nice! stone used in compression in a new way! not something you see everyday.
hewn stone ~ lithos stone
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Maribor Art Gallery competition entry / Stan Allen
The architectural strategy is based on the aggregation of a basic structural module. The pentagonal geometry creates rotational symmetries and an irregular perimeter, increasing the available area of wall space for exhibition purposes. Interval voids allow light to the interior and potential connections between floors. Out of regular elements – simple to construct – a complex whole is created, greater than the sum of its parts. ( via archidose )
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Stuart Franks. City in a Building.
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It was the architect’s supercilious idea, but the family had agreed: in lieu of a flatscreen, they’d just watch the world go by. In reality, no one sat in the living room anymore.
(Noah Webb; Dwell)
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(via thatkindofwoman, unhappyhipsters)
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No longer enchanted by off-the-grid living, but frightened by the untrammeled wilderness.”
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Elmar Ludescher - House on Berg Island, Bregenz 2011.
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rovinj, croatia by 3LHD
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Beautifully simple design: The plastic bottle light
Cut a hole in a developing world roof big enough for a plastic soda bottle to fit snugly into. Fill a bottle with water and a little bleach and set it halfway into the hole cap side up. Voila, you now have a daytime light bulb. The sunshine is diffused by the water in the bottle and kicks off the light equivalent to a 50 watt bulb that costs nothing to run. See how it works.
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Photograph of the East Façade of the Hawa Mahal (Wind Palace) at Jaipur in Rajasthan - taken by Raja Deen Dayal & Sons in the 1890s
via British Library
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undr:
Magic Garden, Aichi-ken, Linda Butler
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That would be rad too have an indoor wall garden like this… It would have to be on a wall that gets lots of light, so I don’t think this is feasible in my current apartment :(
Next place, I’m doing this!
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“Palmenhaus”
I can’t decide which is the more poetical: the German “Palmenhaus” - “palm tree house” - or the English “greenhouse”? At least both are better than my native language’s “planthouse”.
(via)
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Malibu Beach House by Richard Meier & Partners Architects
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LAWRENCE HALPRIN
WALK-IN WATERFALL IN PORTLAND, 70s
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Plan for the Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele, Palermo
