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Photo by Daniela Edburg
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New York Times Photographer Kathy Ryan has been documenting the superb lighting in, of all places, her office. She writes about the series:
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Anatomy of a Tumblr Post
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truebluemeandyou: Hand Drawn Gem Chart and DIY Optical Illusion Gems. Reblogging because I just posted a wire diamond ring here, but I’ve...
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INTIMatic
Camera app with filters allows you to pixellate to protect identities. Based on the work of artist Inti Romero whose Facebook photos...
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This book sculpture of baby birds in a nest is by a mysterious, unknown artist who has been sending anonymous creations to libraries, bookshops...
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Polar Bear Duet.Another t-shirt design I entered on threadless.
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Roadside existentialism by Hope Reynolds of Folk Studios.
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429 posts tagged Architecture
Façade Rennaise.
Balcony Anyone ?
You lack a cozy balcony? No worries, Julien Berthier has the perfect solution for you: the ‘Balcon additionnel’. The small balcony will be lifted up to the building from a boom-truck on the ground. It fits every building, is permanently attached to the truck, allowing it to be quickly fitted and removed.
A 170-Foot Trampoline
“Fast track” is a integral part of park infrastructure, it is a road and an installation at the same time. It challenges the concept of infrastructure that only focuses on technical and functional aspects and tends to be ignorant to its surroundings. “Fast track” is an attempt to create intelligent infrastructure that is emotional and corresponds to the local context. It gives the user a different experience of moving and percieving the environment.
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Thoroughly Modern Carriage House: Pop-Up Homes (and Jobs) for Homeless Londoners
- by Adele PetersHow can a city add affordable apartments to a neighborhood with no room for new buildings? London architects Levitt Bernstein recently won a Building Trust competition with their new solution: pop-up modular homes inside unused parking garages.
In Hackney, a low-income neighborhood in northeast London, it’s less and less common for residents to own cars. Public transportation has improved in the city, and cars are expensive. Rows of garages sit empty, making the streets look lifeless and encouraging crime.
The design calls for pre-fab units that slip easily into unused garages and become temporary homes for homeless Londoners. The simple construction of the homes will become part of an apprenticeship program, giving some residents the unique opportunity to help build their own homes.
The design includes a bedroom and bathroom, with communal kitchens, dining, and laundry in every fifth space. By using passive building techniques, no heating or cooling is needed.
The homes are also designed to be temporary, because the neighborhood is changing and the garages may be removed for new buildings in a few years. Thanks to their modular design, the homes can easily be removed from the garages and reinstalled somewhere else.
Levitt Bernstein’s next steps will be working with local planning commissions and partnering NGOs to make the project real. In the meantime, a similar project is taking shape in Australia, where Mulloway Studios is transforming underused parking lots in Adelaide to homes for at-risk youth. Mulloway won an honorable mention in the Building Trust competition.
Images 1 and 3 via Levitt Bernstein; Image 2 (cc) flickr user M&G
“Inception door for the home of a family of four” by Armin Blasbichler.
The only way to watch a film at this unconventional cinema in Guimarães, Portugal, is by manoeuvring your upper body into one of 16 downward-pointing nozzles. The project was conceived by Bartlett School of Architecture professor Colin Fournier, who teamed up with Polish artist Marysia Lewandowska and London studio NEON to build it.
