As urban populations flourish, cities typically expand outward into suburbia or suffer growing pains with static infrastructure that just can't keep up. What if, instead, cities were based upon ...
A brilliant application of material science toward simple living, this portable self-inflating structure folds up into a manageable miniature package but expands to create a small dwelling ...
We see conceptual modular designs of this kind all of the time, but rarely such exquisite real-world proof of how fast construction can be in the age of prefabrication. The ...
These parasitic buildings commandeer wasted urban space, often siphoning utilities from their host buildings. Some are additions that make no attempt to blend into the original structures, some ...
Prefabricated, portable and modular, the Transportable Tourist Tower (TTT) by Portuguese architect Jose Pequeno is an adaptable housing solution that can be installed on almost any site, ...
Dutch architects Universe Architecture hope their möbius strip 'Landscape House' will be the first home constructed with 3D printing technology, but London's Softkill Design aims to beat them to ...
Part backyard office, part storage space, part sculpture: the 'Shoffice' by Platform 5 Architects is a multi-functional pavilion that curls over itself like a shell. The architects created this ...
Why settle for a cramped corner of a noisy house when your home office could be a separate unit tucked into the greenery of your backyard? Detached office modules, art studios, recording studios ...
When more living space is needed in cramped urban conditions where every last square foot of land is spoken for, there's literally nowhere to go but up. Luckily, flat city rooftops offer the ideal ...
Homes, apartments, offices, emergency shelters – cargo containers are a quick, low-cost, environmentally friendly building block for all of these architectural purposes and more, including ...
