March 9th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
Prefabricated Cottages that are put on the terrain with the aim of transforming the land as less as possible. In it’s design special attention was given to sun light and cross ventilation to avoid the usage of mechanical systems to achieve thermal and luminance comfort.
January 27th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
This wonderful new home of Peter and Jennifer Drummond is located in the rural area about 60 miles north of Edinburgh and has provoked some strong reactions. People either love it or hate it. However it’s fair to say that visitors who are initially shocked [...]
October 13th, 2010 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
Environmentalists and designers John and Cynthia Hardy wanted to motivate communities to live sustainably. Part of that effort was to show people how to build with sustainable materials, namely bamboo. They established the Green School, and develop plantations of bamboo plants through presenting bamboo seedlings [...]
October 7th, 2010 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
A studio called Cloud9 designed a suburban house of the future—it also happens to be sustainable. The villa is situated a little over an hour outside of Barcelona in Llers ((hometown of everyone’s favorite mustachioed surrealist, Salvador Dali), in an alien cube set within a [...]
July 11th, 2010 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
Pole dancing is a form of performing art, a combination of dancing and gymnastics. It involves dancing sensually with a vertical pole and is often used in strip clubs and gentlemen’s clubs. A similar pole is used in cabaret/circus and stage performance in a non-erotic [...]
November 30th, 2009 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, most of the country is very flat, with the exception of foothills in the far south-east and several low-hill ranges in the central parts created by ice-age glaciers. The Netherlands is a densely populated country. It is known [...]
November 29th, 2009 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
Architectural photographer Iwan Baan recently shot the Universe House, designed by Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco and built by architect Tatiana Bilbao in Roca Blanca, Mexico.
November 28th, 2009 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
When a 40-year-old pine tree fell over at the rear of a Brentwood estate in Los Angeles, the owner decided to honor its resilience by incorporating it into a 172-square-foot office / guest house.
November 25th, 2009 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
Dzintari Forest Park has a unique location with 13 ha territory of nature sited in the heart of Jurmala city, Latvia. Because of the greater intensity of development of public and residential objects in the city,  the notion is to feature it into the overall [...]
May 5th, 2009 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
If you are a forest person, it’s gonna be hard to believe in better office environment than the one that architectural firm, Selgas Cano, recently built to work out of, in Madrid.
