Green House

Green House dissolves the large scale of the typical enclosed block volume into a new xx structure, thereby creating an expressive and spatially varied building, which relates to the large scale of the surrounding urban fabric, while at the same time creating series of micro-environments such as courtyards, squares and plateaus with different degrees of openness. Green House creates synergy

MORMOR by Johannes Torpe and Rune Reilly Kölsch

Johannes Torpe and Rune Reilly Kölsch’s sofa MORMOR from HAY received “The Danish Design Prize 2007”.The jury says, "A rejection of conventions, innovative production approach, provoking and funky design, visual and sculptural furniture, a fine example of renewal in Danish furniture design.Innovative sofa design is a difficult task, so there is every reason to applaud the new sofa concept MORMOR

Providence chapel by jonathan tuckey design

British architect Jonathan Tuckey has designed a timber-clad extension to a 19th century Baptist chapel in Wiltshire, England, as part of the building’s conversion into a residential property.The timber cladding on the walls and roof references the local “tin tabernacle” churches, which are clad in tin.The proposal includes rainwater harvesting and insulation made from recycled

Brio54

” ….A young, design-driven development firm, Brio54’s mission is to provide sustainable, affordable design while delivering high quality construction. Home buyers of all types will delight in Brio54’s wide variety of offerings - whether you live in a suburban area, are looking to refurbish or rehab, or have an empty urban infill lot. Brio54’s first prefab prototype, the H1, (pictured above) is

A Garden Blooms in Queens

In 1999, when the Queens Botanical Garden began planning its new visitors’ center, the LEED program that is now the currency of the green-building movement was still a nascent tool. New York City, meanwhile, was in the process of creating its own guidelines for “high-performance” buildings. Especially in the realm of publicly financed projects, the era of green architecture was just dawning.“

Lounge furniture StingRay

This beautiful lounge furniture is called the rocking chair. This piece of furniture is a graduation project by Danish architect, Thomas Pedersen from Aarhus School of Architecture.Relax, doze-off or just recharge your batteries again, this lounge furniture is formed to accommodate a variety of sitting positions. Its organic form is rough on the outside yet smooth and protective on the inside

Wooden serving trays by Anders Lunderskov

These wooden serving trays make great kitchen gadgets. Designed by Danish furniture designer, Anders Lunderskov, these serving trays or Lift-up Trays as they are called, are created from oven-dried basswood and laminated cherrywood.When you lift this wooden serving tray, it makes a solid, varnished wooden frame, and the tray is ready to carry. Setting it down, a beautiful cherrywood surface

Prefab home boathouse

This prefabricated boathouse is a beautiful prefab home for boat lovers. Designed by Andersson Wise Architects, this prefab boat house, located on Lake Austin, is connected to the main residence by a 200 foot cable-stay suspension bridge crossing a deep ravine providing a convenient access with a minimal impact on the landscape.Entering this prefabricated boathouse from the upper level, you will

Raveau House by Fellipe assadi +Fansisca pulio

The house is located on the way to Farellones, in the first section of the path going from the city towards the mountain range. The land, with a 100% slope, showed a small plane about 60 meters long by 10 meters width. This area was useful to site the house. Another significant factor was the potential crumbling of the hill due to rainwater. For this reason, the full construction was done over

Buzeta House by Fellipe assadi +Fansisca pulio

Casa Buzeta is a vacations family home located south of Maitencillo, over a creek 120mts high from the sea. Since the place presents excellent conditions for kite diving, the house structure has a volume that confronts the wind, boosting the slope and generating a striking sight of the sea. This volume is looking to the orient as and opaque façade, made out of a huge wood sticks look. The side

SCHMITZ HOUSE by Fellipe assadi +Fansisca pulio

A country house, at a 4.5 há land at Calera de Tango, for a marriage with no children. Living room, dinning room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, sauna, swimming pool and basement. A land planted with small fruit trees. To the east the cordillera de Los Andes and the coast cordillera to the west. The south and north are determined by closer sights of eucalyptus. The sight and the rithm of the fruit

Hydro-Net by IwamotoScott

” San Francisco architects IwamotoScott have won a competition to propose a futuristic vision of their city, organised by the History Channel. Hydro-Net proposes a new, underground network of tunnels for hydrogen-powered, hovering vehicles plus a forest of new towers sprouting from lowland areas inundated by rising sea levels. The project will now compete against History Channel City of the

Hotel Aire by Monica Rivera + Emiliano Lopez

Hotel Aire in Navarra (Spain), a work of the Barcelona-based firm formed by Monica Rivera (Porto Rico) + Emiliano Lopez (Argentina)…

Lounge furniture by Trubridge

Lounge furniture, by British designer David Trubridge, has a delicate flow about it. This low chair lounge furniture is called Nananu and it is best suited for indoor use.Trubridge’s lounge furniture are light, flexible structures which are influenced by his Pacific travels. This beautifully-sculptured lounge furniture is produced in New Zealand using only natural, eco-friendly materials; it is

Outdoor storage sheds ModernShed

Outdoor storage sheds should be integrated into the surrounding landscape, since outdoor sheds design will complement your home. Modern-shed basic shed design is perfect for storing tools and sport equipment. These outdoor storage sheds can also be converted into a home office or art studio.This prefab outdoor storage shed kit is available in multiple configurations ready for your assemble. All

OMA in Singapore

” Office for Metropolitan Architecture has announced a large residential complex containing over 1,000 apartments in Singapore. The project will comprise 32 apartment blocks, each six stories tall, stacked in hexagonal arrangements. The announcement follows OMA’s appointment last year to design a 36-storey residential tower in Singapore.” ” By Shawn Kennedy A team of architects

Eden Bio by Edouard Francois

” …couple of images of Eden Bio by French architect Edouard Francois, a social housing development in Paris set in organic gardens. The project, which is due for completion early next year, features terraced houses ranged along pedestrain alleys heavily landscaped with trees and plants. The development contains 100 social housing units, with the upper levels reached by external timber gantries

Zaha Hadid’s Innovation Tower in Hong Kong

” The fluid character of the Innovation Tower is generated through an intrinsic composition of its landscape, floor plates and louvers, that dissolves the classic typology of the tower and the podium into an iconic seamless piece. These fluid internal and external courtyards create new public spaces of an intimate scale which complement the large open exhibition forums and outdoor recreational

Shopping centre Gyre, Tokyo by MVRDV

” Recent developments in the Omotesando district of Tokyo incorporate the spectacular design of new buildings, each with magnificent façades and a delicate interiors. Most of the buildings are flagship stores for major fashion brands. They seem to concentrate on the quality of their skins and façades, and display themselves as giant advertisements. They are the architectural equivalent of

Daigo Ishii project Cottage in tsumari

A public cottage located in a heaviest snowfall region in Japan, often as deep as 4 m.The architectyure is composed of 2 volumes.Big Box as the outer form finished in black is designed for the maxiimum volume possible within the given budget and realized with details in accordance with local techniques for withstanding heavy snow.The essential functions for living were placed in a row called Tube

Daigo Ishii project Annex of the Old Family House

This architecture is an annex of the old family house constructed 200 years ago. It situates in the area with atmosphere of rural village.The annex was located carefully between the existing buildings. Based on the survey in the area. It is finished with thin metal plates usually used for the roof in the area and locals used to seeing. At the same time, the thin metal plates are used not only for

Daigo Ishii project White Blue Black

A residence with much collection of books.The rule of that the finish of the house is divided into three colors was set up. White: The frame of the house, Black: the auxiliary parts supporting the house, Blue :bookshelf.Blue was chosen as the color that didn't conform to the existence of the books and erased the gravity of that. White and black was coordinates of the color on that other various

Outdoor storage sheds ModernShed

Outdoor storage sheds should be integrated into the surrounding landscape, since outdoor sheds design will complement your home. Modern-shed basic shed design is perfect for storing tools and sport equipment. These outdoor storage sheds can also be converted into a home office or art studio.This prefab outdoor storage shed kit is available in multiple configurations ready for your assemble. All

Prefab home ZeroHouse

Prefab home ZeroHouse is a comfortable, completely automatic, super efficient home. This prefab home features a living room and kitchen on the first level, a full bath, two bedrooms and a deck on the second level. The ZeroHouse prefab home can be fully customized; from a weekend getaway to an extended-stay home.I really like the ZeroHouse unique architectural form; it seems as if a modular

Container homes Seatrain

The Seatrain container home by OMD Architects is a unique, sculptural combination of shipping containers and steel found on-site in downtown LA.This 3,000 sq. ft. container home is situated in a 300 loft live-work artist community by the Brewery. Large panels of glass throughout the house open up the space, allowing natural light to pour in, connecting it to the private garden oasis and artists’

Cary Bernstein project on Conrad-Shah Residence, San Francisco, CA

The renovation of this 1908, craftsman house (1999–2007) is an essay on the dialogue between old and new. At the upper stories, modern elements were inserted into the historic shell while still maintaining the original proportions and character. An unfinished basement was excavated to make an entirely new living space with a media room, guest room, full bath and laundry. Meticulous detailing of

Cary Bernstein project on Liberty Street Residence, San Francisco, CA

This project completely transformed the character of a dark, 1950's, ranch-style house into a modern and minimalist home. The new, upward pitch of the central roof invites the spectacular view and broad sky into the central living area. Multiple skylights and acid-etched glass panels infuse the building with diurnal patterns. The lower level was excavated and rebuilt to house a Media Room, Guest

Cary Bernstein project on Chemise Road Residence, Healdsburg, CA

This new house is sited on a north-facing ridge overlooking the Dry Creek Valley. The house orchestrates the occupation of the landscape by navigating across and around the ridge in plan and section. Considerations for severe environmental conditions of sun and wind inform the language of the protective, undulating roof. All rooms open to the outdoors thereby reinforcing the relationship to the

Cary Bernstein project on Office of Drs. Young & Lee, San Francisco, CA

This small office for 2 orthodontists is located in a mid-century building in Presidio Heights. The interplay of reflection and transparency above the reception seating helps to expand and enliven the small space at the entry. Simple, off-the-shelf materials were selected and field-built details were designed for an economical budget.Project Area: 1000 sfProject Team: Cary Bernstein (Design

Cary Bernstein project on Peninsula Ophthalmology Group, Burlingame, CA

The owners requested a medical office which would be enticing for their patients and stimulating for their staff. In addition to the reception space, exam and staff rooms, there is also a retail area for the sale of eyeware. The material palette and detailing avoids typical clinical references and promotes good design as integral to good healthcare.Project Area: 3000 sfProject Team: Ron Arana

Structural insulated panels by EcoSip

Structural insulated panels (SIPs) or sip panels, for short are high performance building panels used in floors, walls, and roofs for residential and light commercial buildings. EcoSip is aiming to revamp the green building industry with their prefab outer walls.Sip panels are made like a sandwich composed of two sheets of oriented strand board, plus rigid extruded, polystyrene foam (EPS) which

Container Homes by DeMariaDesign

Container homes by De Maria Design are architecturally designed shipping container based contemporary homes; a by-product of the architect’s total immersion into alternative construction methodologies.The Redondo Beach House project is a recycled steel shipping container based building that also employs a combination of conventional stick frame construction and prefabricated assemblies. The

Solar landscape lighting Tree

Solar landscape lighting or solar outdoor lighting, as you might call it, is on the rise! Artemide, an Italian company specializing in designer lighting systems, and the German company Sharp Solar, the world’s largest producer of photovoltaic (PV) cells has joined forces to produce the Solar Tree, designed by British designer - Ross Lovegrove.These solar landscape lighting trees prototype

New Fabrics from Robert Allen

We just received the new fabric books from Robert Allen today and we just LOVE them. As regular readers of this blog already know, we are suckers for pretty, soft yet modern looking things. The new books from Robert Allen fabrics are just so.Here are a few patterns that we particularly like. They are from the Robert Allen Fabric bookscalled Wisteria , Orchid and Sterling. You can see the complete

Rant and Raves-Jamie Young Lamps

If you watch a lot of movies and TV, you'll probably see Jamie Young Lamps featured everywhere. It's our favorite lamp line, because it's so soft and pretty and feminine and delicate. It's a perfect lamp if you like a pretty but modern look. What makes Jamie Young unique is their shade offerings. They make shades to be interchangeable with the lamps so you can change the look as often as you like

Designer bathrooms KaliKolor

The new designer bathrooms by Italian Blu·Bleu are stylish and colorful. The Kali’-Kolor tubs collection will give new life to any bathroom design. These bathtubs come in four versions; Isle, Peninsula, Corner and Niche; all available with and without Blu Air system.The console houses the three-hole or four-hole tap and a stainless steel, mould-proof and bacterial-proof resin covered headrest

Container homes by Adam Kalkin

Container homes by Adam Kalkin are inventive and contemporary. Among Adam Kalkin homes is the Quik House; a prefabricated kit house from recycled shipping containers. The shell assembles within one day at your site; from start to finish, it should take no longer than three months to complete your 2,000 sq. ft. shipping container home.Teh Quik House container home is available in orange or natural

Japanese architecture RingHouse

Japanese architecture is based on aesthetics and the natural environment, as we already mentioned in our latest post about Japanese architecture & interior design; that is why I was not surprised to hear that the new Ring House by Takei Nabeshima Architects was awarded Best Private House, in the Wallpaper Design Awards 2008.Japanese Ring House design by Makoto Takei and Chie Nabeshima (TNA) is a

Tree house by LukaszKos

This tree house was designed by Lukasz Kos. 410 sq. ft. are spreading vertically to create the 4 treehouse.This beautiful tree house is located at lake Muskoka Ontario, Canada, shedding its light on the fir trees, perched as a Japanese lantern on stilts forgotten among the trees.Lukasz is currently based at Los Angeles, working as an architect in the office of Frank Gehry.

Prefab cabins CabanaVillage

Prefab cabins by CabanaVillage are customizable cabins. These prefabs are constructed with cedar or maintenance-free siding, and cedar doors, windows and trim. All prefab cabins come standard with 1/2″ plywood roof sheathing and 2×4 SPF framing.The compact 12 x 12 prefab cabin has an 8 x 12 enclosed space, and is considered to be under 100 sq. ft. The 10 / 12 roof pitch and optional extra height

Tiny houses Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed’s tiny houses are great. These houses sizes range from 70 to 120 sq. ft. and more. They offer ample storage solutions as you should expect from every tiny house plans.These tiny houses kitchens are equipped with a fridge, a stove and a stainless steel sink complimenting the pine interior; the wetbath contains a shower and a toilet.Tumbleweed’s Jay Shafer is a designer specializing in

Unique lamp shades Polkadot Lamp

This unique lamp shade is called the Black polka dot hat lamp. The hat lamp shade is embellished with a black bow and flower giving it a flowing cascading look & feel. The ornamented black base gives this lamp shade a touch of vintage.In my eyes, what makes this lamp shade so unique is its attention to details and the fact that each of the elements enhances the overall style of the lamp shade

Prefab home ZenKaya

Zenkaya prefab home is a ready-made living space, offering you a home with highly insulated wall panels and high quality finishes. Zenkaya prefab home is a fusion of modern technology and practicality which will give you peace of mind.Zenkaya prefab home is delivered completed, ready to live in, to your site right on the back of a flat bed truck. Mobility is the main feature of any prefab home,

Barbara Barry Fabric-A Quick Preview

Barbara Barry is everywhere nowadays. She designs furniture, rugs, chinaware, linens--all under her own name for different manufacturers; all carries her signature style, which is understated and classic.Our favorite Barbara Barry product is the Barbara Barry fabric collection for Kravet. Simple, muted and elegant, it's a perfect choice if you like subdued elegance.To see the fabric collection,

Wall mounted book shelves Selfshelf

These wall mounted book shelves look like floating books but they are actually shelves invisibly attached to the wall with the included bracket.The Selfshelf creates an amazing effect of books floating on your wall. These wall mounted book shelves are made from MDF and can support a maximum weight of 4 kg. Oh, and another nice twist is the front cover text, saying: this is is not a book.The