Tag: architecture

  • Design Miami/Basel

    Design Miami/Basel

    Jean Prouvé, Kengo Kuma, Ron Arad, Kiki van Eijk, Hiroshi Sugimoto are just some of the names at the 11th Design Miami/Basel, that opens with a rich programming. 46 leading galleries from around the world are gathered in Basel to show exceptional modern and contemporary furniture and objets d’art. Throughout the fair, Design Miami/Basel presents…

  • Prefabulous: How to set up home in the most remote places on Earth

    Prefabulous: How to set up home in the most remote places on Earth

    by Katy Scott, CNN If you’re looking to hole up in the middle of nowhere, there’s a hut in a box for that. Back in the days of gloom post World War Two, prefab homes — structures prefabricated in sections in a factory and then assembled on site — were built en masse as temporary solutions for…

  • Step change: architect Jean Nouvel on reinvigorating his design studio

    Step change: architect Jean Nouvel on reinvigorating his design studio

    by Amy Serafin, Wallpaper* Back in 1987, the same year architect Jean Nouvel gained international acclaim for his Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, he also presented six aluminium objects at an exhibition held by the French non-profit VIA (Valorisation de l’Innovation dans l’Ameublement), to a much smaller audience. They included an adjustable table on X-shaped legs,…

  • Massimiliano And Doriana Fuksas Design A Polygonal Mobile House For Revolution Precrafted

    Massimiliano And Doriana Fuksas Design A Polygonal Mobile House For Revolution Precrafted

    by Italy Architecture News, WA Contents The Matilda Home, a special mobile living unit that can be placed in everywhere designed by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, founder and principals of Studio Fuksas, for Revolution Precrafted house series. Fuksas’ design can be conceived as a smallest living unit in the world, consisting of three-storey with a maximum comfort.  The Matilda…

  • Bigger than ever, the 43rd edition of FIAC explores utopias and displacement

    Bigger than ever, the 43rd edition of FIAC explores utopias and displacement

    BY ROOKSANA HOSSENALLY, Wallpaper* Paris’ International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC) usually revolves around the gigantic Grand Palais museum with satellite events across the city. This year, however, things are a little different. FIAC’s 43rd edition (running until 23 October) is the largest to date, with a line-up of 186 galleries from 27 countries, as well as…

  • ‘Revolution Precrafted’ Offers Prefab Houses Designed by Big-Name Architects

    ‘Revolution Precrafted’ Offers Prefab Houses Designed by Big-Name Architects

    by Joey Haar, TRENDHUNTER Houses built by famous architects are beautiful, but they cost a fortune — Revolution Precrafted is aiming to give homebuyers the opportunity to live in famously designed houses without having to spend like they are. The Manila-based real estate firm sells prefab houses designed by some of the world’s most well-known…

  • A Version of Philip Johnson’s Glass House To Call Your Own

    A Version of Philip Johnson’s Glass House To Call Your Own

    The new design firm Revolution is selling pre-fabricated, modular homes designed and inspired by some of the world’s best architects — including Johnson and his Glass House.

  • 5 tiny off-grid pods that could replace your house

    5 tiny off-grid pods that could replace your house

    The shifted elliptical shape is inspired by natural forms and provides passive shading. The building’s interior is split along a North-South axis, creating natural ventilation. Since each pod is customizable, interested buyers can inquire about pricing with Revolution Precrafted Properties.

  • Revolution Pre-Crafted Properties launched Classy Modular Homes for Masses

    Revolution Pre-Crafted Properties launched Classy Modular Homes for Masses

    by MHProNews Filipino real estate developer “Robbie Antonio defines the art of living by living with art,” writes Keren Blankfeld in Forbes. Antonio launched Revolution Pre-crafted Properties with the aim of offering designer class to his nation’s middle class. “I want the homes to be perceived as art pieces,” Antonio says of the typical 1000…

  • Filipino Entrepreneur Aims To Bring Small Designer Homes To The Masses

    Robbie Antonio defines the art of living by living with art. The 39-year-old Filipino real estate developer owns a Rem Koolhaas mansion in Manila decorated with MoMA-worthy works by Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami, David LaChapelle and Marina Abramovic, among others.