How can we encroach on nature and still preserve it when the act of building contracts the idea of protecting the environment? Even with the most environmentally friendly buildings, there will always ...
Eclectic is almost not strong enough of a word for Patronaat, Haarlem's pop music venue designed by the Dutch firm Diederendirrix. Ballsy and fun-loving might be better fits. The programmatic ...
Green Cast | Kengo Kuma and Associates
The facade of this building by Kengo Kuma and Associates is the star of the show, so-to-speak. Aluminum die-cast panels are set slightly off the glass ...
MARC FORNES/THEVERYMANY have created an amazing sculpture/world that almost defies explanation, called "Labrys Frisae"- it certain defies classification. Constructed of 10,322 parts with some 202,290 ...
The Zipper Dress, created by designer/artist Sebastian Errazuriz mostly speaks for itself. An incredible concept, it's the grown-up, sexy, big sister of those ridiculous shorts/pants that were big in ...
Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts | Mecanoo
The Wei-Wu-Ying Metropolitan Park, a former military compound of 65 ha, which has been re-tasked by the Taiwanese Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA), is ...
The Mentougou Eco Valley outside of Beijing, China is home to breathtaking mountain views and abandoned stone mills- amongst other things, I mean there's gotta be trees and animals and stuff as well, ...
The Eden Project Bio Domes is a project that is quite unique in both its scale and scope. Located in Cornwall, its website describes its primary functions as:
-running transformational social and ...
Monochair. What a word. Pretty good concept too. If you think about it, the only bad mono-, seems to be mononucleosis. All the others are pretty cool. They're novel because they're singular. ...
The pavilion is for architecture, something a bit analogous to the culinary's amuse bouche. It is something which stands, relatively free of requirements or necessary program, mostly for enjoyment ...
Mirrored World, Wow. Hoofa. Shazam. Hey. Holy Shneikies! Feel free to add your own expletives, those are all I will provide. These photos of mirror instillations in almost every location type ...
The Woven Tower designed by Setfan Shöning and Studio Farris is a competition entry for a prompt set out by the Sheikh of Dubai so create a unique new landmark for the city. It incorporates three ...