Springer's Blog – August 2012 Archive (7)

AME-LOT

AME-LOT is a student housing proposal covered in a skin of recycled wooden pallets. To create the building, Paris-based Stephane Malka Architecture claims that no…

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Added by Springer on August 25, 2012 at 2:02pm — No Comments

Could this be the future of hotel rooms? The Hypercubus is a unique modular hotel room that can move from location to location based on need. The architecture by Austrian firm WG3 is based on the…

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Added by Springer on August 24, 2012 at 3:57pm — No Comments

Kubuswoningen

Creating a distinctive zigzag roofline, the Kubuswoningen, or Cubehouses, in Rotterdam are the work of the late Dutch architect Piet Blom. He considered his design an abstract tree, with the entire…

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Added by Springer on August 18, 2012 at 9:13pm — No Comments

Casey Key Guest House

In a mature oak hammock along Sarasota Bay, the architecture of the Casey Key Guest House is inspired by the forms of the oaks, which have been shaped by the prevailing coastal…

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Added by Springer on August 14, 2012 at 2:41pm — No Comments

The Rabbit Hole

There is only one way in and one way out, via a corridor that brings you in from the open landscape. As you follow it in, it gets darker and darker, then gradually higher and higher until you again step out into the open landscape of the courtyard.

Belgian firm…

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Added by Springer on August 11, 2012 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Phoenix International Media Center

The Phoenix International Media Center is a striking piece of architecture designed around the concept of the Mobius strip. Set for completion this year, the center merges the media building’s…

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Added by Springer on August 10, 2012 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Yellow Treehouse

At the edge of the woods just north of Auckland, New Zealand, by a meandering stream and above an open meadow, the Yellow Treehouse wraps around the trunk of a Redwood tree. Its form draws from many concepts: a chrysalis or cocoon, a garlic clove hung out to…