Halloween Blood Building Blocks

October 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Despite the title, this isn’t about some gory haunted hotel waiting for unsuspecting college students on Spring Break. It is actually an experiment that could change the way we build, or at least the way we look at building materials.

Jack Munro has been testing and developing a method of using discarded blood to make building bricks. His theory is to use the discarded blood from Halal animal slaughtering in Muslim countries to create durable housing in the deserts.

* You can see more information on the Blood Bricks from Jack Munro on Architizer and Fast Co. Design

The Cube An Electrolux Pop Up Restaurant

July 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Electrolux and architect firm, Park Associati have bought a pop-up restaurant to Europe. The Cube is a restaurant that is popping up all over the continent in surprising and fascinating places, like opposite the Duomo in Milan or on the Cinquantenaire Arch in Brussels or as it has been from the 1st June 2012 on the roof of the Royal Festival Hall, London.

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Janus Building

March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

In Rapperswil-Jona Switzerland, a beautiful example of old and new architecture, placed side by side and existing harmoniously can be seen. The building is called Janus, after the ancient Roman God of beginnings and transformations. Janus was designed by Bienne architects, :mlzd

See images of the Janus building, check out Architizer

Family Home in Turnhout, Belgium

July 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Very rarely do you find a home that “turns it’s back”, literally, on almost every tradition in house building there is, but this one does. It’s a house designed by Belgian Architecture firm, dmvA Architecten. The house consists of a closed façade on the front street side view with a contrasting transparent façade on back garden view. Both the wall and roof are fully glazed.

Green u-formed profile-glass as well as float glass are used to help pull light into the house and define the atmosphere inside.
The internal organization is characterized by the principle of open/closed areas. Service spaces are situated on the street side, while living and bedrooms are on the garden side. Characteristic to the floor plan is the aisle connecting front and back, referring to the typical Flemish alley.

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