Modular Glass House Connecticut: PJAR

Modular Glass House by Philip Johnson Alan Ritchie Architects

Design: Philip Johnson Alan Ritchie Architects. The original Glass House, designed seventy years ago by Philip Johnson as his home in Connecticut, has become a classic representation of Modern architecture

Spillway Pavilion Bar Paris design

Spillway Pavilion Bar design

Design: Dr Margot Krasojevic. The pavilion bar is part of Paris’ flood control infrastructure. An enclosed circular glass bar rests over a bell mouth spillway which allows water to enter from it’s entire perimeter, directing the water throughout the design, into the spillway.

Asian Cairns: Shenzhen Skyscraper Design

Asian Cairns Shenzhen Skyscraper

Design: Vincent Callebaut Architectures: Cities use 75% of the worldwide consumption of energy and emit 80% of global CO2. The contemporary urban model is ultra-energy consuming and relies on exporting pollution and waste.

Vertical Strip Hanging Tower, Casino Resort

Vertical Strip Hanging Tower design USA

Design: Stephan Sobl – dramatic interplay of opaque surfaces incorporating “poché and lightweight, fragile structure” in this American casino resort, a satellite alternative to Las Vegas. Distinct architectural languages are exploited to create extreme spatial sequences.

Buggy Sky Station Skyscraper: A-Simple Architects

Buggy Sky Station

Design: A-Simple. In Buggy Sky Station group of architects conceptualized an idea to bring village to the city and make them coexist in harmony. The skyscraper offers a unique symbiosis of the city and countryside experience with a minimal impact on the surroundings.

3D Printed Houses Beijing, China

Vulcan Pavillon, Beijing Design Week 2015

3D printing is one of the most talked-about technologies of this decade. Some consider it to be the beginning of the third industrial revolution, while others point out the constraints of the technique.

BSG Villas Concept Design

BSG Villas Concept Design

Design: Murat Gedik. The roof of the building is completely covered with a solar panel that produces the energy needed for total energy consumption by the household. Thanks to the roof style, the rain and snow water can be accumulated to be utilized later.

Sunshade-Deck Canopy Flexible Structure, Parma

Sunshade-Deck Canopy Flexible Structure

Design: Payam Fahemi & Samira Kharazan Nahavandi. The “two most significant properties, Bifunctionality and to be temporary”, allows the Sunshade-deck canopy to be used everywhere and any time during the year.

The Diago Home, Prefabricated Concept Building

The Diago Home

Design: J. MAYER H. und Partner, Architekten. The Diago Home is a comfortable home with large covered terraces. Floor and ceiling undulate around the enclosed rooms, offering a flexible floor plan with generous outdoor areas.

Piezoelectric Trolleybus Gardens

Piezoelectric Trolleybus Gardens

Design: Margot Krasojevic Architect. Trolleybuses are electric vehicles which makes them more environmentally friendly than fossil fuel or hydrocarbon-based vehicles when implemented in the city.

Broken Levee Piers for Mississippi River Delta

Broken Levee Piers

Design: Dr Margot Krasojevic. The project introduces a series of tethered floating levee piers to divert rising water levels, these striated interlocking elements are positioned where freshwater meets saltwater to the east of the delta, protecting the freshwater wetlands by filtering and diverting.

3d Printed Dichroic Light Diffuser Design

3d Printed Dichroic Light Diffuser

Design: Dr. Margot Krasojevic. The light’s frame is printed in ceramic, the inner network of chambers hold the LED’S, directing and choreographing light through the entire structure

3D-printed structure by SOM

3D-printed structure by SOM

Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) architects with Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A 3D-printed structure that generates its own power and shares energy with a companion vehicle, providing a model for off-grid living,

Solar Chapel Cluster in Franschhoek

Solar Chapel Cluster

Design: Dr. Margot Krasojevic

Solar Chapel at the HoldenManz Wine Estate, Franschhoek, Cape Town. The project utilizes the same solar panel technology used on the farm to clad the expanding wedding chapel’s roof structure.

Metamorfose, Porto Mesh Building

Metamorfose

Design: FAHR 021.3. Amid the architectural diversity around the São Bento train station in Porto, Metamorfose​ this green metal ‘mesh’ design really stands out.