Firms House Hunting? This Haunted Italian Island is For Sale Welcome to Poveglia Island. Thanks to Italy's difficult financial straits, this honeymoon-retreat- meets-horror-movie-set is on the market. Are you an architect who wants to easily reach the Venice Biennale, but also dreams of building a home on foundations echoing with the undead screams of your enemies? This could be your spot. National Design Centre by SCDA Architects Singapore, PTE LTD Architect Soo K. Drink the Rain With Ivanka's Bio-Concrete Filters Despite the sunshine, a cloud hung over the Salone del Mobile this year — an artificial cloud, that is, built by Budapest-based, designer concrete manufacturer Ivanka to launch its new rain filtration system. Las Gaviotas Set by Besonias Almeida Arquitectos This project is the result of a process that began in 2004 with the construction of a summer house in the forest of Mar Azul. Submit Your Visions of the Workplace of the Future What does the future of the workplace look like to you?
ARCHIPORTAL.sk Archinect | Connecting Architects Since 1997 Bjarke Ingels Group selectism 01. House in Chihuahua / PRODUCTORA (above) “The House In Chihuahua is part of a golf club community in the desertlike northern region of Mexico. The dwelling was designed to accommodate the special climatic circumstances of the area…” (archdaily) 02. “The latest Cooper-Hewitt exhibition, aptly titled Design For A Living World, combines the thoughtful material research of an environmental scientist, the sexy design aesthetics of the highest end showrooms, and the celebrity and travel itinerary of a reality TV series.” 03. “While consumers aren’t necessarily going on the wagon, their consumption habits have changed significantly. 04. “The flamboyant fashion designer will appear at the Suffolk festival’sLiterary Arena, alongside acclaimed pop artist Peter Blake – the man behind The Beatles’ ‘Sgt.
ADEPT Architects No. 573 - 2013.0109 Trees are fundamental to urban landscapes and natural ecosystems. Wood from trees is a fundamental material for architecture. The tension between wood in living trees, and wood in buildings and other products, is arguably at an all-time-high on planet Earth. This is especially true in North America, where primary harvest of irreplaceable primeval forest, having swept across the continent during the last 300 years, is still underway. In the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada, even as fierce political battles rage over the logging or conservation of the last few percent of older forests on public lands, vast acreages of once-vibrant forest in private industrial ownership is being stripped and scoured rapidly. Wood is beautiful, used well in our homes, shops, and offices. What would it take to use wood from the Pacific Northwest, the world's largest softwood lumber-producing region, in a truly sustainable, green way? Sustainable Timber
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