With the LoftCube, the architect and designer, Werner Aisslinger, from Berlin has created an ideal concept for big city nomads. Studio Aisslinger’s LoftCube combines the appeal of rooftop living with three other emerging trends: smaller living spaces, portable architecture and prefabrication. Essentially a square, caravan-like structure. the lightweight LoftCube is described as a ‘mobile home [...]

The building is a five-storey corner development with the rounded edge typical of this quarter.
It features an unusual mixture of basic classical elements and the Art-Deco forms found in this area and uniquely incorporates them into a large corner building. The facade’s basic architectural pattern is unpretentious. The ground level, clad in stone and with [...]

The dialogue between building and landscape is the central theme of a villa in the south of Mallorca. Like a medieval castle it overlooks the spacious site with such a natural air as if it had always been there. Since Claudio Silvestrin, the architect had earth pigment from this area worked into the plaster, [...]

Showroom, office, press box, or artist’s atelier – there are almost no restrictions to the variety of uses of the container module, Cocobello. The prototype which was presented for the first time at the biennale architecture exhibition in 2003 is a vision of the architect, Peter Haimerl, and defines the term mobility in a completely [...]

While the impracticalities of life in a glass box rendered the Farnsworth House an unlikely model for the mainstream housing market, the concept fascinated many architects. In 1949 Philip Johnson (b. 1906) began work on his own residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. In some ways, the Farnsworth and Johnson houses studies in contrast. Painted white [...]

Haus Trub is designed by Agps Architecture (Marc Angehl, Sarah Graham, Manuel Scholl, Reto Henninger, Hanspeter Oester). The design of Haus Trub in Horgen, Switzerland took inspiration from conceptual artist Gordon Matta Clark who enlisted remnants from abandoned buildings. In his method of art making, Matta Clark sought out a culinary analogy. He [...]

“Falling Water” designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright is often referred to as the most beautiful and inventive modern house in the world. Originally it was designed as a weekend house for a wealthy client, Edgar Kaufmann Sr. Today it is a much visited landmark building which straddles a precipitous site combining the familiar [...]

Three structural elements, each different in form and consisting of copper, wood and stone, have been fitted together to make up a two-storey residential house complete with swimming pool, spacious living room and an accessible roof.
The architect’s main concern was to create a house, which reveals little of its interior yet remains open to its [...]

Le Petit Trianon, Versailles – Begun in 1760 by the royal architect, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, as a retreat for Louis XV’s mistress, Mme de Pompadour, in the woods of Versailles, the “Petit Trianon” seems to brush aside the whole frothy fun of 20 years of Rococo as if they had never happened. This faultless example of [...]

The constant presence of the Austrian archduke’s court in Milan inspired the Milanese aristocracy to update their residences. Piermarini was a leading player in this neo-classical season, creating numerous palaces in which the taste for simple forms, defined by sharp surfaces and sober decoration, was associated with a preference for bare horizontal and vertical strips [...]

Exceptionally versatile, weehouses (St. Paul, MN, USA) offers an efficient and low cost alternative to traditional prefabricated homes. Factory assembled, their short fabrication time eliminated high construction costs associated with custom building Because they are intended for any climate, they are not only built from durable materials, but sustainable ones as well. Clients can modify [...]

Erich Gutmorgeth’s speciality is difficult locations. The architect advises his client to find a site that nobody else wants to obtain, because these plots are mostly available at a low price. Then, the saved money is meant to improve the building A detached home near Innsbruck shows the result, which can be achieved with [...]