeiro, the museum is an institution dedicated to ecology: “The building will have a low environmental impact, energy self-sufficient and will be made of recyclable materials.” The goal is to create a structure that can serve as examples to a philosophy […]
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Beijing Parkour is a new settlement strategy for intervention in the housing stock is characterized by typical Beijing hutong. The project idea is interpreted as multiplication and recovery of soil surface to allow an intensive development of these areas without sacrificing the traditional horizontal pattern typical of the oldest areas of the city. The exactly […]
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