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waste less log chair by architecture uncomfortable workshop
Joe and Rika Mansueto Library
Architects: JAHN
Location: Chicago, Illinois
7 Examples of the Modern Igloo
Our Arctic-dwelling Inuit friends have thrived on northern ice plates for thousands of years, in shelters made entirely of packed snow, where temperatures inside can reach into the mid-60s Fahrenheit!
A new book, Igloo: Contemporary Vernacular Architecture by Alejandro Bahamon and Ana Canizares, charts the history and development of vernacular ice structures and their translation into contemporary architecture.
See more. [Images: Kengo Kuma and Associates, MyModernMet, dmvA Architecten]
Kevin Champeny - What Remains (2012) - Hand-cast urethane flowers
Artist’s statement:
“I sculpted each original flower, then created silicone molds of the originals, then I cast them in color. They are not painted in any way. I cast them in various two part liquid resins. These pieces take several months to design, sculpt, mold, and cast. The construction process is a painstaking adventure of careful placement and gluing (super super-glue), that can take up to a month to complete.”
(via farewell-kingdom)
Uchimura Kanzo Stone Church by Kendrick Kellogg
Designed around the five natural elements of stone, sunlight, water, green, and wood.
Green Cast house in Odawara, Japan | by Kengo Kuma
The façade of the building is covered with planters made of aluminum die-cast panels, which provides space for facilities. Equipment such as watering hose, air reservoir for ventilation and downpipes are installed behind the panels
META-project