Make it Right

Posted on December 6, 2007 Under Design

Brad Pitt's making news for something other than adding to the collection of ridiculouslt attractive, culturally-relevant third world children he shares with Angelina Jolie; this time, it's for something we'd probably never have seen coming. Apparently Brad Pitt has a…

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Max Haus

Posted on November 27, 2007 Under Design

I haven't dove into the housing market yet, but having friends who have done it, they tell me the quest for the perfect place frustrating and the "perfect place" fairly elusive. Some have ended up buying lofts for the endless…

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Fulton Fence

Posted on November 16, 2007 Under Design

I just read about this today over at Core77, and you can bet that I'll be down there in the next week or so to take a look. The project is part of the Re:Construction Program, an art program taking…

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Sycamore House

Posted on October 24, 2007 Under Design

Just a few months ago, Kovac Architects broke ground on the Sycamore House, a modern Pacific Palisades residence designed as the home of Principal Michael Kovac. Also to serve as a laboratory for the architecture firm's ongoing research into environmentally-conscious…

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Rocio Romero Prefab

Posted on October 3, 2007 Under Design

Two hours north of San Francisco in Pope Valley (Napa County), a new Rocio Romero prefab is open for tour. The 4 bedroom, 3 bath home is another impressive example of the prefabricated home architecture movement, this time located on…

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A House Grows in Brentwood

Posted on October 2, 2007 Under Design

As we told you a little while back, the WIRED LivingHome "” a collaboration between Wired Magazine and LivingHome, an innovative prefabricated housing supplier "” is of equal interest to gadget heads, architecture fans and conservationists. Currently having its finishing…

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Houses: They're Boxy But They're Good

Posted on September 19, 2007 Under Design

While it's more than likely that if you're living in a city, your place of residence closely resembles a shoebox, it seems hardly likely that if living in the sprawling countryside one would want one's abode to be representative of…

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The Wired Home

Posted on September 11, 2007 Under Life

Even though I try, I am not the smartest person when it comes to being green. I'll admit that sometimes I leave a light on when I'm not home or stay in the shower a bit too long. Luckily, if…

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Trailerwrap: Project Complete

Posted on August 27, 2007 Under Design

We wrote about Trailerwrap last year when the project started by the University of Colorado at Boulder College of Architecture was still just in infancy-- lots of drawing and sketches. Slightly less than a year later, the project is complete.…

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X-Seed 4000

Posted on August 21, 2007 Under Design

Taisei Construction Corporation has designed a 13,000 ft, Star Wars-esque structure for possible development in Tokyo. The 6-square kilometer building would house anywhere from 500,000 to one million residents, follow contemporary green planning outlines, and would incorporate the means to…

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