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Tag Archives: Structure
Shards of Turquoise Ice Jut Out of the World’s Largest Lake
Unbelievably beautiful!
Lake Baikal, located in the southern part of eastern Siberia in Russia, is an incredible natural wonder of the world that one can only hope to visit at least once in their lifetime. It’s not just the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, at 20 to 25 million years old, it’s also one of the largest and deepest, holding an astounding one-fifth of the world’s freshwater.
In the winter, for about five months or from January to May, the lake freezes over but the water is so clear that, from the surface, you can see an astounding 130 feet below you. A photographic worthy natural phenomenon occurs around a very specific time of year, March. Wind, temperature differences, frost and sun in the ice crust cause cracks and ice hummocks to form. Transparent and shining in a turquoise color, these masses of broken ice look like shards of glass rising into the sky. They are caused by the slow and unequal pressure in the main body of the packed ice as well as by the unequal structure and temperature.
Posted in Architecture, Arts, Culture, Photography
Tagged Alexey Trofimov, Architecture, Arts, Cracks, Crust, Culture, Deepest, Earth, Form, Freshwater, Frost, Glass, Hummocks, Ice, Lake, Lake Baikal, Landscape, Largest, Mikki Fox, Natural Woder, Nature, Photography, Russia, Scenery, Shape, Shards, Siberia, Structure, Sun, Temperature, Turquoise, Water, Wind, Wonder
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Dynamic Home for Bees by Atelierd
Sitting at 215 square feet, atelierd created a great looking “Bee Pavilion” in Alsace, France, with hexagonal structures. These geometric pieces are covered by a roof that allows breeze yet blocks direct sunlight out of the middle portion.
Overall, the area is dynamic – and not to mention visually stimulating. Each pod has a unique core with various textures, geometry and colors. Some are left with nothing inside so as to allow some visual transparency, and others are created with the idea of a place for the bees. Built in 2012, the home is transformable to accommodate humans that might like to repurpose some pieces as furniture and enjoy the natural buzzing surrounding the pavilion.
Posted in Architecture, Design
Tagged Accommodate, Alsace, Architecture, Atelierd, Bee, Bees, Blocks, Buzz, Buzzing, Design, Dynamic, France, Furniture, Home, Pattern, Pavilion, Structure, Transformable, Wood
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Cavernous Underground Castle Winery in Spain
Located in “Camino de Santiago,” this underground winery and cellar is an interesting surprise when coming up to the simple, streamlined facade building. Madrid’s very own Moral Arquitectura designed the structural parts of this project, as well as the reshaping of the underground castle.
Wooden planks are formed as the main exterior and carry through the interior, which contains the bar and kitchen portion of the Castle Winery – or “El Castillo”. One might never guess that the ancient remnants and the chic new building would go together, but the transition is almost seamless. Especially when considering the natural tones that are paired in such a complementary way.
Remarkable Macro Photographs of Ice Structures and Snowflakes
These truly proves how beautiful Nature is! Russian photographer Andrew Osokin has done a phenomenal job of capturing such bizarre ice formations, you can explore hundreds more photos over in his LensArt profile.
Promoting Tourism With ‘Hypercubus’ Mobile Room
Created by Austrian firm Studio WG3, this unified design promotes a healthy, minimal housing space. Each unit was created with the concept of existing resources and transportability being a huge factor. The tilted cube structure allows for a non-permanent stay wherever there is room – and multiple clusters of these hotel ‘rooms’ are available to be grouped together for a less permanent setting.
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Architecture, Austrian, Cube, Hotel, Hypercubus, Mobile, Mobile room, Promoting Tourism With Hypercubus Mobile Room, Room, Structure, Studio WG3, Tilt, Tilted, Tourism, Transportable
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The Brain by Olson Kundig Architects
The ultimate inventor’s paradise resides in the woods of Seattle, Washington– and it’s called “The Brain.”
Designed by Olson Kundig Architects, this space is 14,280 cubic feet and is less of a workshop and more of a place for thinking. The client is a film writer who looks to various outlets for ideas and solutions to current and upcoming creative works. Essentially, it is a gigantic concrete structure with metal paned floor to ceiling glazing and a lookout mezzanine.
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Architects, Architecture, Brain, Concrete, Creative, Creativity, Cubic, Design, Film writer, IDEA, Inventor, Metal, Office, Olson Kundig, Olson Kundig Architects, Paradise, Place, Residence, Seattle, Structure, The Brain, Washington, Woods, Workshop
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Stunning Sliding House by dRMM
This is surely innovative architecture! The London-based architecture studio dRMM created the absolutely remarkable Sliding House.
When you first lay eyes on this home, it may look like nothing more than a beautifully constructed farm house, but there is definitely more than meets the eye with this dwelling. The home features a dynamic aspect to it, allowing the residence itself to literally expand and contract providing the residents with a multitude of living environments suited to their current desires.
“The separated forms are transformed by a 20 ton mobile roof/wall enclosure which traverses the site, creating combinations of enclosure, open-air living and framing of views according to position. This is an autonomous structure; steel, timber, insulation and unstained larch spanning recessed railway tracks. Movement is powered by hidden electric motors on wheels integrated into the wall thickness.”
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Architects, Architecture, dRMM, Electric motor, Home, House, Insulation, London, Mobile, Motor, Roof, Slide, Sliding, Sliding House, steel, Structure, Timber, Transform, Wall
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LED Light Cathedral by Luminarie De Cagna
An impressive cathedral made of 55,000 LED lights by Luminarie De Cagna, an Italian family business founded in 1930 which specializes in the construction of illuminated buildings. The 28 meters tall structure was on display at the 2012 Light Festival in Ghent, Belgium.
Posted in Arts
Tagged Arts, Belgium, Building, Cathedral, Display, Festival, Ghent, Illumination, LED, Light, Light festival, Luminarie De Cagna, Structure
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Index by Karim Charlebois-Zariffa
Posted in Arts
Tagged Arts, Canadian, Designer, Director, Index, Karim Charlebois-Zariffa, Order, Organise, Organization, Photography, Structure
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