Documentary on people searching for simplicity, self-sufficiency, minimalism and happiness by creating shelter in caves, converted garages, trailers, tool sheds, river boats and former pigeon coops. Created by TV producer and Internet-video personality Kirsten Dirksen.
More info on the tiny house blog.
Found here. Link to video.
Family house in Frohnleiten, Austria, by architect Weichlbauer Ortis (ORTIS GmbH).
Windows, doors and staircase elements are irrationally suspended (reminding M.C.Escher‘s lithographs) and nothing seems to be located where it should be: notice the water outlet that hangs from the orange trashcan at the patio.
All the hard and straight edged concrete walls have been packed in a velvety soft artificial turf, creating a surreal suburban dream house.
Found here.
“Odorico Pordenone” is a high tech caravan designed by Czech student Jakub Novák.
The futuristic trailer expands wide enough to accommodate a living room, a kitchen and a bedroom fitted with a king-size bed.
Via beautufulLife. More info here.
“Manifest Density!” is a rustic cabin installed as a parasite on a big building in San Francisco.
Created by Mark Reigelman (artist), Jenny Chapman (architect ) and Paul Endres (engineering consultant ).
More pics and videos @designBoom.
This is a beutifull single house in Canakkale in Turkey, beutifull becuase it fits perfectly the landscape without trying to imitate past vernacular forms. The main structure of the house is concrete and the other constructive walls are hand crafted stone.The window framing and aluminum shutters are made of low maintenance aluminium and filled with hand crafted reed, enabling natural ventilation and creating great shadow patterns in the interior.
Architect: Mimarlar Tasarim LTD – Istanbul
Via East-CentricArch
Can someone please solve this for me:
How can someone whose whole persona is based on image and aesthetics, live in an apartment like the above?
This is Maddona’s Manhattan apartment as it was featured in Architectural Digest back in the early 1990s.
It looks like it’s inhabited by an affluent yet totally style ignorant 60 year old aunt. I strongly believe that Madonna herself is inhabited by that person too.
Click on images to enlarge them, I posted them small because mediocrity hurts my eyes.
Found here.
The SN. House by Japanese atelierA5 is located on a narrow side street in a dense residential area in Tokyo. By enclosing the borders of the plot with perforated metal sheets the architects turned the otherwise unusable left-over space between the outside walls and the site boundary into entrance hall and service corridors on the ground floor and outdoor extension for the first floor living room. The metallic enclosure offers privacy but also filtered sunlight, wind and views. The rest of the floors are invested with different materials and are set back to adhere to local regulations create terraces for each level. Clever solution, isn’t it?
via dezeen
House in Swansea, Whales, recently popular on tweeter due to it’s resemblance to Adolf Hitler. Found here.
March 5 at dawn, National Geographic Channel and a team of scientists, engineers, and two world-class balloon pilots successfully launched a 16′ X 16′ house 18′ tall with 300 8′ colored weather balloons from a private airfield east of Los Angeles, and set a new world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted.
The filming of the event, from a private airstrip, will be part of a new National Geographic Channel series called How Hard Can it Be?, which will premiere in fall 2011.
Perlbinder house by Norman Jaffe @Sagaponack, New York. Found here.
Hand house by Andreas Angelidakis, one of the the pin-up case study houses in the L.A. issue. Found here.
