(TrendHunter.com) They say the home is an extension of yourself; it’s a haven where you can express your style outwardly. Judging by these mural homes, apparently some people have a lot to express!
I’ve seen garage doors turned into murals, and those alone are very eye-catching, but for the truly expressive, it take…
(TrendHunter.com) This is a house made out of molded concrete that is attached to a metallic building pad. The Jet House, by Jérôme Olivet, is designed to look as if it is moving really fast, despite being anchored to the ground. This structure is a two-story house connected by an elevator.
(TrendHunter.com) Frank Gehry is an absolute genius when it comes to designing cutting edge architecture. Gehry has so been a huge influence on a lot of modern architectural masterpieces. Innovative is the word that comes to mind when I try to describe his use of fluid shapes and original materials in the structures …
(TrendHunter.com) The competition to make Liverpool a location known as something other than the birthplace of the Beatles is over, and Duggan Morris Architects won.
92 entries from around the world covet this opportunity. The Duggan Morris observatory consists of two distinct buildings: a visitor’s center and an o…
(TrendHunter.com) The owner of this home says it is “immoral” for people to have to die. Arakawa and his wife Madeline Gins designed this offbeat (understatement of the year) home. The undulating floor is like a 12 year old with acne — it has a lot of bumps. But the owners believe the home, called Bioscleave House (…
(TrendHunter.com) British designer Sir Norman Foster has revealed his designs for the Green Tower, a new ecological tower in Khanty Mansyisk, Siberia.
The tower design takes the local weather and nature of Siberia into account. The 280- meter tower centers around a south-facing atrium to maximize daylight and solar …
(TrendHunter.com) Architect Shigeru Ban designed the Tea House which was made from paper-based building materials. It was designed to show how materials can be recycled and reused using low-tech construction, ideal for temporary housing for situations like disaster relief.
They also quipped about the house being pe…
(TrendHunter.com) The Oulu Bar & EcoLounge in Williamsburg is Brooklyn’s first living wall installation. In addition to vastly improving the looks of the bar (see before picture), the vertical greenery installment makes a very loud environmental statement to all passersby. We can all help by incorporating environment…
(TrendHunter.com) When completed, this exhibition complex, designed by Thompson, Ventulet, Stainback and Associates, will be the largest in China. Located near the capital airport, and drawing on traditional elements like gates and gardens, the complex is linked to the river and the green belt. It includes 16 individ…
(TrendHunter.com) Since I’ve started writing for Trend Hunter, it seems we’ve covered, “the world’s largest” or “tallest” building several times. On each occasion, after getting ready to file it as duplicate, I have discovered the new blue prints are, in fact, bigger than the last.
The race is on the become the bigg…
(TrendHunter.com) The first container building in the U.S. is planned for downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The development was designed by Adam Kalkin and will be called city Center Lofts. The ultra-modern totally green condo building will have eight units and an art gallery on the ground floor. It will be built with …
(TrendHunter.com) The big building competition in the Arabian Peninsula is really heating up with a really ginormous tower just announced for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Although we revealed this project would be under construction, we didn’t know where it would be built.
The plans show it will be twice as big as the alre…
(TrendHunter.com) Normally architects don’t like to deal with the jiggle factor when designing a structure. But when your raw material jelly, it is a prerequisite. Bompas & Parr are running a jelly design competition as part of this summer’s London Festival of Architecture. The resulting molds and preparatory materia…
(TrendHunter.com) Researchers at Kassel University are exploring a new type of building material that involves inflating a flexible skin and then, filling embedded cavities with concrete. Voila – inflatable concrete! A pop-up building! Blow it up. Squirt some stuff inside. Move in the furniture.
(TrendHunter.com) If you’re in Paris any time soon, it’s worth it to pay a visit to the Citroen flagship showroom. Even though it’s just a world showroom and it’s not possible to buy a Citroën there, this place is fantastic. It’s almost like visiting a museum from the glass facade with the double chevron, to display…
(TrendHunter.com) There are several vertical farms proposed from major cities around the world. We’ve already told you about the one being built in Las Vegas, now here’s one that’s been proposed for Toronto.
SKYFarm, is being developed by architect Gordon Graff. It will be a 58 floor skyscraper that will blend into…
(TrendHunter.com) The “Clean Technology Tower” was designed by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill. This tower would be built in Chicago, Illinois as an energy-efficient structure with a focus on wind turbines. I know nothing about wind-generated energy. All I know is that harnessing the wind is one of the cleanest, most su…
(TrendHunter.com) Daekwon Park’s project for sustainable buildings at 2008 eVolo skyscraper competition, consisted of finding ways to reunite isolated city blocks by inserting a multi-layered network of public space and green space. Billed as “Symbiotic Interlock – towards the vertically interconnected city”, it has …
(TrendHunter.com) Alstom Marine and architect Jean-Philippe Zoppini announced an amazing futuristic project called AZ Island. The project is to build a high-tech, artificial island capable of movement. It will be 400 meters long by 300 meters wide, with 29 floors, an area equivalent to 4 football fields and will welc…
(TrendHunter.com) When you see this illuminated dome you probably don’t think, “Ooh, that’s the most eco-friendly looking piece of architecture I’ve ever seen,” but I’ll have to remind you that looks can be very deceiving. Take another look, because in the future, those could be your very thoughts.
This German parli…
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