What makes a good parking lot? Is it accessibility, user-friendly design or safety and security provisions? These bespoke car park projects epitomize smart multifunctional design that adds to the city’s infrastructure.
Parking garages are often seen as the antithesis of people-friendly urban planning. However, in the context of densification and reasonable use of raw materials, they too need to be re-thought. These projects combine the utilitarian structure set to accommodate cars with unique spaces that would reduce congestion, address density and provide a healthy and invigorating environment for city dwellers.
Smartphones are used to make phone calls and send text messages but they can also be used for checking your emails and searching the internet. Today, people rely on smartphones to take pictures, wake them up in the morning and manage their appointments. Calculator, GPS navigation, flashlight, document scanner – and that is not all. Product designers offer amazing tools that turn smartphones into the true ‘Swiss Army knife’ of technology.
At their most basic, roofs are a cover to protect a building against the weather. While simple flat roofs are common, bespoke sculptural roofs turn buildings into landmarks often taking advantage of the picturesque settings they are set in.
In this post, we continue our exploration of built structure that respond to the geography of their site. These designs attempt to blend into the surrounding landscape, seeking a sense of harmony with the natural world.
Every site has a unique character. Taking inspiration from Nature, some architects seek to seamlessly incorporate built structures into the landscape rather than construct them on top of it. Such designs mimic the surroundings, taking their natural tone, texture, and organic forms to follow the topographic contours.
Once thought of as the building material of the poor, bamboo is now being used more prominently in all types of architecture the world over. Being one of the strongest materials on the planet and one of the fastest-growing plants in the world, bamboo is used in structures ranging from pavilions to tree mosques.
Many people love living on water. This can reduce the negative effects of heat, and improve the residents’ well-being. Floating houses combine “home” and “boat” into an all-weather lovable design that is flexible and adaptable to different water levels, which makes them very effective in dealing with floods. So, will you take the plunge?
Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish architect and designer from Catalonia, known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. One of his most famous and often-repeated phrases was, ‘originality is returning to the origin.’ For Gaudi, a deeply religious man, this origin was nature. Gaudi viewed the natural world as perfect, a creation from which he drew inspiration. Even today, architects take cues from his bespoke creations nature-based.
Heading for the beach? Take a look at our selection of beach accessories that are well-designed, eco-friendly and sustainable.
