This gives a whole new meaning to "in the heights."
Columbia University Medical Center has just announced that Diller Scofidio + Renfro will be designing a new 14-story medical building on Haven Avenue between 171st and 172nd streets that will be home to high-tech class facilities for all four CUMC colleges as well as the biomedical program within Columbia University's college of art and science.
Going to an outdoor event during the steamy months of summer generally involves packing a miniature fan and slathering yourself in sunscreen, as most venues do little to shade attendees in the cheap seats. This is something Wolfgang Kessling, of the German climate engineering firm Transsolar, would like to change. In a talk at the TEDxSummit in Doha, Kessling describes the challenge of designing an open-air stadium in Qatar…
The key to small-space living is not feeling cramped, which makes this Barcelona apartment the pinnacle of the genre. The home uses sliding doors to open the 430-square-foot apartment up for a sense of space, or close it for privacy. But the centerpiece of the house is the hole in the ceiling -- a plant-filled half-outdoor shower that's built like a chimney, open to the sky.
Olson Kundig Architects founded this Idaho cabin on low maintenance materials — steel, concrete block, concrete floors and plywood— in harmony with the idea of a traditional cabin. Moreover, the architects integrated a massive window-wall (20′ x 30′), exposing the entire living space to the lake and forest.
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects designed the hedquarters for one of Denmark’s leading mortgage banks, Nykredit. The ten-storey glass structure amply endows the office spaces with natural light from the harbour, thus linking the floors together. The CEO’s office is situated on the 9th floor and contains a clothing cabinet with a hidden escape hatch, built on his request.
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A South Korean supermarket installed a 3D QR code that is readable only during lunch time. When the sun is at the correct angle, the installation cast shadows that make the QR readable.
You can read more about it here.
Shield House designed by Studio H:T, located in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Zecc Architects Utrecht managed to transform a 1931 water tower in Soest, The Netherlands, into a nine-level modern home.
Reflection Of Mineral
The site is located near the center of Tokyo. It is a small 44 m² corner plot bounded by two streets. Conforming to legal conditions and in response to the client’s wish for a ‘roofed garage’ the volume was trimmed from various directions. Using the words ‘Mineral’ and ‘reflection’ as guiding concepts, Atelier Tekuto proceeded to use subtraction as a positive tool for design.
I've become a fan of wooden architecture. Can't imagine a healthier living environment than that. Here is a barn style house in Southern Burgenland (Austria), which also contains rooms for wine production (very common in that area) and a cellar.
As the house is not inhabited during winter months, it is possible to shut down the whole house with folding and flap shutters.
Bever Street | San Francisco
Xiao - Yen's House | San Francisco
Mullen Street | Bernal Heights, SF
Cordage Warehouse | San Francisco
Peter's House | San Francisco
Fong/Rodriguez House | Bernal Heights, SF
Ludwig Apartment | San Francisco
Carr Apartment | San Francisco
Gipsy House | Berkeley
Ohanapod | Big Islans, Hawaii
(Pics from http://craigsteely.com/)
Comfort deserves only a limited role in the home, according to artists-architects-poets Arakawa & Gins. A home that keeps its inhabitants healthy and young should provide enduring challenges. In their vision, an embedded relationship with your surroundings is key to reversing the downhill course of human life.
This waterfront property by Lake Tahoe, covering a half acre and 807m2, is on the market for $43 million. The Lake house is designed by San Francisco-based Mark Dziewulksi and consists of concrete, glass and steel: 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a 6 level glass staircase, a glass elevator, and a private pier.
Bathroom above a 15-storey elevator shaft. Located in an old colonial luxury penthouse in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The two chambers of the UK Parliament, House of Lords (former) and House of Commons (latter), located in the Palace of Westminster, London.
Anne and Peter Verrill, owners of the restaurant, decided to save a Methodist church, built in the 1850′s, from demolition. The holy property was acquired in 2007 for 675 000 USD, and subsequently renovated for about 2 million USD. The result is high-end restaurant, Grace, located in Maine’s largest city, Portland.
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The flamboyant facade of 29 Avenue Rapp, in Paris’ 7th arrondissement. This is one of nine buildings designed by award-winning architect, Jules Lavirotte (1864 - 1924), in the same central district. The generous deployment of glazed earthenware was the first of its kind in the Western sphere.
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