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he wei adds lightweight, translucent, removable structures to chinese hostel (above) the rooms follow the ‘space within a space’ concept and can accommodate up to 6 people all images courtesy of he wei and chen long architect he wei has renovated the ...
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Guests are invited to sleep under the stars in this open-air hotel, which is located 6,463 feet above sea level in the mountains of Graubünden. The Swiss Alps room has no walls, roof or bathroom – and is made up ...
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The rise of the gig economy and a growing global cohort of freelancers has resulted in an explosion of co-working spaces all over the world. Digital nomads, or workers and entrepreneurs who are “location-independent” and can work from anywhere in ...
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Great architecture often comes at the intersection of traditional building methods and modern innovation. Architect Nguyen Hoa Hiep of a21 studio combined 3D modeling with local building materials and traditional paper craft techniques to create an enormous cocoon-like pavilion made ...
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There are several good things going for modular housing: for starters, there’s less waste compared to the conventional building industry, the quality can be more consistent, and it can be built relatively quickly because it’s prefabricated in the controlled environment ...
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Amazon is building a greenhouse in downtown Seattle that’s meant to be a refuge for office employees. The greenhouse, constructed as a trio of spheres, will house more than 3,000 species of plants, many of which are endangered, The New York ...
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Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed a system for an office in Turin that instructs heating, lighting and cooling systems to follow occupants around the building like an “individually-tailored environmental bubble”. Carlo Ratti Associati‘s Office 3.0 will use a system ...
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Private jet enterprise NetJets enlisted British artist Rebecca Louise Law to create an installation for their Collectors’ Lounge during Art Basel. Unveiled earlier this week, Law’s Growth installation is suspended from the lounge’s ceiling, featuring a selection of over 15 ...
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Swedish firm White Arkitekter has won a competition to design a cultural centre and hotel in Skellefteå, Sweden, with its proposal for the “tallest wooden building in the Nordic countries” (+ slideshow). Named Kulturhus i Skellefteå, the 19-storey structure will contain a series of cultural ...