This amazing house by HSH architecture stands vertical with a slopping roof and a flat base, which digs underground. It slope is the the same direction as the slope of the terrain. The slope of the house was requested by the investor as he wanted to use the house as a small cinema.
Architect Gary Chang has lived in the same 32 square meter apartment since he was 14 years old, over 30 years ago.
“My whole family – my parents, my three younger sisters, and me – used to live here. To make ends meet, my parents also rented out one of the rooms to an outsider, a woman in her late twenties. Then the room was rented to her younger brother.”
Designed by Dutch architectural studio in cooperation with SeARCH Studio & Christian Muller Architects, the ‘Villa Vals’ built in Switzerland blends into the hilly surrounding landscape.
A stunning project.. and just look at those views.
I found this via the amazing design blog LooksLikeGoodDesign.
More images via MAD
Melbourne based boutique Lulamae has teamed with Breath Architecture to bring to the streets of cultural Melbourne this entirely recycled “pop-up shop” in Melbourne Central.
The installation/store can be assembled in just one day and can be flat packed once its reached its 2 month expiry, bringing to the commercial Melbourne central a glimpse of street vendor chic.
The store is now 1 day old and you can check it out at Melbourne Central for the next two months.
Seems to be that birds and eggs are all the rage these days…
1. Wire birds designed by Javier Henriquez and Sebastian Lara of EosMexico {via} geek alerts
2. Cybertecture Egg for Mumbai by James Law {via} Inhabitat
3. Ingo Maurer Egg Installation at Milan Design Week 2009 {via} Design Boom
4. Nosinger’s Rebirth {via} Metropolis
5. 50th anniversary of the Fritz Hansen Egg Chair designed by Arne Jacobsen {via} Hive
For more info on all items that are sunny side up visit this Vogue Living (2009) article called Free Range
On our recent voyage to Japan, Tokyo proved to be our favourite destination – full of colour, youth culture, fresh design and architecture amongst many other things. One stunning structure which caught our attention, however, was the Tokyo National Art Center.
A stunning construction of glass and concrete, the building appears from afar to be more akin to a crystal than your typical building. The centre was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa and located in Roppongi, the unofficial modern architecture district of Tokyo. Details »
