Architecture

From the functional and traditional, through to the bizarre and insane! Be inspired by architectural projects from around the World...

H-Haus Cube 5

Moco Loco March 17th 2006

Here are some photos of the H-Haus that was built for the Cleveland Home and Garden Show. So, to answer the question "Can an energy-efficient house also be aesthetically pleasing?", yes, definitely, it can, judging from these pictures. After the jump take a tour of the outside of the house then enter through the patio to the kitchen, then landing and bathroom. See more...

Skyscraper futures: Infected Design

bldgblog February 24th 2006 by Geoff Manaugh (originally seen on Archinect)

Among the finalists for eVolo's recent design competition on the future of the skyscraper was Loren Supp. Having met Loren two years ago, Geoff Manaugh thought he'd get back in touch with him and ask a few questions about his project.

Loren's project is a "vertical marketplace" for central Shanghai. To generate its biomorphic structure and vaguely botanical contours, Loren "mapp[ed] the city's market economy" using "fluid dynamics software," which produced a complex diagram that "would have been impossible just a few years ago." The building is thus designed to fit into its "dynamically-constructed context." The building works as "an alleviation of the single-layer congestion that defines the horizontal cityscape. If you have ever been to Shanghai, one of the lasting impressions you take back is of the city's congested market economy. People sell everything, everywhere. The ultimate result of this phenomena is forced localization." Read more...

Sacred Soil: The rammed-earth reconciliation chapel in Berlin

inhabitat March 27th 2006 by Gretchen

Risen literally from the dust of a divided Berlin, the Chapel of Reconciliation stands as one of the most compelling examples of contemporary rammed-earth architecture seen in a long time. Located on a site that had once been a deadly no-mans land, the Chapel is Berlin's first public building, and sole church, constructed of load-bearing earth. Read more...

Mikimoto Ginza

Taken from mocoloco January 9th 2006

The latest addition to Tokyo's recent string of successful partnering of renowned architects and luxury brands arrives in the shape of the Mikimoto Ginza 2 store, designed by Toyo Ito (Tod's Omotesando).

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