Epic glass museum shatters tradition to send a message

Luca Curci Architects has proposed a unique symbol of environmental awareness and sustainability where “where the history of glass meets the contemporary experimentation.” The Floating Glass Museum has been created in collaboration with Giulia Tassi De… Continue reading Epic glass museum shatters tradition to send a message

Incredible competition imagines skyscraper design without constraints

This year’s winners of the eVolo Skyscraper Competition have been announced. Featuring fantastical skyscraper designs, highlights include rotating affordable housing, an ocean-cleaning plastic skyscraper, and tree-like towers to help keep watch over th… Continue reading Incredible competition imagines skyscraper design without constraints

Stunning designs from the Wildlife Pavilions architecture competition

Bird nesting towers, floating habitats and tree canopy decks are among the striking, ambitious visions to come out of the international Wildlife Pavilions architecture competition.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Concept Architect… Continue reading Stunning designs from the Wildlife Pavilions architecture competition

Top 10 architectural oddities of 2022

This year certainly produced more than its fair share of unique architecture and we’ve decided it’s high time to look back and highlight the best examples we’ve seen in 2022. From a plan to build a huge floating city that’s shaped like a turtle to a sk… Continue reading Top 10 architectural oddities of 2022

Huge circular building runs rings around world’s tallest skyscraper

Dubai isn’t exactly lacking in eye-catching architecture, but if realized, ZNera Space’s conceptual project would be sure to turn heads even there. The firm envisions encircling the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, with a huge circular mixed… Continue reading Huge circular building runs rings around world’s tallest skyscraper

Fantastical skyscraper competition lets designers’ imaginations fly

The winners of the annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition have been announced. Featuring a climate-controlling tower and tsunami-resistant high-rises, plus a food producing tower, it offers a look at architectural design unconstrained by practicalities.Co… Continue reading Fantastical skyscraper competition lets designers’ imaginations fly

Tiny house opens up its walls to embrace outdoor living

When downsizing to a tiny house, using a deck or porch can be a great way to increase living space. French architecture firm Atelier Fasea leans into this idea with its neat tiny house concept, which features operable walls that open up the home and tu… Continue reading Tiny house opens up its walls to embrace outdoor living

“Wind turbine wall” turns power generation into an aesthetic feature

NYC-based designer Joe Doucet doesn’t see why renewable energy generation shouldn’t actively make a home more beautiful, so he’s putting together a series of “kinetic walls” using rotary wind turbines to achieve some hypnotic visual effects.Continue Re… Continue reading “Wind turbine wall” turns power generation into an aesthetic feature

Ambitious Urban Sequoia skyscraper designed to clean the air around it

An intriguing proposal from high-profile firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) imagines a skyscraper that could capture carbon and actually purify the air around it. The conceptual design, named Urban Sequoia, was created to mark the recent United Nati… Continue reading Ambitious Urban Sequoia skyscraper designed to clean the air around it

Sprawling concept floats eco resort on piles of ocean garbage

Commissioned to design a sustainable floating hotel, Margot Krasojević Architects produces a proposal that’s unconstrained by practicalities. The designer envisions making use of the massive amounts of plastic in the ocean as a building material.Contin… Continue reading Sprawling concept floats eco resort on piles of ocean garbage