Around 19 college teams from around the world participated in this year’s Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition, with their entries being judged under crucial categories like architecture, engineering and affordability. Finally, after 10 days of intense competition in Irving, California, ...
What might look like a minimalist wonderland is in reality a compact student flat just 10 sq m in area. Designed by the collaborative effort of Tengbom Architects and the students at the University of Lund, the prototype unit has ...
Previously, we have harped about the innovative ambit of the bio-mimicking treehouse by Antony Gibbon. And now the scope of novelty takes a new direction with the post-modernist Tree Snake Houses designed by the duo of Luís Rebelo de Andrade and Tiago Rebelo de Andrade. ...
The above pictured Garden Studio in many ways is an architectural piece ‘strategically’ borne out of design contradictions. Conceived (by Scenario Architecture) as a workout shed for a London based choreographer, the structure according to the architects was envisaged as ...
While it might not have the imposing ‘grandeur’ of the boisterous Locomotive BBQ grill, the Lotus holds its own with its bantam degree of vibrancy and easy features. Powered by just 4 AA batteries, the no-smoke contraption according to the ...
It is not often that we come across bridge structures that also serve as housing solutions! But incredibly, the aptly named ‘Bridge House’ at Adelaide, Australia poses as one of those swanky buildings that makes use of a yawning creek ...
Those who have heard about Torres Del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile must know that it is among the very few places on our Earth that can boast of a well protected ecological habitat. And it is this picturesque confluence ...
Cardboard lamps are not necessarily new to the ever thriving realm of recycled home decor products. However, craftsman Fabio Bertini in collaboration with visual art expert Elena Marcheschi (under the umbrella of Altroprogetto design studio) has created a line of remarkable cardboard lamps that are not only recycled in scope ...
There is always an affluent degree of romanticism involved when things are done in an ‘older’ fashion. The collaborators of the ‘CookinStack’ stove conception; Adriano Design and La Castellamonte certainly know this, and they have swaggered along this path with a flurry of ...
Over the years, we have seen quite a few interesting conceptions that have managed to revitalize the scope of vernacular Origami as a practical design language for modernistic furniture. This time it is no different with the IN-EI line of white lampshades ...
