moshe safdie: artscience museum, singapore

'artscience museum' by internationally renowned architect moshe safdie welcomed visitors for the first time to its 6,000 square meter cultural center on 19 february 2011. located adjacent to the marina bay sands - also designed by safdie - the project is the first museum dedicated tothe dynamic interplay between art and science. the circular design features ten finger-like structures that extend out to create a lotus flower form.

[ via : designboom ]

Habitat 67 # 3 by Moshe Safdie cube modern architecture [ via ]

GHERKIN BUILDING GOES GREEN!

Under pressure from other more sustainable buildings popping up around the world, such as the recently featured Bahrain World trade Center, London’s Gherkin Tower, designed by Norman Foster, has recently begun testing an innovative vegetated facade panel which promises to change the face of building design forever. This new “Green wall” product, known as the Core Hydraulic Integrated Arboury panel,
promises to bring the benefits of green roofs to any exterior surface of skyscraper.

[ via : inhabitat ]

GHERKIN BUILDING GOES GREEN!

Under pressure from other more sustainable buildings popping up around the world, such as the recently featured Bahrain World trade Center, London’s Gherkin Tower, designed by Norman Foster, has recently begun testing an innovative vegetated facade panel which promises to change the face of building design forever. This new “Green wall” product, known as the Core Hydraulic Integrated Arboury panel, promises to bring the benefits of green roofs to any exterior surface of skyscraper.

[ via : inhabitat ]

Ren; The People’s Building

 To start off, all of you architects / know-it-alls [same thing, I know] out there need to suspend your criticism briefly to enjoy this project. Yes, it would be [somewhat] structurally complicated, and no, nobody seems to know how elevators and all that junk would work. But who cares? Point is, Ren, designed by the Danish firm PLOT [now split into BIG and JDS] is pretty sick looking.

The project is in the good ol’ People’s Republic of China, intended for the World Expo of 2010, which is set to take place in Shanghai. Here’s a description of the building from Eikongraphia, which I decided I wouldn’t bother rephrasing, since they were quoting it anyway:
‘The REN Building is a proposal for a hotel, sports and conference center for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The building is conceived as two buildings merging into one. The first building, emerging from the water, is devoted to the activities of the body, and houses the sports and water culture center. The second building emerging from land, is devoted to the spirit and enlightment, and houses the conference center and meeting facilities. The two buildings meet in a 1000 room hotel, a building for living. The building becomes the Chinese sign for ‘The People’, and a recognizable landmark for the World Expo in China.’

[ via : myninjaplease ]

Luxury Tree House by Architecture Firm RPA

This inspiring – and inspired! – House of wood and glass tree is a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of everyday. Located in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, CA, Banyan Treehouse is a compact house design combines art studios and recreation getaway overlooking downtown Los Angeles. Architectural firms
designed RPA luxury tree house in the clouds will you nine. In accordance with the natural theme, the studio was completed in luxury, organic oiled wooden palette siding, mahogany windows and roof Rheinzink. Wooden structure raised above 12 ft steel pillars, and is located to the base of a large pine tree.

[ via : besthomedesign ]

Seattle Alley House Aims for LEED Platinum

This is Alley House 2, a modular prefab home aiming for LEED Platinum certification, located in the Madison Valley neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.  We looked at the home during site assembly and note that it’s complete and listed for sale at the offering of $599,000.  The home has three bedrooms, two
bathrooms, a one-car garage (that could be used as a workshop or converted to an ADU), and 1,687 square feet.

[ via : jetsongreen ]

Live Modern: The Shadow House

 Modern definitely has to do with fitting in the space you need to live in, in whatever space you have to build a home (even if it’s tiny). That seems to be the case of the Shadow House, a modern home squeezed in between older homes in North London, designed by Liddicoat & Goldhill in 2011. Another awesome element to this house? Their great, great material choices.


Seen best in that photo above with the four different materials showcased, they just made really rich, simple modern material choices that created a layered feeling in the space though there aren’t a lot of furnishings. That mix of plywood and marble in the kitchen is so brilliant. “The Shadow House is a new build private house in Camden, North London. It has won a 2011 RIBA Award, Best small house of the year award at the British Homes Award 2011, received a commendation at the 2011 NLA Awards and was longlisted for the Manser Medal. We carried out the entire project ourselves, from finding the site, through planning, design, construction and manufacture of the fittings, fixtures and furniture.”

[ via : blog2modern ]