Modern Architecture

[ Filed under More & in the Do-It-Yourself category ]

Even if you have hooks or a hall tree by your front door, winter accessories tend to pile up quickly. All of the coats, hats, scarves, earwarmers and other cold-weather detritus can rapidly take over unless you make better arrangements. Those better arrangements are right here in the form of these clever paint can coat hooks from Instructables user Brian Jewett.

The project is simple enough for almost anyone to pull off. It involves mounting a clean paint can (or two or ten, however many you need) to the wall with screws. No fancy tools or special knowledge are needed.

The insides of the cans hold all of your smallish accessories like gloves and mittens. The metal handle of the can is a great place for hanging scarves or wet socks. Coats are hung over the body of the can. Et voila, everyone in the household has their own special place for all of their outdoor gear – and it’s way cheaper than installing an entire cloakroom.

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[ Filed under Interiors & in the Apartments category ]

Urban living is great for its convenience and for living in the midst of the city’s pulse. But let’s be honest: there is often a cramped dreariness to living in the city.

Not so with this incredible London penthouse. Located on Mallow Street, the stylish apartment boasts the best in comfortable yet contemporary design.

Thanks to its gigantic windows, the two-story apartment is constantly bathed in light: natural light in the day and ambient city lighting at night.

Slick modern furnishings mingle with rustic wooden accents and the odd live plant here and there.

The duplex penthouse features two sizeable (for London) bedrooms, each boasting a king-sized bed and floor-to-ceiling windows.

One of the most stunning features of the apartment is its rooftop terrace. On the rare sunny London day, residents can sit outside and soak up the sun. Even when the sun is not out, the terrace gives the perfect spot for catching a bit of fresh air and watching the city speed by.

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[ Filed under Furniture & in the Beds category ]

The best part about designing a kid’s bedroom is that you can do all of the crazy, over-the-top fun things that you would like to do in the rest of the house but probably couldn’t get away with. This fantastic dinosaur-themed bedroom is endlessly fun and just the kind of imaginative design that kids love.

One lucky kid gets to sleep right in the mouth of a T. Rex every night. The bottom jaw forms the bed and a hinged toy box, while the upper jaw is suspended from the ceiling – gigantic teeth and all.

The mural on the bedroom wall depicts a fun prehistoric world, and the wall just behind the bed shows the monster dino’s body. This is a great example of silly (in the best way), creative design that doesn’t require a mansion-sized room to pull off.

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[ Filed under Portable & in the Architecture category ]

The time-worn adage about necessity and invention is one that may induce some eye-rolling, but it is undeniably true. This is particularly the case in arctic zones which are often extremely inhospitable to humans – yet we as a species continue to venture there in order to learn about our world.

To support the mission of these intrepid Arctic explorers, 2-B-2 Architecture designed the Arctic Mobile Unit. The small pre-fab unit provides life support for three people for up to 15 days.

Researchers would share the tiny living quarters for short-term treks; any longer and they are likely to get a bit annoyed with each other. Each AMU is 6.5 feet X 5.25 feet X 7.5 feet, making it just big enough to eat, sleep and shower in.

Like any well-designed tiny living space, the AMU is designed to use space efficiently. One of the sleeping bunks turns into a table and chairs for two while the toilet sits inside of the shower enclosure.

For ease of moving, the AMU is partially collapsible. When on the move, the unit is compact and unhindered by protuberances. After arriving at its destination, certain parts of the pod pull out to offer a slightly expanded (though still remarkably tiny) interior space.

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[ Filed under More & in the Art of Design category ]

Typically, tableware is self-contained in terms of its design, either uniform across a set or at least forming a complimentary series set around the table.

These pieces are all parts of a larger puzzle, and could spark quite the discussing during either eating or cleanup at a large meal.

Ceramist Molly Hatch uses historical images from major museums as the basis for her pieces, so a savvy art historian might notice something familiar in each part of the whole. Note that though she displays these in museums as well, they might be even more interesting at the dining table.

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[ Filed under Ultramodern & in the Architecture category ]

It starts with a fluid central volume with operable circular windows and skylights for seasonal weather-based temperature flexibility, then spawns a series of additional indoor and outdoor spaces.

Scheduled to be constructed on the coast of South Korea by 2015, Planning Korea let each sub-structure reflect its function with respect to the whole, including party rooms, work spaces, bedrooms and lounges that jut out at angles in each direction.

A green roof also varies in height, rising toward one end of the site and sinking into a swimming pool with a view toward the ocean, reinforcing a sense of motion and creating additional views at various points along the way.

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[ Filed under Interiors & in the Bathrooms category ]

There is certainly a joke in here somewhere about being scared into going to the bathroom, but you can certainly sort that out for yourself having seen this death-defying floor.

Hernandez Silva Arquitecto saw an opportunity in a strangely-unused secondary elevator shaft when updating this top-floor residence, illuminating the void below and situating it (oddly) square with the bathroom above.

Nearly as remarkable as the downward view is the lack of pizzazz in the space itself – a simple red-and-white color scheme is almost comically ordinary when compared to the jaw-dropping glass floor.

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[ Filed under Portable & in the Architecture category ]

The renderings are as matter-of-fact as the design: a no-nonsense, use-all-spaces approach to mobile and quickly-deployed housing by Mehdi Hidari Badie.

The non-directional configuration contains all of the basics centered around a core volume of space – supplementary wings on either side and raised decks front and back.

Adjustable metal legs support the primarily wood-and-glass frame structure, adaptable to different ground conditions when the wheels are raised.

Solar panels are a clearly dominant feature, providing full energy self sufficiency as well as shade and shelter for the outdoor areas.

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[ Filed under Kitchenware & in the Furnishings category ]

Taking tablets to a new level of daily usage, this conceptual cutting board puts your recipes, pictures of the food you are preparing and other resources right where you want them: on hand and adjacent to the ingredients as you slice and dice them.

A built-in scale shows the weight of what you are working with while surface cleanliness detection technology lets you avoid cross-contamination between uses and washes.

Jaewan Jeong proposes two sides to work with, so you can flip and continue working before running water over between stages, and a flip-up stand so you can simply use the recipe feature from around the room as well.

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[ Filed under Sinks & Basins & in the Fixtures category ]

One has to wonder what is holding back this kind of innovation – is it health or simply convention? The idea is simple: combine the two water-using items found in any men’s bathroom.

Yeongwoo Kim designed it with the utmost aesthetic simplicity, and it speaks for itself: the water clearly recycles to add in flushing the toilet – semi-opaque frosted glass hides the first sequence’s function from view as one leans forward to wash hands.

The result is a graywater reuse system that requires fewer pipes but also saves space, as the same vertical area can be used both for urinating and hand washing, presuming, of course, that the hygiene of such proximity does not prove to be a problem.

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