Category Archives: architecture

folding in the sky

Posted on 14/06/2013 by

“It’s almost like you’ve taken the whole sky and folded it in,” said James Carpenter, the designer of the Sky Reflector-Net at the Fulton Center, under construction at Broadway and Fulton Street. (Photo at left: David Sundberg/Esto) A view straight … Continue reading →

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apartment no. 1

Posted on 11/05/2013 by

This apartment block in the Iranian town of Mahallat was constructed using the otherwise useless offcuts from local stonecutting businesses. Stonecutting is the largest trade in the area but is a wasteful process that discards more than half of its … Continue reading →

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limekiln

Posted on 22/02/2013 by

This gabled steel shed surrounded by crops is a self-sufficient farmhouse in Ontario. Surrounded on every side by corn, wheat, barley and hay fields, House on Limekiln Line is a two-storey house on a ten-hectare estate in Huron County. via … Continue reading →

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pretty in prison

Posted on 11/02/2013 by

The panel behind this stark matte steel sink has a patch in the centre that’s been polished to shine like a mirror. Called Pretty in Prison, the piece by Canadian studio The Practice of Everyday Design is made of stainless … Continue reading →

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making waves

Posted on 06/12/2012 by

Shanghai studio Archi-Union used differently sized bricks to make waves across the exterior of this restaurant and members’ club at a cultural heritage park in Chengdu, China. via Dezeen

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shearers quarters

Posted on 07/10/2012 by

Shearers Quarters, a house on a working sheep farm on North Bruny Island, Tasmania, by John Wardle Architects. via Deezen

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khor I

Posted on 03/10/2012 by

Visitors to this temporary theatre in the Netherlands — inspired by a walk through a bamboo forest — perform their own play by reading from wooden cubes based on Buddhist prayer wheels. via dezeen

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simple building blocks

Posted on 28/09/2012 by

Concrete bricks create geometric patterns on the facade of this house in Québec. The architect says the arrangement “takes a very coarse industrial material and makes something graceful out of it.” | via Deezen

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myThread

Posted on 18/09/2012 by

Architectural designer Jenny Sabin tapped her experience and keen interest in science and molecular biology to create the myThread Pavilion. Using a mechanical process called tension knitting, each part of the spiderweb-like structure was woven concentrically to create seamless 3D … Continue reading →

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lay some sweet lines on

Posted on 06/09/2012 by

The Casual Photographer ~ Victor Djaja

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