What do you do when you have a site that “weird” that restricts the building of your dreams? How about drawing inspiration from the Carapicuiba House? Built on a ground surface that falls abruptly down to 6m below, architects Angelo Bucci and Alvaro Puntoni… have suspended a two level steel structure on pilots and covered it with glass for amazing
By Alex Ion
If you have been enjoying the flowers blooming in your garden, you will definitely like Tokujin Yoshioka’s Bouquet Chairs. The designer says his chair “makes people who sit on it happy, just as a bouquet makes the person who receives it happy. The vibrant delicate colors trigger different sensations in each of us.” Indeed. Seating on one of his amazing…
No, that’s not a chemistry formula. It’s the name Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan… came up for this amazing home. Located in Sao Paulo, the C16H14O3 House is simple and elegant at the same time. Following a a South American theme with the base raised like a platform and large exposing supporting beams, the house is rich in wood and contemporary
By Alex Ion
We at Freshome love modern clean structures that don’t go shy on using glass, but the Herzelia Pituah House 3 is taking things to a whole new level by adding a tinge of minimal. Designed by the creative folks from Pitsou Kedem Architects…, the concrete house is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. Delightfully minimalist and quite deliciously linear, we’ve
By Alex Ion
Tokyo-base architects from TNA Arch… are the guys behind this Mosaic House. Although the name doesn’t reflect the creative shape of the house, the Japanese sure managed to get us eye-struck. Following a contemporary minimalist theme, the interior of the Mosaic House looks like a place you buy a ticket to explore. Without much windows on the outside, the upper
By Alex Ion
The wicked folks from Kouichi Kimura Architects have done it again. This time they managed to impress us with a house that featurers a black exterior and a contrasting white courtyard that gets the eye. Highly modern, with some rooms dark and other rooms light, the house features the minimalist theme like a lot of Japanese architecture these days. We…
By Alex Ion
Personally I don’t have a wall calendar, but I know people who like them, and here is something for them. The Perpetual Wall Calendar – No.1 is a simple vintage 1970′s German-designed plastic perpetual wall calendar that looks awesome. Numbers and days of the week can be manually rotated to designate the proper day and date. The calendar measures 10.25″…
Mexican-based architects from MoRE Arquitectos… came up with an interesting structure in their own Las Vegas. Dubbed Casa Viviendas, the house has two separate volumes unified under a deck inclined single roof. The facade to the street aligns perfectly with the other houses, adds a garage and still works as an area of transition with the interior and the beautiful
By Alex Ion
Designed by designer Jess Han the Numlock Handle is an innovative solution for those of you who want to enter your home without using keys. This design concept for a mechanical lock could be the ideal solution to the keyless lock problem. Numlock Handle is unlocked when you roll its four tumblers to the correct numbers, and then after you’ve…
Amidst a traditionally-inspired dome ceiling for the newly-designed renderings for the “Louvre Abu Dhabi” in the United Arab Emirates are thousands of little breaks, edges and holes that allow for a flurry of warm and charming sun light to slice in through the ceiling like the canopy of a rainforest. As you walk down the pavilions, plazas, alleyways and canals…
By Tony Chavira
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