For many architects, the hardest part of their job starts after they finish designing a building, when the onerous process of code compliance begins. Written to ensure the safety and accessibility of buildings, codes dictate everything from the height and depth of stairs and where railings end, to the amount of floor space in front […]
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Robots can build entire cities almost for free. These architects are making it happen.
Manuel Jimenez Garcia and Gilles Retsin are literally setting the foundations for an architecture of the future. They are co-founders of the Design Computation Lab at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, where they work with…
View More Robots can build entire cities almost for free. These architects are making it happen.This beach is isolated by a wall of mirrors and it looks like a floating desert island
“The Desert Island” is an installation by the Danish architecture studio Gjøde & Partnere Arkitekter.
It was part of this year’s Sculpture By The Sea exhibition in Cottesloe Beach, Australia. Read more…More about Australia, Mashable …
Cleaning this roof is an absolute nightmare—but at least it looks cool
The Esplanade Theatre in Singapore features a one-of-a-kind roof design, with thousands of triangulated glass elements and sunshades. Unfortunately, the designers didn’t really think through the cleaning process… which takes about two months and has…
View More Cleaning this roof is an absolute nightmare—but at least it looks coolSo, here’s a bunch of 911 calls from Apple employees walking into glass walls
Apple’s spaceship-like, nearly all-glass headquarters in Cupertino is certainly beautiful, but it’s proving to cause actual headaches for its employees.
A few weeks ago, reports surfaced of company workers walking into the transparent walls that ador…
This tiny mobile house is like a Swiss Army knife with furniture popping out of the walls
Designed by Italian architect and engineer Leonardo Di Chiara, aVOID is a 96-square-foot house inspired by minimalism. With the furniture folded, it looks like an empty room, but it can cover all of your basic needs as its walls hide a bed, a kitchen,…
View More This tiny mobile house is like a Swiss Army knife with furniture popping out of the wallsEnormous pin screen wall morphs into any human face
‘MegaFaces’ is a kinetic facade that can morph into any human face. The giant pin screen is controlled via 11,000 mechanical actuators that protrude 6 feet outside the facade, create the 3D shapes. Read more…More about Facebook, Design, Architecture…
View More Enormous pin screen wall morphs into any human faceInside Amazon’s Spheres
Like most adventurous designs the Spheres are divisive: some call them an eyesore or attention-seeking behavior by Amazon, but others will admire the originality and intelligent use of space. Seattle is no stranger to odd architecture, and the Sp…
View More Inside Amazon’s SpheresInside Amazon’s Spheres
Like most adventurous designs the Spheres are divisive: some call them an eyesore or attention-seeking behavior by Amazon, but others will admire the originality and intelligent use of space. Seattle is no stranger to odd architecture, and the Spheres seem to meld the mind-bending MoPop (formerly the EMP) with the multifaceted complexity of the Central Library.
View More Inside Amazon’s SpheresHow the Apple Store in Chicago became a dangerous place this winter
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Ominous, high-hanging icicles have turned Apple’s sleek, MacBook-inspired waterfront store in Chicago into a potentially perilous environment.
Apple has cordoned off, with caution tape and signage, vulnerable areas where the sharp ice could fall. Chicago blogger Matt Maldre first spotted the architectural mishap, brought on by this winter’s severe Arctic blast.
The architectural company Foster + Partners designed the carbon fiber roof to mimic a flat MacBook Pro laptop. They even emblazoned an Apple logo atop the roof — just like on the actual devices. Read more…
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View More How the Apple Store in Chicago became a dangerous place this winterHow the Apple Store in Chicago became a dangerous place this winter
Ominous, high-hanging icicles have turned Apple’s sleek, MacBook-inspired waterfront store in Chicago into a potentially perilous environment.
Apple has cordoned off, with caution tape and signage, vulnerable areas where the sharp ice could fall. Chicago blogger Matt Maldre first spotted the architectural mishap, brought on by this winter’s severe Arctic blast.
The architectural company Foster + Partners designed the carbon fiber roof to mimic a flat MacBook Pro laptop. They even emblazoned an Apple logo atop the roof — just like on the actual devices. Read more…
More about Tech, Chicago, Architecture, Apple Store, and Winter Is Coming
View More How the Apple Store in Chicago became a dangerous place this winterArckits are the grown-up Legos we never knew we wanted
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The Millennial’s answer to Legos is here and it’s just as beautiful as you’d expect.
Like Legos, Arckits are a set of small components that click t…