Category: Architecture

Hometta: Modern, Small House Plans from Internationally Acclaimed Architects on the Web»

From Hometta’s press release: This sum­mer, mod­ern home-buyers will gain unprece­dented access to design qual­ity with the debut of Hometta, a mod­ern home plan com­pany offer­ing mod­est, green home designs from inter­na­tion­ally rec­og­nized archi­tec­ture stu­dios. Entirely Web-based, Hometta is on a mis­sion to make great design acces­si­ble and afford­able to a large cross-section of prospec­tive home­own­ers. Along with home plans, Hometta will offer a com­plete array of edu­ca­tional resources to empower sub­scribers through­out the home-building process. More info + images after the break »

Bogota: Building a Sustainable City»

My friend Daniel yes­ter­day showed me this doc­u­men­tary pro­duced by Autodesk in part­ner­ship with PBS, nar­rated by Brad Pitt, about the work headed by Bogotá’s ex-mayor Enrique Peñalosa, mak­ing the city one of the most sus­tain­able in the world by imple­ment­ing inno­v­a­tive ideas like the “Trans­Mile­nio” bus sys­tem, and caus­ing crime rate to be reduced by 70% in only three years. Even though the doc­u­men­tary omits other impor­tant changes imple­mented by Mr. Peñalosa (along with other mayor’s before and after him), that greatly improved the life of Bogotá’s cit­i­zens and reduced envi­ron­men­tal prob­lems like the “pico y placa”, it is still a great eye opener. It is nice to see inspir­ing solu­tions com­ing from my coun­try every once in a while. Watch the doc­u­men­tary after the break. Con­tinue reading »

No. 5 House»

Multi-disciplinary design firm Claes­son Koivisto Rune sent me these images and descrip­tion of their No. 5 House in Nacka, Swe­den. As a min­i­mal­ist I love every­thing about this house — the shape, the lay­out, the choice in fur­ni­ture, etc., etc. Check out the rest of the images and what the archi­tects had to say about this project after the break. Con­tinue reading »

Bela Cintra 1235 by Triptyque»

Car­olina Bueno from Trip­tyque sent me images and infor­ma­tion about another one of their amaz­ing projects, an apart­ment built for Hous­sein Jarouche in São Paulo, Brazil. The kitchen and bath­room are my favourites, but the rest is just as spec­tac­u­lar. Here’s what the archi­tects had to say about this project: (more images and details after the break) Con­tinue reading »

Loducca Headquarters by Triptyque»

São Paulo based archi­tec­tural firm Trip­tyque has sent me images and infor­ma­tion about the project they com­pleted for brazil­ian adver­tis­ing agency “Loducca”. The new head­quar­ters build­ing is located on Colom­bia Street, num­ber 325 on São Paulo, Brazil. Image gallery after the break.

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