Every architect is part artist, part craftsman. Sometimes, however, some designers are overridden by this artistic side of the soul, which resulted in fancy places, using unusual materials. This group certainly includes architects from Rotterdam studio 2012Architecten who draft the Recycloop gave vent to his creative imagination.

The Recycloop is the name of the portable skybox, whose facade of an unused kitchen sinks. The object was first presented at the XXII edition of the festival Art Festival a / d Werf in Utrecht. His next incarnation could be seen then in Vlaardingen, a typical roof, blue seat organization Het Blauwe Huis in Amsterdam. Everywhere was used as a space for cultural events, and for storing rainwater.

The Recycloop is not merely manifest postindustrial oriented architects. It is also one of the better examples of the use of architectural materials, which only seemed to construction have nothing in common, and which, thanks to the artistic side of the soul of architecture, can transform a surprising projects.

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“It is a labyrinth” – says one of the workers employed in the construction. The building will be completed in summer. According to a similar project will produce a two-story hotel. The total cost of an office building is 8.5 million dollars. The windows cost more than 700 thousand.

People walking past the new development in Jinhua say it makes them feel dizzy if they look at the building for too long because it’s so unusual.

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We have many years’ experience in the interior design for private clients (apartments, detached houses) and in arranging office space for public institutions and companies …
Since 2006 we have performed technical projects of commercial spaces like restaurants, clubs and private clinics.
Realized projects are supervised by the subject matter experts and accepted by Sanitary and Epidemological Authority as well as Fire Inspectors.
We are preparing detailed analyzes of commercial terrains.

I don´t really like all of their projects, some of them look a bit chaffy as for my taste. I will show you the one I like, located in Poland – Mazury, really beautiful region.

http://p2k.com.pl/index.php?lng=eng

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Niall McLaughlin Architects designed this fabulous modern houseboat for two as part of a Swedish design competition. It´s located in London. Small in size but big on innovation, this unique floating home was born from three key considerations – light, space and construction.

Our interests are light, space and construction. Our aim, to design a house which has a spatial quality which we describe as a ‘thicket’. Implicit in this is the idea that the enclosure is experienced as a congruence of lines rather than as a clearing defined by surfaces. The thicket suggested an intertwining of lines which led us to an interest in the process of weaving.
 

The Houseboat is a basket of woven carbon-fibre, containing inflatable elements at high and low levels. The lower range is for flotation. The translucent upper range forms the roof of the structure; the trapped argon gas is an integral part of the insulation of the house.

By combining inflatable and woven elements, within the depth of the construction of the houseboat, we extend the concept of interdependence between contained and container. The container and the contents rely on each other for stability.

In winter, the tiny amount of solar electricity is not needed for cooling. It is directed into the argon inflatable roof elements, which work like very low powered fluorescent fittings, glowing gently through the long winter nights.

The atmosphere of this house is deliberately northern. At the heart of our project is the delight of hiding in a hedge. There is no horizon or vista. Instead the world is experienced as tiny shifting fragments perceived through a maze of line. Light is dappled and shifting. The spatial sense is one of immersion in the dense substance of the house.

 

 

 

 

 

Have a look to the homepage :

http://www.niallmclaughlin.com/9924_1.html

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The French lab OLGGA designed the mobile home cabin called Flake House. This is an example of good design in a small scale. This innovative, nomadic house was built, that it can be easily transported from one place to another. The design does not belong to the complex, made up mainly of two parts.

It is a combination of trends in low-tech and hi-tech. From the outside it looks like rustical object, the traditional house form cut in two halfs.Two walls are glass, two-lined timber. Interiors minimalist, simple, clearly contrasting with the exterior structure.
Micro-scale architecture that could disappear at any time, change the owner, the location is becoming increasingly popular. Fits perfectly to the phenomenon of mobility in contemporary societies, in the race and the instability of our times.

The architects point out that this is a “poetic shelter, inspiring object giving many opportunities.

Date: 04-06-2009

Surface : 22 m2

Price: 23.000 €

Have a look to the oficial site: http://www.olgga.fr/
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Architecture of nowadays gets many times to monumental. That´s why I wanted to show you how beautiful simplicity can be.

The idea that ‘less is more’ is ingrained in the Japanese mind and has its roots in Zen thought.It´s one of the basic ingrendients in the Japanese architecture as well.

Parabola House is a family home in Tokyo designed by Japanese architect Yasuhiro Yamashita of Atelier Tekuto.  The building is 5 meters wide and 27 meters in length, due to the needs of the long and narrow area where it is located. The concrete and glass are the main materials with which these forms have been achieved and overhangs that give the impression of floating in the air.I really like it, hope you´ll enjoy it too!

Other Japanese modern home which I want to show you is the Engawa House in Tokyo by Tezuka Architects.  It is a long and narrow house which becomes like a porch after sliding the 16 meters glass panel doors, opening up that whole side of the house. A curtain runs across that side, for privacy. This compact house design combines modern amenities with true minimal aesthetics by implementing wooden storage cabinets across the back wall of the kitchen area, while the kitchen itself is stainless steel.

If you want to know more :  http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php?title=Parabola_House

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Fantastic architect. I knew that I´ve seen some of his works… and guess what…Sure!!! Museum of Reina Sofia in Madrid is one of his projects, another one I´ve seen in Luzerne.  Both very integrated with the surrounding.Sort of symbiosis.

Ones he said:

“The wind, the color of the sky, the trees around — the building is not done only to be the most beautiful,”  “It’s done to give advantage to the surroundings. It’s a dialogue.”

This great architect has done so many fantastic works that I have a very big problem what to show you. I´ll exhibit a bit of  what I´ve seen, so Reina Sofia Museum and Luzerne Concert Hall and a bit of the nominated ones.

Luzern

Madrid

If you would like to know something more about him:

http://www.jeannouvel.com/

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CaixaForum Madrid is a post-modern art gallery in the centre of Madrid, Spain. It is sponsored by the Catalan bank la Caixa and located next to the Paseo del Prado at number 36, next to many great museums.

It was constructed by the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron from 2001 to 2007, which combined an old unused industrial building and hollowed it out at the base and inside and placed on top further floors which are encased with rusted steel.

The building looks like sustained in the air,  surrounded by little artificial water falls, really impressing.

Next to it is an art installation of green plants growing on the wall of the neighbouring house called “vertical garden”, project of Patrick Blanc.

All together, the building and the garden of the wall next to it make a great contrast.

CaixaForum has evolved into one of the most visited museums in Madrid.

Have a look yourself!!!!

All together, the building and the garden of the wall next to it make a great contrast.

Check it out: http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/centros/caixaforummadridedificio_es.html

Vertical gardens: http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/

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