Archive for the 'Architecture' Category

Pre-fabricated construction can be nice

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Three of the exterior walls are floor-to-ceiling glass and of those, two are encased in horizontal cedar-screens for privacy, shade and light effects inside. One of the cedar screens has a large opening providing a direct view of the sunset from the built-in bed. The rest of the screen has random smaller gaps to allow [...]

Frank Gehry’s first deconstructivist building

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Interesting article about Frank Gehry’s deconstructivist revelation.

Back in the USSR

Monday, February 11th, 2008

The Architecture of Moscow from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Unrealised project. Via Coudal.

Grass roofs in Singapore

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

That’s the Art School where I should have gone, more about the architecture of the building on Inhabitat.

Vikkii Church, Helsinki

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Even the non-believers must attend this church at least once.

The dream treehouse

Monday, November 26th, 2007

We’ve all been thinking about living in a treehouse at some point in our lives, mostly when we were children. Now this dream could be enjoyable even as an adult with this great treehouse by Lukasz Kos of Testroom. See more at Inhabitat.

Minimalism: The Beauty Of Space and Metaphorical Elements

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

I have always been a fan of simplicity and minimalism - in designs or architecture, painting or visual art and composition or literature. The reducing of elements emphasizing space, the shapes and colors falling into an exquisite symmetry and the liberating sense being drawn from the seemingly limitless horizon - is simply poetic in itself. [...]