Primitive architecture

south african designer porky hefer supersizes his signature 'nests' to create an off-grid, hand-made, organic lodge dubbed 'the nest'.

The primitive hut narrative is based upon the concept of the origin. In the search for the origin of architecture is the search for some sense of meaning or authority in the work. In times of crisis, architecture tends to return to the idea of the origin and the contemplation of the first building, also known as the primitive hut. The primitive hut is used as a fundamental point of reference in the speculation and contemplation on the essence and meaning of the building. The purpose of the…

celebrate a historic moment: the first generation of experimental structures, or 'shelters', built at the school’s new campus at arcosanti, the US.

Casapueblo was built by the Uruguayan artist Carlos Páez Vilaró as a summer home and a workshop in Punta Ballena, Uruguay.

Petr Janda’s Lazy House is a riff on the cliffside villa, masterfully camouflaged within Zlín’s verdant landscape.

The Himba are an indigenous people living in northern Namibia. They are related to the Herero people. Charles Fréger has devoted a series to the Herero as well. He went to Opuwo, near the Angolan frontier, to meet these two peoples united by a common language. The first question he asked himself was about how

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