▻https://www.arch2o.com/rolling-huts-olson-kundig
Designed by Olson Kundig, Responding to the owner’s need for space to house visiting friends and family, the Rolling Huts are several steps above camping, while remaining low-tech and low-impact in their design. The huts sit lightly on the site, a flood plain meadow in an alpine river valley.
#Architecture #Design #Art #Rolling_Huts
▻https://www.arch2o.com/cities-in-europe-illustrator/#!
Nowadays, everyone documents their trips by taking a photo. And Why wouldn’t they? A picture, as they say, speaks a thousand words. Artist Maxwell Tilse, on the other hand, chooses to take a different path. Traveling across several cities in Europe, Tilse chooses to illustrate these cities on postcards.
#Architecture #Design #Art #cities_in_europe
▻https://www.arch2o.com/shenzhen-c-future-city-experience-center-ccd-cheng-chung-design/#!
Shangsha is a unique urban village located in the young city Shenzhen, China. It used to be a coastal fishing village, which has developed along with the renewal of the city, while now it is witnessing the rising of C Future City.
#Architecture #Design #Future_City
▻https://www.arch2o.com/15-simple-tips-to-easily-improve-your-sketchup-skills
SketchUp has been one of the best -known 3D modeling programs in the world of design. Its intuitive working tools, open source libraries, and innumerable plugins make SketchUp easy to use. Often, it is used to engage children with architecture.
#Architecture #Design #art #sketchup
▻https://www.arch2o.com/google-doodles-celebrates-architects-and-architecture
1998 was the year internet giant Google began manipulating their iconic logo in celebration of several national and international holidays. Since then, Google Doodles have been celebrating the works of several famous figures, from actors and artists to political figures, and even architects and designers. We have selected some of our favorites below sorted by year.
#Architecture #Design #Art #Google #Google_Doodle
▻https://www.arch2o.com/norman-foster-stepping-away-from-neom-saudi-arabia
Norman Foster has temporarily halted his work with an advisory board overseeing the planning of NEOM, a $500bn cross-border, mega-city project located in the far north-west of Saudi Arabia it will be constructed in Tabuk. It includes marine land located within the Egyptian and Jordanian borders.
▻https://www.arch2o.com/check-out-domino-sugar-factory-park-after-completion
Dominated by New York’s Iconic Domino Sugar Factory, Brooklyn’s waterfront has been renovated through the introduction of a new public park. The US architectural landscape firm, James Corner Field Operations delivered a design inspired by the site’s rich history and the community. The project aims to build interest in the history of the site while reconnecting New Yorkers to the East River waterfront.
#architecture #design #new_york #newyork 3park #sugar_factory
▻https://www.arch2o.com/grand-rapids-celebrated-by-the-unique-harvest-dome/#!
A giant dome, made from seatbelts and mirrors bobs up and down the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi—the husband and wife team of SLO Architecture, built the Harvest Dome 3.0.
#grand_rapids #architecture #design
▻https://www.arch2o.com/david-cardelus-photographs-antoni-gaudi-el-capricho
David Cardelús is a Spanish architectural photographer who specialized in representing contemporary architecture for architectural firms and national and international publishing companies, has takes a series of photographs of El Capricho, that in 1883, Máximo Díaz de Quijano, an “Indiano” enriched in America, commissioned to Antoni Gaudí with what would be a summer villa near the palace of Sobrellano del Marqués in Comillas, Cantabria. Gaudi has several other works in Barcelona that one cannot miss if they happen to visit the Catalonian city.
▻https://www.arch2o.com/studio-gangs-11-hoyt-interiors-private-park
Designed by Studio Gang, a new 57-story-tower at 11 Hoyt Street is set to be the latest addition to the skyline of Downtown, Brooklyn. With skyscrapers being built across the globe, the tallest building in the world keeps getting updated. Tishman Speyer recently released renderings of the new condo to coincide with the sales launch of its apartments and condominiums.
▻https://www.arch2o.com/architects-download-revit-families-free
It was almost 20 years later that Revit Family was introduced to the public. Its acceptance in the design and construction industry was a gradual one but over time more and more professionals began making the transition or included Revit in their workflow.
#revit_families #revit_family
▻https://www.arch2o.com/young-architects-small-architecture-firms
A small architecture firm is like a team. It needs the sincere efforts of its every member to accomplish its goals. That way, young architects get to be part of the decision-making process. They get to be in contact with clients, contractors, and construction managers. They visit sites and witness everything first hand. This involvement in all sorts of tasks boost their self-esteem and make them feel like they belong.
#Architecture_Firms #architecture_companies #architecture #architects #jobs
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The Centre Pompidou that got a £90 million worth of renovations on its 40th anniversary, is hosting “The Challenge”, a retrospective exhibition on the works of the internationally acclaimed Japanese architect, Tadao Ando.
▻https://www.arch2o.com/biomimicry-enhances-architecture
The term ‘biomimicry’ originates from the Greek words bios, meaning life and mimesis, meaning imitate. It refers to imitating natural strategies (not forms) to devise new sustainable solutions. Although buildings guard us against natural extremes, they have a lot to learn from the natural world. Oh, the irony!
#biomimicry #biomimicry_examples #biomimicry_definition #what_is_biomimicry
▻https://www.arch2o.com/6-buildings-visit-barcelona-by-antoni-gaudi
Antoni Gaudí is an outstanding Spanish architect who was born in the mid-19th century. He studied architecture at the Llotja School and the Barcelona Higher School of Architecture, and he graduated in 1878.
#gaudí #gaudi #antoni_gaudi #antoni_gaudí #antonio_gaudi #architecture #art #design #barcelona #spain
▻https://www.arch2o.com/earthship-homes-michael-reynolds
Earthship Homes by Michael Reynolds – Genius Specimens of Indigenous Shelters: The three step solution ‘reduce – reuse – recycle’ has been rhetorically exploited by anyone and everyone, who’s genuinely concerned or even vaguely aware about the global issue of environmental degradation.
#earthship #earthship_homes #earthship_house #earth_ships #michael_reynolds #architecture #design
►https://www.arch2o.com/lego-architecture-story
In 2013, Lego released the Lego Architecture “Studio” which is a product that does not belong to any of the series mentioned above. The Studio set comprises 1,210 white and transparent Lego Bricks. These bricks come with a book of 272 pages which do not typically provide instructions and steps, but general tips, exercises, and design techniques instead. The tips and techniques are supplied by architects from world famous architectural firms like Sou Fujimoto Architects, SOM, MAD Architects, Safdie Architects, REX Architecture, and Tham & Videgård Arkitekter. The lack of Lego’s famous color palette from this product makes it arguably adult-oriented. Also, the wide range of forms and sizes of the blocks makes gives a room for creativity and innovation with minimal restrictions.
▻https://www.arch2o.com/most-expensive-house-in-the-world
Mentioning the word ‘Home’ evokes a sense of comfort and modesty. For most of us, it’s not the size that matters as much as the soothe and security, we feel within this place called home. Well, for those who are listed as the richest people on Earth, there’s more to a ‘home’, than just modesty and utility. To these, who ace the lists of ‘Forbes’ Top Billionaires’ and ‘The Most Expensive House In The World’, home is a place where they can spend most of their fortune, afford unimaginable luxuries and flaunt their wealth. For example, If you take a quick tour inside Donald Trump’s house, You’ll find nearly everything in gold.
These billionaire homes are architectural expressions born out of extravagance and vanity. Their lavishness and exclusivity not only inspire commoners towards riches but also provide opportunities for experimentation, with some of the most expensive and uncommon technological innovations.
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Considering the architects who have left a stigma in contemporary architecture, Frank Gehry pops up to mind automatically. The geometric abstraction of his buildings makes his work recognizable worldwide.
▻https://www.arch2o.com/oculus-nyc-santiago-calatrava
The World Trade Center Transportation Hub ‘Oculus NYC’ designed by Santiago Calatrava, is conceived at street level as a freestanding structure situated on axis along the southern edge of the “Wedge of Light” plaza. As described in Daniel Libeskind’s master plan for the site, the Plaza is bounded by Fulton, Greenwich and Church Streets to the North, West and East respectively and Tower 3 to the south.
►https://www.arch2o.com/lego-architecture-story
The Lego sub-brand has presented us, since 2008, with 32 models of world famous landmarks from different eras, like the Villa Savoye, the Big Ben, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The idea for the new line was naturally inspired by the initial purpose of these blocks as toy construction set. Lego Architecture, though, was not the brand’s first product range to deal with architecture.
▻https://www.arch2o.com/10-unpredictable-facts-never-knew-zaha-hadid
Known as “Queen of the curves”, Zaha Hadid for some people may come across as just another starchitect who produced eye-catching forms. However, there are many unexpected and bizarre aspects about this pioneer architect in her career, her academic life, and even her personal life that go beyond the limit of concrete and steel.
▻https://www.arch2o.com/how-zaha-hadid-became-zaha-hadid
Hadid was born in the early 50s and lived her childhood during the brief golden years of modern-time Iraq. The ruling government back then decided to put the increased national share of Petroleum money to use by bringing on pioneers of modern architecture, like Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, and Walter Gropius, to modernize the city of Baghdad, issuing a hopeful atmosphere.
▻https://www.arch2o.com/bikoff-italian-memphis-milano
New York-based interior designer Sasha Bikoff brings the 1980’s Italian Memphis Milano style to this year’s 46th Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House, and it is electrifying!
The show has been on since 1973, inviting designers to transform a home in Manhattan to exhibit design, art, and technology. However, while the show is annual, this year marks Bikoff’s first participation in the show, being offered a chance to redesign the famed Show House’s stairway.