How can a house be simultaneously big and small? The perfect example of such challenging task is hanging on a hillside of Los Angeles. It’s called Big & Small House because of a simple guideline: what’s apparently missing in square meters is provided by volume. A two-story building with a total floor area of 111sqm presents a clear effort to maximize space while occupying a site around half the size of its neighbors. Continue reading
The ModFire Collection, now 8 different products in total, is a series of modern, portable fireplaces created by artist Brandon Williams. Ranging from just 2 foot to 7 foot, the selection of open fire holders can bring warmth to a tabletop or to a whole venue depending on the scale of your space. Continue reading
A fingerprint – in its conventional sense – is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. In fact, fingerprints are traces of an impression from a certain element over another. Casa MP in Sesma, Spain demonstrates how in architecture a single material can leave a strong fingerprint on the entire surface of a building. Continue reading
Have you heard about Torres Del Paine in Patagonia, Chile? It is a National Park with mountains, a glacier, a lake, and river-rich areas in southern Chilean Patagonia. Torres Del Paine is the peak of the mountain range, Cerro Paine reaching 3050 meters above the ocean level…We’re talking about one of the most natural places in the entire planet with its unique environment. So, how can an exclusive spot like this receive tourists without damaging its natural resources? EcoCamp Patagonia Domes is the Eco –friendly architectonic answer to this defying challenge. Continue reading
A house extension gives shelter to trees that felled in order to allow its construction – Is there something more inspirational and poetic than this? In Kagawa, Japan a two-story extension occupies the garden of a 35-year-old family house, serving as a home for the owner’s daughter. The two trees were positioned in the only available spot for the new construction, which lead to an unusual yet brilliant solution: the trees were dried up to become a living part of the interior of the house extension. That’s why the name of the building is so enigmatic: Garden Tree House. Continue reading
Here’s a cool design idea for ya’ – it’s called IdeaPaint – a dry erase paint that turns practically any surface into an erasable canvas – perfect for brainstorming in the office or unleashing your creativity at school or at home. Continue reading
In Gijon, Spain there´s a special building that conceals a balanced relation between architecture, program and topography. Single Family House and Atelier is a two-story residence with a total floor area of 395sqm. Its exceptional design is based on the conceptual approach adopted to answer a handful of distinct factors: the need to merge in a single building a house and an atelier. Continue reading
Snug is a unique floor cushion with a twist! You can sit on it or inside it… Designed by Kumeko, Snug allows you to be social while sitting with friends or quite private while enclosed with a good book inside a snugly space you can call your own. Continue reading
Do you know what Kura means to Japanese architecture? Kura is a traditional Japanese storehouse. Its typology commonly corresponds to durable buildings built from timber, stone or clay used to safely store valuable commodities. House M works as a modern interpretation of such an ancient building tradition, placed in Ishikawa in a tiny gap between the national road and the city limits. Continue reading
It’s easy for me to get agitated if I accumulate too many gadgets, especially those that can be reduced from two or three different objects to one and still perform the same tasks. It was always a dream of mine, too, especially in college, to watch Netflix films on my dorm room wall instead of huddling around a cheap television. The C120 pocket projector from Acer is the nexus of all these technological wishes. Continue reading
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