What is the roof for? 'Well it keeps us dry.' Yes, yes indeed. But what goes up there? Is it like the top of a shelf or dresser, where we stick all the stuff that won't fit below? Is this all it can ...
I once had a homeless person walk up to me and express incredulity that the car had been 'invented' in 1908 (Model T) and since then, it had only been made prettier. I was somewhat taken aback by ...
Large and small, day and night, inside and out. Tranquility and dynamism, past, future and the unquantifiable that is the present- Our lives are dominated by opposites, dualities and the places the ...
ZA11 Pavilion by Dimitrie Stefanescu, Patrick Bedarf, Bogdan Hambasan How should one consider the scale of 'slightly extra-human'? Is it art or is it architecture? Has anyone ever wondered why we ...
Made in Berin, I just want to store some data! What can't we make out of concrete? This stuff is amazing- every time I see something wonderfully simple made out of concrete, I think to myself 'Self, ...
E-Vine SU11 The other day, I tuned in to the BBC in the middle of a show. It was late afternoon and I was folding clothes. The show seemed to be about cars and the direction they were headed. ...
Lexus Tower | Daniel Widrig I was once told that there are two ways to make a skyscraper. Both incorporate the same two elements: base and tower. First, one can have a base and set the tower on top. ...
Origami Coffee Set MUS Architects Highly reminiscent of origami, this ceramic coffee set, designed by MUS Architects is in fact titled Origami Coffee Set. Made from beautifully formed ceramic, ...
Look, but don't touch. The prevalence of visuality is one of the things that defines us as human. Nearly 70 percent of sensory cells in our bodies relate to vision. We size someone or something up in ...
Interchangeable Habitation by Jonas Ersson It is becoming apparent in today's world that existing and living are two disparate yet related concepts. To exist is to be satisfied in the here and now. ...
Berlin Bubbles by Patrick Bedarf Make way for the modular! A robust design tool, it could be said that modularity has been with us since humans began to build. The International Style made modulars ...
In a previous article, I mentioned the two types of towers- pedestal tower and tower on a pedestal. This tower by Zaha Hadid Architects is neither. The Sunrise Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is all ...
