San Francisco-based startup Cosmic is at the forefront of the sustainable housing movement with its efficient building system and solar-powered accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Founded by Sasha Jokic, an inventor, entrepreneur and trained architect with over 14 years of experience in the design and construction industry, the company has created a fully modular zero-emission home that generates more electricity than it needs, a bold new step towards solutions to the housing and climate crisis.
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On Thursday, June 6, at 6:00 p.m., the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ljubljana will open the traditional exhibition of seminar works, which this year will be held under the title Od hiše do mesta. The exhibition, which will present around 1,000 student works from the academic year 2018/2019, will be on display until June 21. Between June 10 and 14, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., there will also be guided tours for kindergartens, primary and secondary schools. With the annual exhibition, the faculty aims to bring the content and process of work at the faculty closer to the public.
Primož Jeza is an architect, assistant professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Industrial Design, and lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture. To date, he has created more than 50 projects in the field of architecture and interior design and has prepared scenography for more than 40 promotional and short films. His works have been exhibited at numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world (Ljubljana, Moscow, Belgrade, Lisbon, Paris, London...), and in 2008 he also published a book entitled Interior Primož Jeza/9+1, where presented the 10 most popular projects in the field of interior design of public spaces. Today, his design for the Nico Less chair is among the eight finalists from across Europe in the DesignEuropa award competition organized by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The award winners will be announced at a ceremony on November 27 in Warsaw, and we are keeping our fingers crossed that Primož and the company Donar will take home the glittering award. We had a short conversation with Primož, and we admit that he really impressed us with his thinking.
In 2014, southwest China was rocked by a terrible earthquake that claimed nearly 600 lives and destroyed too many homes. More than 23,000 people had to be evacuated. Scary numbers. And after such horrors, the professional public always asks how it could be better protected against the forces of nature, which, unfortunately, we cannot escape. The Chinese University of Hong Kong won first prize at the World Architecture Festival 2017. Let's see why.
At the 10th international conference, this time we will ask ourselves what is 'advanced' in architecture and construction. If development leads us to new ways of building and thinking, progress means a step forward. Progress is development on the way to a certain goal. So what are the advanced goals of architecture? How to push the boundaries of the ordinary and reach a higher state in terms of quality, boldness and sustainability?
On the shores of Lake Travis in Austin (Texas) stands the idyllic Tower House, designed by Andersson-Wise Architects. The house strongly stands out from its peers, as it is high and not walled with stone but covered with wood. Because of this, it just blends in with its surroundings. It was built with the aim of adding a living space to one of the mentioned huts. And a three-story building has grown up, whose wooden "facade" complements the surrounding stones beautifully and just begs you to climb to the top and admire the view of the lake.
Kochi Architect's Studio designed the “Kame” house, a two-story home in which geometry rules. The interior of the modern cube fascinates with a large hexagonal void, which is a wonderful upgrade of modern trends in interior architecture, which are ruled by straight lines.
Remember when, right before the Sochi Olympics, a photo of two side-by-side toilets without a partition wall circulated online? Toilets quickly became the target of ridicule and one can only wonder what was going through the minds of the architects. Is the culture in Russia so different from what we are used to? Well, as you'll see in the series of photos below, some of the other architects have a really weird sense of humor too.
Today, while studying architecture, it is difficult to escape some of the greatest masters of architecture. The late American architect John Lautner signed many famous works of modern architecture of the twentieth century. Today, architecture is more and more inclined towards the need for preservation and maintenance and, last but not least, careful renovation, which would bring functionality into today's time and ignore original ideas and subtlety.
Architects are considered to be artists without borders, who often look to play with original forms with the help of new technologies and bring new astonishing stories. This is how the present selection of the most unusual buildings in the world stirs our imagination.