Mobility and living on the move are very important themes of our fast-moving age. People want to be mobile but at the same time, have a strong desire for a lasting home and their own personal four walls. In the camper market there is strong demand for new design and personalized, tailor-made solutions. Individualist tourists want a caravan that is made just for them.
Designer Gerry Judah created a 32 metre-high sculpture for Audi at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, England, at the weekend.
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Architects XTEN just finished the Sapphire Gallery, an addition to a private residence in Los Angeles, displays contemporary art while also providing for a home office with views to the surrounding hills. Very nice.
Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics was designed by Morphosis Architects.
Chihuahua is part of a golf club community in the desertlike northern region of Mexico.
Project: Private house
Location: Chihuahua, Mexico
Architect: PRODUCTORA – Carlos Bedoya, Wonne Ickx, Victor Jaime, Abel Perles
Collaborators: Fernando Sánchez, Ross Adams, Jorge Cárdenas, Iván Villegas, Thorsten Englert
Area: 375m2
Year: 2008
Construction: Baraka
Structural engineering: José Ramón Castillo
Window Framing: Window Concept
Air conditioning: Corbik
Heating: Enrique Wide
Carpentry: Eduardo Morales
Kitchen Installation: Medel Rust
Garden Design: Rocio Amarante
Photography: Iwan Baan, for Abitare
R-3 House by Studio IDE is a new prototype for smart living in Chicago, the R-3 House embraces the multitude of restrictions acting on the standard single-family site. Rigid building codes and strict zoning contraints combined with a growing cultural concern for enviromental sensitvity set the stage for a design process rich with fruitful constraints.