Springer's Blog Posts Tagged 'architect' (38)

The interior design for the Stuart Weitzman flagship store evolved from the concept of shoes as a delightfully anticipated gift.  Milan based architect Fabio…

The starting point of this project came from the ongoing conflict over one of the most attractive pieces of fallow land in Berlin: the Spree riversides located between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg.  Drawing on the spatial partitioning strategy of a Voroni diagram, elements from differing social demands…

Vertical gardens are great, but often require specific structural foundations and hydroponics in order to function.  The Structural Technology Group of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has developed and patented a…

The sweeping curves of this design proposal by architect Mark Dziewulski were created in collaboration with ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov, and were inspired by the movement and rhythm expressed in many of the performing arts. …

Reminiscent of a giant modernized tumbleweed, California Roll House is a prefabricated home designed for the context of the desert.  The entire…

Tired of the daily grind?  Of endless deadlines and tight schedules?  Tiago Barros proposes a piece of floating architecture that leaves our earth-bound schedules behind.

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The Auditorio de Tenerife, or Tenerife Concert Hall, was finished in 2003 and has become a landmark in the city of Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.  The hall is the design of famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, and is covered with a mosaic of…

This beautiful home was constructed in 1975 by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill out of the ruins of an old country house.  While the interior is a bit dated, the…

Near a forest on the outskirts of Katowice, Poland, sits the Broken House, designed by local architecture firm KWK Promes.  The somewhat questionable…

Located at the end of the unspoiled Valsertal valley, 1,250 meters up into the Swiss Alps, Villa Vals peaks out from the face of the mountainside near the thermal baths of Vals. …

If taking a nature-loving trip to the “Magic Village” of Tepoztlan, Morelos, located just the other side of the mountain range south of Mexico City sounds like fun to you, TuboHotel is the place for you.  Designed by…

This intense and dramatic concept for a Revolutionary Opera Theater in Vienna is the work of blogger and artist Tang Fei.  The flamboyant theater…

Dream big.  Really big.  The New Orleans Arcology Habitat, or NOAH, totals 30 million square feet and will stand 1,200 feet high.  The…

I’d love to see more pictures of this house and its layout.  This is the Mebius house by Tokyo-based Atelier Tekuto.  The home is designed to embrace nature and impart its beauty to the home’s inhabitants.  But what a task! …

Charcoal House sits deceptively in a residential neighborhood in Ontario, Canada.  Designed by architect atelier Reza Aliabadi…

The Lifepod project was initially conceived in 1997 by architect and designer…

From the remains of a single story home on a corner lot rise the layers of architecture that create the Jigsaw Residence.  Designed by the architect David…

This lilypad has enough room for Kermit the Frog and 49,000 of his friends!

This interesting concept is by France- and Belgium-based Vincent Callebaut Architectures. …