Michael Hansmeyer, the Zurich architect who uses algorithms to generate absurdly complex structural columns, is inching closer and closer to transforming his “computational architecture” into full-blown buildings.
Hansmeyer has ...READ»
Blobitecture isn’t dead. It’s just crept indoors, transforming rectilinear spaces into rippling, organic forms. Take Zmianatematu, a new café/bar in Łódź, Poland, fitted with ribs of plywood to create a space that resembles a ...READ»
Seville gets hot in the summer. So to provide shade, J. MAYER H. Architects built a parasol. A huuuuuuuuge parasol. A parasol that hovers over an entire swath of the city's old-town district. A parasol that's being billed as the ...READ»
Bricks are hot these days, thanks to new feats in technological wizardry. And this week, you can finally see one of the world's most interesting technologies in New York's Chinatown: A computer-controlled brick-laying machine, which ...READ»
You don't realize it, but you probably own several things that are CNC milled. I'm typing right now on a computer with a metal case made using the technique. But its creative possibilities are still being explored by designers, as ...READ»
Marloes ten Bhömer is just 26, but she's been reinventing shoes her entire life. As a child, she started off by dismantling her mother's shoes, coating them in papier-mache and producing entirely new, exaggerated forms. ...READ»
