Containers of Hope, a $40,000 Home by Benjamin Garcia Saxe. By Eric • Jun 16, 2011 • Selected Work Benjamin Garcia Saxe has recently completed the Containers of Hope project with a budget of $40,000. Located in San Jose, Costa Rica this container house is the result of a close collaboration between the architect and his clients, who went on to construct the building themselves. The 1,000 square foot home is composed of two 40-foot used shipping containers set together with a raised mid section and clerestory windows. More shipping container houses here Containers of Hope by Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture: “Gabriela Calvo and Marco Peralta dreamed of living in their fantastic property 20 minutes outside of the city of San Jose, Costa Rica; where they could be with their horses and enjoy the natural landscape. It was important for me to provide them with the sunrise, the sunset, the spectacular views, and overall try and create a feeling of comfort and home.
Photos by: Andres Garcia Lachner. 20 stunning examples of bamboo architecture. Now it’s time for bamboo to be used for state-of-the-art research centers. The Rix Center for Ocean Discoveries, a hub for oceanographic researches designed by the eminent Canadian architectural firm de Hoog & Kierulf, incorporates an area of 1200 sq m and exhibits a plethora of spatial demarcations such as conference halls, lecturing halls and advanced laboratories for marine sciences. But the defining feature of this fascinating design would be its scallop shaped shell composed wholly from bamboo.
Sustainable dormitories for Thai orphanage: Architectural firm TYIN Tegnestue has taken up the conscientious approach to bamboo construction. St Val Architect proposes a wholesome vernacular bamboo housing project for Haiti: Simplicity infused with a traditionalistic virtue defines this interesting design concept of ahousing project proposed for Port au Prince, Haiti. Rryuichi Ashizawa Architect’s Bamboo Forest and Corinth Hut: Architects envision bamboo supported building: Mason Lane Farm:
50 Most Strange and Unusual Buildings arround the World. The world is full of beautiful strange and fantastic buildings that are the examples of amazing architecture. Architecture Photography brings this beauty to the world, and for this reason, architectural photography is as thrilling as it is heartwarming. In this roundup, we have compiled an amazing collection of some bizarre yet interesting buildings that are reflected through architectural photography.
Enjoy! The UFO house in Sanjhih The Device to Root Out Evil Krzywy Dom Dom postawiony na glowie Anomaly Stata Center Container City 2, Leamouth, London Strong Children’s Museum The Ufo House Dancing House Blur Building Frank O. Un museo del futuro Stone house Library Parking Garage United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel Wonderworks – Pigeon Forge, TN Dan and the house View of the Luxor from The Strip Updside Down Building: City Hall, Tempe AZ Solar Furnace at Odeillo Font-Romeu, France Cube Houses Erwin Wurm: House attack Chapel-in-the-Rock Atomium Expo Zaragoza 2008, Pabellón de Aragón Eden Le Futuroscope. One Cool Habitat | for your cool portable prefab. Eco House - Casa de Eventos.
Ecopods: Shipping Container Housing Available Now. Dwight Doerkson has developed "an affordable eco friendly building that’s transportable and doesn’t need to be hooked up to the grid"- out of shipping containers. He cuts out an entire wall and hinges it, so when you want to leave your ecopod you simply flip a switch and a solar powered winch pulls up the deck and closes up the box. The floors are recycled rubber, the walls are FSC birch ply over a bio-based green foam insulation, the optional toilet is composting and fridge is solar powered. From their website: "The eco-pod began its life as a shipping container, hence its sturdy, engineered form and tight weather seal. The imbalance of goods traveling from East to West has created a surplus of these in North America, which means that the purchase price is a fraction of the original manufacturing cost - this saving is then passed on to you, the 'end user'.
Interview of Dwight Doerkson Units start at about $40,000 and being shipping containers, can go anywhere. CCCB - Finalistas FAD - ELPAÍS. Incredible Houses. Create floor plans, house plans and home plans online with Floor. Fascinating Underground Homes | JetSetta - StumbleUpon. Librero modular Konnex / Florian Gross. Cortesía de Contemporist Esta estantería del diseñador alemán Florian Gross se basa en un sistema modular de fácil armado.
Producido por la empresa alemana Müller Möbelwerkstätten, ha sido ganador del premio Interior Innovative Award 2011, de la German Design Council. Konnex está orientado a personas que disfrutan del constante rediseño y organización de su entrono. Con un sencillo pero innovador sistema de encaje de ranuras tipo peineta, se insertan en las aristas de otro cubo para formar un sistema de estantería que se adapta a todo tipo de espacios o situación. Un set básico consta de 3 módulos de distintos tamaños que se pueden organizar o agrupar de diferentes maneras o utilizarlos individualmente.
Cortesía de Müller Möbelwerkstätten El concepto de generar un mueble a partir de un modulo de configuración básica permite que éstos se puedan transportar, mover y almacenar fácilmente, ocupando muy poco espacio. Conhouse. A Low Impact Woodland Home. METALAB » Home Page. A Wall That Plays Music When It Rains. Are these the ugliest buildings in the world? Promenade virtuelle à l’opéra de Guangzhou (Chine), par Zaha Hadid Architects - Projets.
Architecture for Humanity. Zizkov TV Tower, Prague (image preview: FOT402893) | fotoLibra. Kunsthaus Graz. The Kunsthaus Graz at night showing the BIX media Façade The Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunsthaus, or Graz Art Museum was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria.
Its exhibition program specializes in contemporary art of the last four decades. Architecture[edit] Its unusual form differs radically from conventional exhibition contexts, many of which maintain the traditions of the modernist "White Cube". The team of architects used an innovative stylistic idiom, known as blob architecture within the historical ambiance of the Murvorstadt. Thus, the gigantic building affectionately called the "Friendly Alien" by its creators Colin Fournier as the Partner-in-Charge together with Peter Cook, in form and material, stands out consciously against the surrounding baroque roof landscape with its red clay roofing tiles but nevertheless integrates the façade of the 1847 iron house.
Concept[edit] BIX Façade[edit] Sick Building Syndrome | Indoor Air. Fuck Yeah Brutalism. D-Build :: Home. Top 10 amazing modern houses worth the trip. Art deco | stuffgirlslike.net. Buildings & Stuff. Mad for Mod: 10 places to get serious house envy. The Farnsworth House, an icon of 20th century modern architecture in Plano, Ill., was designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945-51. Anyone with a pile of money can build a big pile of a house, and back in the day, that's what you did. (See, for instance, Downton Abbey.) But during the 20th century, a group of architects staged a controversial revolt. Why, they asked, couldn't less be as impressive as more? Across North America, sensational – but often reasonably-sized and usually deceptively simple – homes stand as their legacy. Here are ten of the best. All of them are open to the public, but make advance reservations.
Farnsworth House, Plano, Ill. See low airfares to Chicago Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pa. Frank Lloyd-Wright is easily one of the most famous American architects of all time; this remarkable home in the Laurel Highlands, built for Pittsburgh retail magnate Edgar J. Phillip Johnson Glass House, New Canaan, Conn. Eames House, Los Angeles, Calif. World's Tallest Buildings 2015.
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