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- This striking, bright-red modular home connects to its surroundings through contrast Wed, 6 Jun 18, 8:00amWhile some architects use various strategies to blend their design into natural surroundings, Santiago-based firm Felipe Assadi Arquitectos chose to go bold and bright with its design for La Roja...
- This prefab movable house can be assembled anywhere Fri, 4 May 18, 5:00amOn the go? Not a problem. This movable, prefab house from Swiss studio Rahbaran Hürzeler Architekten can be built and installed almost anywhere. The architects developed the project as an experiment in designing a space...
- Airbus is putting spacious sleeping pods in airplane cargo holds Thu, 12 Apr 18, 3:50amFinally, airlines have found a way to give you more space to stretch out on flights, but there's one catch: you have to travel in the cargo hold. Airbus and Zodiac Aerospace are teaming up to create modular sleeping compartments...
- This "boat" on wheels turns city dwellers into urban adventurers Wed, 4 Apr 18, 6:42amUrban adventurers, prepare to set sail: A temporary installation in Utrecht, the Netherlands is transforming its site into an unknown land full of discoveries...
- Meet the Monocabin, a tiny home rental mere steps from the Aegean Sea Thu, 15 Mar 18, 11:24pmMilan-based Mandalaki Design Studio has created the gorgeous all-white Monocabin - a prototype for micro-living rentals located on the Greek island of Rhodes...
- BIG and WeWork reveal plans for interactive WeGrow kindergarten in New York City Thu, 30 Nov 17, 6:34amInternational startup WeWork is expanding beyond its co-working roots with a public kindergarten in New York City called WeGrow. The innovative school will be designed in collaboration BIG Architects and will provide...
- This Mexico City home is built around a gorgeous vertical garden Wed, 29 Nov 17, 12:26amThe verdant Villa Jardín in Mexico City uses vegetation to unify its indoor and outdoor spaces. Architecture firm ASP Arquitectura Sergio Portillo introduced terraces, pergolas and an entire room packed with greenery to...
- The rustic exterior of this abandoned barn hides a surprising space to get away from it all Thu, 23 Nov 17, 5:39amThis neglected old barn in Norway will soon host visitors from all around the world, thanks to a recent makeover helmed by architecture studio OPA Form...
- Tower of Winds embraces impermanence with a striking kinetic facade Thu, 9 Nov 17, 6:07amThe Tower of Winds reimagines common water reservoirs as structures in constant evolution. Designed as a competition proposal in 2015 by architect Tram-Anh Nyugen, Markus Von Dellinghausen, Midori Hasuike, and Andreas Nordstrom,...
- Renewable lifespan Tower of Winds project embraces impermanence Thu, 9 Nov 17, 6:07amThe Tower of Winds reimagines common water reservoirs as renewable structures in constant evolution. Designed as a competition proposal in 2015 by architect Tram-Anh Nyugen, Markus Von Dellinghausen, Midori Hasuike, and Andreas...
- This beautiful home in Portugal was inspired by a child's drawing Tue, 31 Oct 17, 10:17pmThis gorgeous monolithic house in Portugal, designed by Filipe Saraiva Arquitectos, uses modular design to stay true to the simplicity of a child’s drawing of a house...
- Modular Lego Lunch restaurant built from recycled shipping containers pops up in Lithuania Wed, 13 Sep 17, 6:38amA modular fast food restaurant popped up in Siauliai, Lithuania, to provide a healthy communal space that can be easily replicated anywhere. Architecture firm Hermann Kamte & Associates designed the restaurant, named...
- Modular shed-like addition turns a 1930s bungalow into an open, light-filled home Sat, 26 Aug 17, 4:57amA 1930s California Bungalow in Sydney received a modern shed-like addition that maximizes the usability of the original structure, adding plenty open-concept space and natural light...
- Fully-furnished shipping containers form unique prefab hotel in Manchester Mon, 7 Aug 17, 9:35pmArchitecture firm Chapman Taylor unveiled images of the recently completed Holiday Inn Express at Manchester’s Trafford City – the first hotel in the North West to be built using a special type of volumetric modular construction...
- Modular Cylinder House weaves its way through a forest in France Fri, 4 Aug 17, 10:44pmThis remarkable Cylinder House designed for Lyon, France, takes modular architecture to the next level. Cyril Lancelin, French architect and founder of creative studio Town and Concrete, imagines the house as a large cluster...