Photo by Frank Wojciechowski An interdisciplinary team of Princeton University students have been awarded top honors for their ‘Power in a Box’ invention that converted a standard shipping container into a sustainable source of energy for remote or disaster-torn regions. The 18-month national competition, known as the “P3: People, Prosperity and the Plant Student Design Competition for Sustainability”, began in the fall of 2010 with 165 competitor and culminated April 21 and 22 on the Washingto
© Florian Holzherr Architects: Erich Gassmann Architekten - Erich Gassmann, Tina Assmann Location: Munich, Germany Cooperation: Philipp Hutzler, Andreas Obermüller, Sebastian Filutowski Client: Flughafen München GmbH Photographs: Florian Holzherr © Florian Holzherr Munich, at the heart of Europe, combines the multifaceted state of Bavaria with unspoiled countryside and the pulsing life of a modern city. Between future and tradition – not a contradiction in terms but an expression of a spec
Located in Australia’s Central Highlands of Victoria, the Trunk House was built as a small weekend cabin for two busy professionals wishing to spend time in nature. The firm of Paul Morgan Architects was originally inspired by old bones found on farmlands, which led them to utilize local wood that had natural splits in their formation. Besides being incredibly strong, they added a sculptural effect to the exterior of the house. The house is built around a central column that has beams
Garage Gorky Park - Image Courtesy of OMA The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture – a non-profit international arts space based in Moscow founded by Daria Zhukova – has unveiled plans for a new building in Gorky Park. Designed by OMA, Garage Gorky Park will renovate the famous 1960s Vremena Goda (Seasons of the Year) restaurant, a prefabricated concrete structure that has been derelict for more than two decades. Garage is expected to complete and occupy this 5,400-square-meter building somet
© FG+SG Architects: COMOCO Location: Castelo Novo, Fundão, Portugal Client: Fundão Municipality Engineering: Direcção-Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais (DGEMN) Site Area: 3,650 sqm Completion: 2008 Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra The project’s brief requested the conservation and valorization of Castelo Novo’s Castle and surroundings. Moreover, it suggested also the creation of a space where people and visitors could enjoy it as a place of permanence. To
Filmed back in 2009, this TED Talk by Daniel Libeskind has yet to diminish in popularity. Once a free-verse poet, an opera set designer and a virtuoso musician, Libeskind has evolved into an internationally-renowned architect with an illustrious style that has been praised and criticized by many. In just seventeen words, Libeskind describes what inspires his unique approach to architecture. Believing that optimism is what drives architecture forward, he begins by stating, “Architecture is not b
Click here to view the embedded video. New technologies keep surprising us every day. 3DESTRUCT is a fantastic audiovisual installation, built last year as part of the Scopitone Festival 2011. Antivj, the studio behind this installation says the idea started in 2007 and adapted the best way they could to the old cellar they could use. The effect that the projections have is quite spectacular. Video: 3DESTRUCT / Scopitone 2011 originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture websi
On April 19th, architect Richard Meier, known for buildings such as The Athaneum, the Douglas House and thd Getty Center was honored with the 2012 Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation at Ellis Island in New York City. Meier was one of two recipients, the other former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, whose grandparents emigrated through Ellis Island. Angela Lansbury was honored as well, having immigrated to America herself at the age of
Click here to view the embedded video. Colin Rich took 6 months to shoot this amazing time lapse video of Los Angeles. His idea was to “capture the electric radiance of Los Angeles at night and paint a portrait of my city”. Cinematography, direction and editing was done by Colin himself. Enjoy! Video: LA Light originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 28 Apr 2012.send to Twitter | Share on Facebook | What do you think about this?
How would you like to work in an office like this? Dufaylite, makers of a 100% recyclable, robust and versatile core material (recycled paper honeycomb) partnered with Leeds-based Duke Studios for a truly unique workspace environment. They created ten studio offices using their substrate material called Ultra Board. Located in Leeds, Duke Studios is bringing some fun and life back to an old building by transforming all 7000 square feet it into an open floor plan studio space for creatives. Thi
Courtesy of Ju-Hyun Kim Manhattan Mountain, by Ju-Hyun Kim, is a design speculation over five of the most debated plots of vacant land in New York City. Collectively known as SPURA, the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, the five parking lots on the Lower East Side, just South of Delancey Street near the Williamsburg Bridge, were once the site of tenement housing until they were acquired by the Urban Renewal Plan in 1965 and demolished. Since then, the other lots that suffered a simular fate and
© Estudi Epdse Architects: Marià Castelló Martínez Location: Caló des Mort, Formentera, Spain Collaborators: Sonia Iben Jellal, Marí‐Balaguer Arquitectos, Marga Ferrer Builder: Los Kibicos S.L. and Jorge Thuiran Area: 143 sqm Completion: 2010 Photographs: Estudi Epdse © Estudi Epdse Casa Amalia is located in the area known as “Es Ram” near EsCaló des Mort, on the southern coast of Formentera island. This is a small plot of 2000 m2 with very developed pines with moderate slope t
