Designer Gregory Kloehn from California has come up with fully functional home made up of $2,000 dumpster. Gregory Kloehn uses this unique dwelling to live in, when he stays in New York City. Kloehn has added wheels to this dumpster to transport it easily and has custom door for easy …
There was once a time when a man was very grieve-stricken with his young wife’s passing away. As a result, he undertook an imposing yet romantic endeavor to construct a magnificent mausoleum, which would stand as a wondrous testament to their love. That man was Shah Jahan, the fifth emperor …
Planters have surely exceeded their roles as just components for keeping (and growing) plants. This trend is quite evident from designer Joe Levy and his team’s ‘Hexo Garden’ project (under direction from the Wellington City Council). With a conscientious aim to improve the circulation as well as landscaping credentials of …
It is not often that we come across a five star hotel being built inside an abandoned quarry. But that is exactly the case with the mighty ‘InterContinental Shimao’, a plush $530 million (around £345 million) hotel that is to be constructed inside a water-filled quarry, situated at the base …
With the recent tragic episodes of North Indian flash floods, we are once again reminded of the conscientious need for credible temporary housing solutions in emergency scenarios. In this regard, we have fortunately come across an outdoor shelter design from none other than the exalted IKEA. Conceived by the IKEA Foundation, …
Previously, we had come across the Tiny Tack House, an entire home built along a single rectangular plan. However, this time around the Kanga Prefab House notches up on the ‘tiny’ factor by inducting a whole habitable space inside an area of just 20 ft x 14 ft.
German may not sound too romantic on our tongues (unlike their western French cousins), but Germany is a land with a high romantic heritage. Brothers Grimm were German linguists who popularized fairy tales like Snow White, Rapunzel and Cinderella. Even architecturally, they have the ‘Fairy Tale’ Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. …
It is not often that we come across architectural pieces inspired by organic forms. However, in this case, the designers at Zebra3/Buy-Sellf have crossed the threshold of conventionality and created the uniquely shaped cabin (pictured above). The building is actually located in an open site close to the Rives Arcins in Bordeaux, France; …
Spatial efficiency is one of the pillars of modern day architecture, especially significant with the cramped conditions of our urban areas. However, a well designed compact space doesn’t necessarily entail the avoidance of our comfort for the sake of more circulation area. This is aptly proven by the ‘hand-made’ Tiny …
Traditionalism meets post-modernism in the above pictured CIPEA Blockhouse designed by Chinese AZL Architects. Set in the picturesque yet austere setting of a forest near the city of Nanjing, the structure comprises of four cubic floors stacked vertically atop each other, thus allowing minimal land usage of the ‘naturalistic’ site. …
