Month: January 2020

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BIG and Toyota reveal city of the future at base of Mount Fuji in Japan

January 7, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
BIG and Toyota reveal plans for city of the future under Mount Fuji in Japan

Danish architecture studio BIG is designing a “prototype city of the future” with wooden buildings and autonomous vehicles for Japanese car company Toyota near Mount Fuji in Japan. Named Woven City, the first phase of development on the site of a former car-factory will be home to 2,000 people who will test the vehicles, robotics and smart

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Virgin plans to connect Las Vegas and Southern California with electric high-speed rail

January 7, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Virgin Train USA news Las Vegas to California

Virgin has unveiled plans to build a fully electric, high-speed train that would connect Southern California to Las Vegas by 2023. Developed by company subsidiary Virgin Trains USA, the 170-mile (273-kilometre) high-speed line will link Las Vegas, Nevada with Victorville, California – a town about an hour-and-a-half drive northeast from Downtown Los Angeles. Virgin Trains

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VGI House / Pranala Associates

January 7, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

‘VGI House’ is a private residence situated in North Jakarta, Indonesia. The design of this house was conceived primarily in consideration of two key challenges; The first is North Jakarta’s extremely hot and humid climate and the latter being a 288 m2 , long and narrow (9x32m) land parcel acquired by the client. In this regard, part of our design ethos is to rely as much as possible on principles of passive cooling and natural ventilation articulated through rigorous understanding of site and climate conditions. Thus, ‘VGI House’ is designed as a kind of ‘respiration apparatus’, constantly in flux, circulating air through a sequence of 3 interior voids doubling as communal and circulation spaces. As air is tunnelled through the narrow, corridor-like project site, it is pulled into the house from the main entrance and then channelled by the interior voids reaching all parts of the building.

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Copperwood House / HAUS | Architecture For Modern Lifestyles

January 7, 2020 María Francisca González 0

Copperwood broke ground in fall 2015 for the family of four seeking an energy efficient, modest, modern dwelling. The site’s name, originated by the Owner’s son, was inspired by the color of the surrounding woods and landscape; an untouched natural site adjacent to farmland and bustling with wildlife, but itself not ideal for agriculture. Ultimately, the design solution was a balance of the unique site opportunities paired with the Owner’s simple lifestyle needs and love of travel. 

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Isay Weinfeld incorporates lush gardens into luxury apartment building in Manhattan

January 7, 2020 Jenna McKnight 0
Jardim by Isay Weinfeld

Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has completed his first US project – an upscale residential building in Manhattan’s West Chelsea neighbourhood that features verdant courtyards and “a paparazzi-proof porte-cochère”. Named after the Portuguese word for garden, the Jardim development occupies a block-through parcel between 27th and 28th streets, and is just steps away from the High Line park. The

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51 Marble And Faux Marble Coffee Tables That Define Elegance

January 7, 2020 HD Staff 0

A marble coffee table may be just what your living room has been craving. But with numerous options like edgy square coffee tables, space-saving nesting tables, and sleek glass options, why choose marble? Marble is a timeless and luxurious material that exuberates elegance, class, and timelessness. Plus each slab offers its own unique pattern of […]

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Castanhas de Caju Extension / Estudio Flume

January 7, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

The project is located in Nova Vida, a small community in Bom Jesus das Selvas in the state of Maranhao in Brazil. It consists of the refurbishment and extension of a small house into the headquarters of the newly formed coconut producers cooperative. It is also the meeting point for the community. The proposal was developed with the community and considered traditional construction techniques and materials. It incorporates low cost passive thermal control strategies specific for tropical weather such as perforated bricks and ‘brise-soleil’ pivot doors. The tight budget and construction deadlines lead us to reuse as much as the existing building as possible and to introduce a limited palette of materials. Hence the use the ceramic bricks and traditional bricklaying techniques. The insights from Eliane, Francisca, Maria, Rita, Leudiane, Solange and Nacely on the cooperative work flows were key to developing a space distribution strategy for building.