This wooden tower by Norwegian architect Lars J Berge provides an accessible hide for birdwatchers on an island north of Bergen. Herdla Birdwatching Tower is situated at the tip of Askøy – a low-lying island in Hordaland county, off Norway's west coast. The landscape of open grasslands, shallow sea and freshwater ponds makes the area, called Herdla, an important location for migrating and breedi..
plano humano arquitectos has built a chapel at the national scout’s activities camp (CNAE), which is sited in the municipality of idanha-a-nova in portugal. the project was conceived for the 23rd national jamboree of portuguese catholic scouts, which involved about 22,000 participants. the chosen location is privileged, and is surrounded by a rural environment with extraordinary panoramic views ..
Made of stone and wood, the little church by bernardo bader architekten sits on top of a hill in Krumbach, Austria. Like a gem – topographically attractively situated on the hill near Krumbach, Austria, the chapel is built out of wood and stone. Its shape is based on the existing 200-year-old Lourdes chapel and includes a main ship and an apse. The shape of the room is new: an outstanding steep ..
The Long Drop is a no-cost, no-impact composting toilet made for and by Invisible Studio to serve their woodland studio. It was made entirely from scavenged or waste material, and cost nothing to build, and forms part of a group of research projects conducted by the Studio. The studio has an interest in rethinking the process of design, and the Longdrop was designed and constructed with no drawi..
Alt Arkkitehdit has completed a bright red storage shed for oil-spill equipment in northern Finland, featuring a full-width clerestory window that projects from the facade to protect it from damage by forklift trucks. The oil-spill recovery unit is situated in the Kello district to the north of the city of Oulu, and was designed by local studio Alt Arkkitehdit for the fire department and coastgu..
The sauna located on the Queen Elizabeth Hall roof terrace in Southbank, London is an interesting sample of Finnish design skills, combining architecture and art. The Finnish Rooftop Sauna is a result of cooperation by Aalto University and Southbank Centre and it is designed and implemented in collaboration with Aalto University MA students Pedro Pablo Garcia Alcazar, Markus Holste, Monica Romag..
침실과 거실의 경계를 나누기도, 욕실과 경계를 나누기도 용이하다. 빈티지한 느낌이 좋다.When architect Manuel Ocaña was designing three apartments in the same building in Madrid, Spain, he decided to use glass walls as a way to separate the various spaces within the apartments.By using framed glass walls, the light from the windows at one end of the apartment is able to travel throughout the space, creating a bright and welcoming spa..
자연으로 회귀. 굳이 드러내지 않는다. 원래 있었던 것처럼 행동한다.spanish architecture firm beta.0 has designed a pair of small gabled buildings for a tennis school in madrid. the first structure contains an office and customer service area, while the second forms a storage space for the venue’s various equipment. the facility was originally going to be one large building, however the design team decided to divide the prog..
A team of architects and designers located in Varna, Bulgaria, decided to build a street library after seeing that many young people’s lives are almost entirely based around the digital era and therefore the popularity of books among this generation has decreased. The open library provides easy access for the readers to browse books, plus there are sitting spaces and a tiny stage for street arti..
Mr. Plocq’s Caballon gives the opportunity to rediscover an almost-forgotten side of the Loire river estuary: that of the naturalists, those adventurous explorers from another time whose rich and unbelievable stories blend the taste of faraway travels to the land’s memory. The project is inspired by real-life Émile Plocq, aka the bird charmer, a local from the Vendée region who supposedly built ..
