After hurricane Isabel ravaged Maryland’s eastern shore, Dorchester Country Department of Planning and Zoning established an ordinance proclaiming that all new residences must be built three feet above the base flood elevation. Inspired by the local vernacular barns and fishing shacks which had survived the…

BIG + Architectural Nexus + Dunn Associates + VBFA + Envision Engineering + Big D design the winning proposal for the renovation and expansion of Kimball Art Center in Park…

I’ve seen a few photos of works by street artist Nomerz floating around for the past year or so and realized it was time to do a proper feature on him here. With a double dose of wit and color Nomerz transforms derelict buildings, towers, and crumbling urban spaces…

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen collaborate on playful sculptures: ordinary objects depicted in monumental scale.…

Poland-based design studio WAMHOUSE recently has created the Table ‘egg’.…

Bling! is a series of playful gemstones by Hitoko Okada. These handmade neckpieces also function as mini wallhangings, part of the Gladstone Hotel's textile exhibition, Obsession - Hard Twist 6. Stuffed fabric jewels derived from vivid screen-prints are mounted on a felt base to make up…

Los Angeles-based bittonidesignstudio has recently completed the evansHOUSE, located in the modernist landmark community of Crestwood Hills. This small modernist community, which is part of greater Los Angeles has now become an architecturally controlled neighborhood that was originally planned by architects A.…

The portuguese firm FVArquitectos has completed ‘house in praia das maçãs’, a single family residence located in Praia das Maçãs, Sinter, Portugal. Two rectangular volumes meet at a right angle to create the interior arrangement of this dwelling.…

Aquamarine


New Works by Carla Goldberg

When I was a little kid I thought water came magically from the kitchen sink and collected in swimming pools. I was endlessly fascinated by the cool aqua colors and weird patterns of light dancing on the surface and…

Greek artist Vally Nomidou creates these delicate life-size sculptures of women and girls using paper and cardboard. Via the exhibition page:…

Sevas Louhenkatu is the project of residential area designed by Jyrki Jääskeläinen, 

Arkkitehtitoimisto ARK-Jääskeläinen OY. Hot Snow Design created architectural renderings for this project. Initially just one image has been ordered, but our studio did autumn and winter images as…

In this website we have often presented houses blended in smoothly with the surroundings. This project in our opinion is not the case. Read the description, see the pictures and share your opinion.…

Beefactory  is an outstanding retouching workshop from a famous group of artists from Belgium. Beefactory has used the services of many well-known European photographers which are: Jeffrey Vanhoutte, Frieke Janssens, Tom Joye, Marc Paeps, François…

In his mixed media sculptures of animals and insects artist Sean Avery creates fur and feathers using meticulously layered fragments of broken CDs. Love the colors. See more over on DeviantArt. (via …

Levi van Veluw is a multidisciplinary artist, he lives and works in the Netherlands.…

The clients were looking for a house that would eventually become their full time residence but could also serve as a getaway, vacation and gathering place in the interim. Located at the south end of Desolation Sound on Cortes Island, British Columbia, the site is formed of natural granite bedrock and contains a…

Las Piedras Fasano is a hospitality complex in Punta del Este, Uruguay. It combines private homes, hotel bungalows and other amenities - spa, equestrian center, golf and polo fields and a 3-km beach stretch on the riverside of Arroyo Maldonado -, spreading across vast 480 hectares dominated by a…