Extreme Design Strategy and Biomimicry Solution

Extreme Housing by Singapore-based LOOK Architects Pte Ltd

Extreme housing call for extreme design strategies and ecological sensitive solutions. It can be learnt from Nature which is intrinsically vital for species survival. Look Architects visualized a colony of mushroom found on a forested ground, signifying the healthy state of the eco system. Hence, by analogy, sustainable housing for the future, encourages a sustainable eco living and low energy home concept made feasible by innovative design, construction and materials.
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Unique House in Kohoku, Japan

HOUSE IN KOHOKU by TORAFU ARCHITECTS

This site is located in a quiet residential region reclaimed on a hill of Yokohama. With neighboring houses lined very close together, this flag-shaped site meets a road at a verge of no more than 3 meters in width.
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Living and Working in the same Building

S Clinic + Residence by Office of Kenji Tagashira

The S Clinic was not the easiest project in the world to construct as it’s located in the core of Osaka. As it’s facing the national road, there’s a great number of traffic existing in this area. The streets are lined with big and small stores, banks and medical facilities, and innumerable signboards are placed out miscellaneously. A disorderly row of buildings along the street is formed with them.


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Hotel surrounded by Nature

One of the local residents at Gudbrandsjuvet, is building a landscape hotel. The idea emerged at another site, Aurland, but it was never realized there.

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Do it Yourself Fitting System

Terrain Vague by Architectures David Tajchman

The Terrain Vague, is a house that can be placed everywhere, any way.


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Different cultures combined in a Beijing architecture

Qingcuiyaun Club House by Beijing Sunlay Architetual Design Office


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Light and Shadow Interplay

PHOTOGRAPHER'S WEEKEND HOUSE by Shin Ohori, Architect of General Design co.,ltd. A request from the client, a photographer, was to build a space where light and shadow interplay beautifully.


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Building’s formation reflecting its landscape

Leaf House by Undercurrent Architects

This house integrates the environment and catches qualities of its landscape.

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Tranquil living in Korea

A tranquil residence built in Korea by Office of Kenji Tagashira, with the collaboration of Fonte Tradings.

The architecture has its focus on bringing tranquility and natural beauty.


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Down to Earth living in Japan

Mn-HOUSE by FOBA, is categorized to be a "low cost" home in Shizuoka, Japan.


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Urban Centre inspired by the Song Dynasty

Parcel 9, HX Urban Centre by Chris Lee and Kapil Gupta /Serie Architects

Design Team: Chris Lee, Bolam Lee, Udayan Mazumdar, Kevin Hung

valley-of-Live-Work-Units

"Our proposal draws together two parallel ideas, one typological, and the other from the indigenous landscape of Guizhou. The project begins with the typological transformation of the Hakka/Tulou House. Drawing the intelligence of the circular courtyards, our proposal puts forth an organization that combines shared circular courtyard that binds together a series of smaller private courtyards."

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Unique Apartment Concept in Korea

THE FLOWERS by Progettospore
Korea

Architectural Design for an Apartment House Unit for the Dual Income Single Child Family.

This project had been thought up in order to participate at the competition that took place in Korea, where the realization of a housing typology that could be suitable for a family consisting of two parents and a child was requested.

PROSPETTIVA

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Architecture That Dares to Break Rules

Architect: Progettospore

2009 Italy

The design of this architectural dwelling plan was so different from the surrounding buildings that it was submitted to an aesthetic examination by a Municipal Commission. Fortunately, they gave the plan a thumb up.

TH2

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Tranquil Coexistence of Nature and Architecture

Woo Nam Jai

The urban nature along with this site which is connected with the Woomyeon-mountain and an urban park (as the natural greenery area) is the ideal place for an environment that can satisfy a residential and recreational purpose which is desired by most urban people.

In order to secure the maximum area of the south-facing garden, in the irregular polygonal shaped site, the main building is laid on the northern part of the site along with the irregular boundary line.

Woo Nam Jai Exterior

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51 Ways to explode your creativity

10 things Sun Tzu can Teach You about Creative Strategy

51 Aspects of Creative Strategy You Must Know!

7 Ways You can be a Good Leader

10 things Niccolò Machiavelli can Teach you about Creative Strategy

The Power of One Shot: Hirano Aichi

Catching daily life: Nobuyuki Kobayashi

Be bold and aim high

The Secret to Effectiveness

Vision, the power of anticipation

Rie Isono: Be Open, Ideas Come in Daily Life

Experimenting with the Nature of Performing Art: Buffer Space

Know Your Strength & Focus

Living a Creative Life: Fumie Shibata

The Way Architect Anna Nakamura Works

Great Architecture Begins with a Promise: Max Strang

Combining Visual Art & Music

Experimenting with Porosity

8 linked towers forming an urban experience

People Trust Your Vision: Keisuke Fujiwara

Follow the Entire Design Process of ASSAY OFFICE London

I Am The Problem

Casa Manifesto: 85 % of Recycled, Reused and Eco-friendly materials

Jeong- Eun Lee: Design requires Heart and Sweat

Bioclimatic & Modular Architecture: Infiniski’s lofts

SLEEPBOX- Comfortable Urban Infrastructure

The Berg, Urbanized Nature in Berlin

Kenneth Nilson: How one Shape can Develop into Numerous Designs

House-sized Apartments in Sunshine Beach

BIG Wins Competition for The World Village of Women Sports

Renaissance in Florence

51 Pieces from the Renaissance

Pascal Grasso

SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY MANSION

Slussen

Jung Myung Taek

Talia Radford

Marc Canadell’s Nightingale House

Water Lily

Ori Ben-Zvi