Posts Tagged ‘architecture’
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Bridging the gap between good design and giving back to the community, Canstruction, the annual international design/build competition where architects, engineers, designers, and students compete to design and build gigantic structures made entirely from full cans of food, is coming to New Jersey in October!
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Canstruction: Incredible Sculptures Made From Canned Food
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Post tags: AIA New Jersey, american institute of architects, Canstruction, Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Competitions, exhibitions, Prudential Center, Society for Design Administration
Tags: Accessories and Fashion, Aia, AIA New Jersey, american institute of architects, architecture, Bridging The Gap, Canned Food, Cans, Canstruction, Community Bank, Community Food Bank, Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Competitions, Design Administration, designers, events, exhibitions, Gap, Institute Of Architects, Prudential, Prudential Center, Recycled Materials, Sculptures, social design, social responsibility, Society for Design Administration, Sustainable Materials, Transportation
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
If you enjoyed our coverage of New York City’s High Line raised park, we think Telok Blangah Hill Park’s dizzying infrastructure will “elevate” you to an ever higher level. Located in Singapore, the park’s fly-over style “walkways” are reminiscent of those ancient rope bridges you see suspended over caverns in movies, giving you the very rare experience of viewing towering treetops from a monkey’s perspective. The pathways and suspension bridges are anything but rickety though. In fact, many of them are elegant works of art and architectural precision. But at 120 feet above the forest floor at their highest points, they aren’t for the faint of heart!
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Telok Blangah Hill Park’s Flying Infrastructure in the Sky
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Post tags: elevated parks, elevated pathways, flying architecture, green spaces, high line, hsbc tree top walk, raised parks, Singapore, suspensions bridges, Telok Blangah Hill Park, Urban design
Tags: architecture, Caverns, Del Icio Us, Digg, elevated parks, elevated pathways, Faint Of Heart, flying architecture, Forest Floor, green spaces, high line, Hill Park, hsbc tree top walk, Infrastructure, Landscape Architecture, Monkey, new york city, Pathways, raised parks, Rare Experience, Rope Bridges, Singapore, Suspension Bridges, Suspensions, suspensions bridges, Telok Blangah Hill, Telok Blangah Hill Park, Treetops, Urban design, Walkways, Works Of Art
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
There are mobile offices, mobile hedges, mobile homes and mobile phones, and just when you thought you couldn’t get more mobile, now there are super sleek mobile lounges! Designed by Italy-based Architecture and Vision, the MercuryHouseOne is a portable pod-like lounge that will debut at the Venice Biennale this September. Powered by solar panels and decked out with the latest lighting, video, and sound technologies, the curvaceous capsule is meant to provide a unique experience whether placed in nature in the heart of a bustling city.
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Post tags: architecture and vision, carrara marble, energy efficient, lounge, mercuryhouseone, pod, Solar cells, solar panels, solar-powered
Tags: architecture, architecture and vision, carrara marble, Curvaceous, energy efficient, Heart, Hedges, italy, Lighting, lounge, mercuryhouseone, Mobile Homes, Mobile Lounges, Mobile Offices, Mobile Phones, pod, Solar Cells, Solar Panels, solar power, solar-powered, Venice Biennale
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
One look at this office nestled amid the treetops and you might contemplate how to change your life in order to have a workspace with such an incredible view. Peter Frazier, a customer experience consultant, decided after years of working at an office and gaining over 50 pounds that he needed to make a change in his life - so he built this incredible office in the woods. Set amongst the trees above Chuckanut Bay in Bellingham, Washington, his lofted cube serves as a workspace and guest room, and it has a green roof on top too.
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Post tags: cubicle, green roof, Office, treehouse office, treetop office, washington
Tags: architecture, Bellingham Washington, Change Your Life, Chuckanut Bay, cubicle, Customer Experience, Frazier, green roof, Heart, How To Change Your Life, Office, Post Office, Sustainable Building, Treehouse, treehouse office, Trees, treetop office, Treetops, washington, Workspace
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
This past spring, New York City’s Architecture for Humanity chapter (AFHny) partnered with Parsons School of Continuing Education in the spirit of volunteerism to offer a design studio for high school students. Under the tutelage of Parsons teacher, Nick Brinen, and several AFHny volunteers, the students developed concepts for two park shelters located at the entrances of the soon-to-be-reopened High Bridge. Having gained real-world experience and an appreciation for public service, we weren’t surprised to hear that several of the participating students earned scholarships for various design majors at Parsons, FIT, and Pratt. Read on to learn more about their designs!
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Post tags: Architecture for Humanity, community engagement, community service, design mentorship, high bridge manhattan bronx, open space design, park design, parsons, public space, student mentorship, voluteerism
Tags: architecture, Architecture For Humanity, community engagement, community service, Design Majors, design mentorship, High Bridge, high bridge manhattan bronx, High School Students, Manhattan, new york city, open space design, park design, Park Shelters, parsons, Parsons School, Pratt, public space, Real World, Scholarships, School Of Continuing Education, Spirit Of Volunteerism, student mentorship, Students Design, Sustainable Building, Tutelage, Volunteers, voluteerism, World Experience
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Ever wonder what our modern-day cities could look like 100 years from now in a perfect world? Architect Luc Schuiten endeavors to find out with his Vegetal City installation, currently on display in Brussels. The entrance, made up of an archway with branches covered in blinking yellow lights, leads the exhibit’s visitors into a magical world of architectural drawings and models of cities where city residents live peacefully with nature.
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Post tags: Architecture, brussels, city of the waes, lotus city, luc schuiten, paradise, treehouse city, utopia, vegetal city, woven city
Tags: 100 Years, Architect, Architectural Drawings, architecture, Archway, art, biomimicry, Brussels, city of the waes, City Residents, Endeavors, Lotus, lotus city, luc schuiten, Magical World, Models, paradise, Paradise City, Perfect World, Treehouse, treehouse city, Urban Future, utopia, vegetal city, Visions, Waes, woven city
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Wannabe Eskimos looking for an updated version of the familiar ice dome will feel at home in the Igloo Satellite Cabin, a pre-fabricated remote shelter designed to withstand sub-zero temperatures, high winds, ice and snow. Icewall One, the Australia-based manufacturer designed these shelters to offer transport-able accommodations for remote areas, from the poles to the tropics. Originally designed for exploration and research stations, the Igloo Satellite Cabin has also become an attractive alternative for eco-tourism.
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Post tags: eco-tourism, emergency shelter, extreme weather architecture, icewall one, igloo, igloo satellite cabin, Prefab, prefab shelter, remote shelter
Tags: architecture, Australia, eco-tourism, emergency shelter, Eskimos, Extreme Weather, extreme weather architecture, High Winds, icewall one, igloo, igloo satellite cabin, Prefab, Prefab Housing, prefab shelter, remote shelter, Research Stations, Satellite Weather, Tourism, Tropics, Zero Temperatures
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Tags: architecture, architecture transparency, Camouflage, Greenhouse, greenhouse architecture, Greenhouses, Hiroshi, Interior Garden, japanese architecture, japanese homes, Minimalism, minimalist architecture, Paper Screens, Plants, Residence Architect, Sustainable Building, Trees
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Looking for a change of scenery? Consider moving to Ladonia, a micronation made up of driftwood, nails, and nine-story wooden “fortresses” located in the southwest corner of Sweden. Designed by Lars Vilks, the mock nation consists of two works of art: Nimis, a maze of 70 tons of driftwood and nails, and Arx, a stone and concrete sculpture that looks like a melting sandcastle.
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Post tags: Art, arx, green design, ladonia, lars vilks, micronation, nimis, Recycled Materials, sustainable design, Sweden
Tags: architecture, art, arx, Change Of Scenery, Concrete Sculpture, Driftwood, Fortresses, green design, ladonia, lars vilks, Maze, micronation, Moving, Nails, nimis, Recycled Materials, Southwest Corner, Stone Sculpture, sustainable design, Sweden, Treehouses, Works Of Art
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
The Dutch have been fighting the rising and falling tides for centuries, building dikes and pumping water out of areas that are below sea level. Now, rather than fight the water infiltrating their land, the Dutch will use it as part of a new development called ‘New Water‘, which will feature the world’s first floating apartment complex, The Citadel. This “water-breaking” new project was designed by Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio in the Netherlands, and will use 25% less energy than a conventional building on land thanks to the use of water cooling techniques.
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Tags: Apartment Complex, architecture, Centuries, Citadel, dutch, Europe, floating apartment complex, Floating Houses, floating residence, koen olthuis, Netherlands, Netherlands Polder, New Water, polder, Prefab Housing, Sea Level, Sustainable Building, the citadel, tides, water, Water Cooling, Waterstudio
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