Camenzind Evolution can be more than just proud of their brand new headquarters that is located in the beautiful city of Zurich in Switzerland. The architectural masterpiece that they have been gifted with is a compact, yet spacious structure that exudes a unique aura with its startling design, flowing form and exquisite features. The freestanding [...]
Since the day the world first lay its eyes on the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube in Beijing, people have been obsessed with creating the perfect stadium, to hold international sporting events. The trend is understandable though with television making these grand engineering and designing marvels appear as symbols of national pride, creativity and capability. [...]
A new design for a sea shelter is making news. The structure designed by David Eltang is called Seashelter is located in the Wadden-sea, a coastline with shallow water but has tides between one and three metres.
This stretch is too shallow for boats. And too deep for a high tide expedition. It also has an [...]
The recent proposal for the thematic pavilion of the World expo 2012 by Peddle Thorp Architects is a unique floating space. Designed for the event to be held in Yeosu, Korea, the center is to be built as a vessel – a floating exhibition space that can be sailed to other cities. While it represents [...]
In the beginning of July, a preliminary study was published which was prepared by the Herzog & Of Meuron office, and contracted by São Paulo State’s government. Just one hundred square meters will separate the building of the Júlio Prestes Station – projected by Christiano Stockler of Neves and in which ten years ago [...]
Since centuries ago women’s beauty and sensuality have been celebrated the world over in many different ways; be it in the form of paintings, sculptures, architecture, furniture, so on and so forth. This time the paradigm has been shifted from ‘women’ to ‘men’.
Samal Design, a popular Paris based design studio has come up with their [...]
Tired of concrete tenements that kill the earth? Want a flexi-home that can expand and contract the way you want it too? It has actually become possible. If you do not believe it, a design for a shelter at El Salvador has actually come true.
Designed by Omar Rivas, the shelter is a set of concrete [...]
Daniel Burnham was one of the eminent figures of the Plan of Chicago, which is also known as the Burnham Plan. To commemorate the centennial of this well celebrated plan, various events were conducted during this year alone, like the Union Station 2020 Competition and the Burnham Memorial Competition. In addition to these events, two [...]
Australian designer Leon Fitzpatrick has a reason to rejoice. After all his inspiration strained from various objects has done wonders. In an attempt to create a modular prefab home, he has created a mobile structure built of foam concrete and polyurethane and called it Echelon.
Echelon comprises large concrete sections pre-cast using wood molds that glide [...]
MOS, the winner of this year’s MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program—I, built a very unique and somewhat weird courtyard pavilion in the form of P.S.1. At first look, you would think that the apparent fur on the giant structure that looks more like a giant shelter made from the skin of a wooly mammoth will actually [...]