In light of the earthquake in Haiti and the emergent need for short-term emergency shelters, Core77 is inviting designers to create innovative pop-up shelter solutions in their latest 1 Hour Design Challenge. Core77 will donate $500 to Architecture For Humanity’s Haiti Earthquake Support Program in the name of the winner. For more details go here.
Chinese studio Vector Architects have completed a sales pavilion for a construction site in Hefei, China, which features a series of enclosed courtyards. (more…)
CONFUSED-DIRECTION presented the new colour harmonies from LARS CONTZEN at the “designersfair” from HEIMATDESIGN at “interieur design week cologne”
Although he recently landed the Signature Theater commission just a few days back, 2010 doesn’t seem to be shaping up to be Frank Gehry‘s flawless year. At least in New York. His Beekman Tower, which saw its height cut in half just under a year ago, has now landed back in the news as our pals over at Curbed report that, due to debris falling from its construction site caused by high winds, a stop work order has been issued by the city and construction has come to an abrupt halt, likely not helping the already penny-pinched development. So another new bummer for Gehry. But hey, at least it’s not another leaky building issue, right?
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Australian studio Robert Mills Architects have completed a house surrounded by a pool of water in Melbourne, Australia. (more…)
This family house faces onto views of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Micro design utilises parametric modelling software which can respond..
Mulders vandenBerk Architecten of Amsterdam have completed a playground building in a park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with a Corian façade engraved with images of fairytales from around the world. (more…)
Japanese architects Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio have completed an arch with a cross at its apex outside a church in Tokorozawa, Japan. (more…)
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