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Villa Girasole
by Angelo Invernizzi, ...
Villa Girasole (in italian sunflower) is a rotational house which progressively goes along the sun movement during the day.
Villa Girasole is an extraordinary work built during the golden ages of functionalist architecture. It lies at Marcellise, in the region of Verona, Italy, and was..
Rolling Masterplan
by Jagnefalt Milton
Buildings roll through the city on railway tracks in this masterplan by Swedish architects Jagnefalt Milton for Åndalsnes in Norway.
The design utilizing new and existing train tracks to create a diverse system where buildings roll through the city on rails, providing an opportunity to..
M-vironments M-House
by Michael Jantzen
Relocatable M-vironments are made of a wide variety of manipulatable components that can be connected in many different ways to a matrix of modular support frames. The frames can be assembled and disassembled in different ways to accommodate a wide range of changing needs.
The M-House, made..
Gucklhupf
by Hans Peter Wörndl
GucklHupf is an experimental multi-purpose structure designed for Mondsee’s summer festival. The 1993 theme was “The Stranger”, Worndl’s response was to create tension between opposed polarities such as the familiar and unknown, stasis and movement. Worndl designed a space that allowed its..
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Heliotrop Rotating House
by Rolf Disch
The Heliotrope is an environmentally friendly house designed by the German architect Rolf Disch who also designed the Sonnenschiff (Sun Ship). Three such houses exist in Germany, the first experimental version having been built in 1994 as the architect's home in Freiburg im Breisgau, while the..
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Slauerhoff Bridge
by Van Driel Mechatronica
The Slauerhoffbrug (English: Slauerhoff Bridge) is a fully automatic bascule bridge in the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands.
It uses two arms to swing a section of road in and out of place within the road itself. It is also known as the “Slauerhoffbrug ‘Flying’ Drawbridge”.
A tail bridge..
Gemini House
by Roland Mösl
The Gemini house is a prototype design for a house that uses solar energy and efficient design.
Roland Mösl created the concept in autumn 1991. The name expresses a design goal: The real estate used should serve two purposes simultaneously -- living and generating solar electricity. In 1993..
Paperhouse
by Thomas Heatherwick
The Heatherwick studio was commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea – known for their commitment to improving the public realm – to design kiosks for selling newspapers. The use of the internet as a source of daily news and the rise of supermarkets has had a negative impact on..
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