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Exhibition: Turning Point(s) of Building – From Serial to Digital Architecture
The Architecture Museum of the Technical University in Munich presents the work and ideas of Konrad Wachsmann in a contemporary context. The German born architect, who emigrated to the USA in 1941, saw...
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‘Alligator’ by buildingstudio (US)
This affordable home arose out of the post-Katrina re-housing effort in New Orleans for an inner city neighborhood in dour need of new places to live. buildingstudio was working with an affluent client...
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‘The Fab Lab House’ by the IAAC (ES)
‘Peanut house’, ‘cinnamon submarine, ‘forest zeppelin’ or ‘whale belly’, there have been many names for the sculptural contribution of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) at...
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‘One+’ modular summerhouse by Add-A-Room (SE)
Lars Frank Nielsen architect and founder of the Danish practice ONEN Design has designed this modular architectural system for the Swedish company Add-A-Room. The houses can be ordered in different...
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Bayside Marina Hotel by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects (JP)
The Tokyo based architectural practice of Yasutaka Yoshimura designed this prefabricated hotel on the bayside of Yokohama. The long and narrow containers – fabricated in Thailand and assembled in Japan...
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Haus Bold by Thomas Bendel Architekt (DE)
Boasting picturesque views of lush green fields, this rather austere detached house has been developed by a Berlin-based architect Thomas Bendel. Made of precast concrete and featuring a minimalist,...
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Prefabricated Architecture
When architects such as Jean Prouvé and Charles Eames began experimenting with buildings made using off-the-shelf components following the second World War, little did they know that technology would...
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Villa préfabriqué in Collonges by Pierre-Alain Dupraz (CH)
Geneva-based architectural practice Pierre-Alain Dupraz have recently realised this single family residence overlooking the Salève mountain. Composed of prefabricated concrete modules stacked atop of...
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Gimme Shelter
Conflict, natural disasters, endemic housing shortages. Architects and designers around the globe respond to humanitarian and social crises with a range of smart, prefabricated solutions. (by Simon...
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Y:Cube by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (UK)
Located in Clay Avenue in Mitcham, south west London, Y:Cube is an off-site manufactured housing project for single people in housing need. Created for the YMCA, the world’s oldest and largest youth...
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