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Studio MRDO and Studio LaM win Korean bathhouse contest with underground dome
New York-based Studio MRDO and Studio LaM have won an ideas contest with their proposal for a theatrical underground pool set between North and South Korea
Home is where the bark is
Stefano Boeri has completed two “Vertical Forest” residential towers (below) in Milan’s Porta Nuova Isola district. Milan's Bosco Verticale
A robot revolution
programmed by students at Stuttgart University’s Institute for Computational Design (ICD), drones buzz around like purposeful bees, fetching and carrying long threads of carbon fibre spun by a robot in the middle of the room. Bit by bit, and without the help of a single human hand, the drones shape these strands into a structure. The workshop is run by Achim Menges, a German architect and the founder of the ICD
How Architecture Firm Bureau V Marries Industrial Chic and Artful Edginess
How Architecture Firm Bureau V Marries Industrial Chic and Artful Edginess…
MVRDV replaces traditional facade with glass bricks that are stronger than concrete
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A garden enclosed by 6000 glass blocks | Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura
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A garden enclosed by 6000 glass blocks | Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura
Nakamura’s Optical Glass House is composed of roughly 6000 glass blocks strung together by stainless steel. The soundproof blocks not only cancel out the bustling cars and trams but they also create a façade that functions much like an urban noren -allowing light and air to pass through while revealing only a mosaic of the lush garden inside.