Eco-Friendly Enclosure in the Outdoors

The outdoors have never been so homey!  The Les Bivouacs de la Reine, also known as the Casa Bubble house, are stylish accommodations that offer…

Fiber Dome Incorporates LED’s to Change Landscape

Designed by Loop.pH, the SOL Dome was inspired by molecular biology and the chemical bonds holding atoms together in a molecule. By combining scientific mechanisms…

Tensile Structure and Solar Power make the PURE Tension Volvo Pavilion

The PURE Tension Volvo Pavilion was a collaborative effort between Synthesis Design + Architecture (SDA), Buro Happold (BH), and Fabric Images, Inc.  The design began…

Temporary Pavilion at the Detour Festival

Six weeks.  That is how long it took to design, fabricate and install the Shellstar Pavilion in Hong Kong, China.  Designed by Andrew Kudless (Matsys)…

Sustainable Pavilion Incorporates Modularity

Chun Qing Li of Pavilion Architecture designed KREOD, an architectural sculpture, organic in form, environmentally-friendly and inspired by nature. Resembling three seeds, these three pods…

A Solar Pavilion for the Volvo V60

As part of the launch of Volvo’s V60 Hybrid Electric Diesel model, a futuristic solar charging station is being developed that will be folded up…

Rapidly Deployable Concrete

  This hard-shelled cocoon started as a small folded pile of flexible material.  The use of an inflatable bladder and a dousing of water take…

Non-Traditional Living

Translucency defines this modern interpretation of the traditional “Chise” buildings of the Ainu tribes in Japan.  Defying traditional construction methodology, this structure is constructed of…