12 stacked houses, built by Herzog & de Meuron for the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Germany's Stacked Houses by Herzog & de Meuron
12 stacked houses, built by Herzog & de Meuron for the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
Robert Bruno Steel House
This weird looking building is the brainchild of Robert Bruno. It sits on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the lake. Bruno has been working on this house for almost 3 decades, and it is almost complete.
It is made up of 110 tons of steel, and when finished it will have about 3,000 sq. ft. of living space. The steel house was also featured on HGTV.
Pierre Cardin's Bubble Home in Cannes
Italian fashion designer Pierre Cardin's outrageous bubble house, originally designed by Antti Lovag, near Cannes.
Hanse Colani Rotor House
Designer Luigi Colani has created a space-saving house with a six square meter cylinder inside that contains a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom.
The cylinder rotates left or right bringing the room you want into view of the main living room.
There's a separate toilet and a small hallway, and everything is controlled with a remote.
View of the cylinder from the living room.
The house was designed for young professionals who need minimal space while they focus on career.
The bathroom.
The bedroom.
The kitchen.
Casa Batllo - The House of Bones
Restored and remodeled by the Spanish modernist architect Antoni Gaudi in the years 1905–1907, Casa Batllo is now one the most overlooked buildings by the tourists who visit Barcelona. Although Casa Batllo is a museum now, Gaudi designed it for for a wealthy Barcelona Aristocrat.
The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and indeed it does have a visceral, skeletal organic quality.
It seems that the goal of the designer was to avoid straight lines completely. Much of the facade is decorated with a mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish blues.
Restored and remodeled by the Spanish modernist architect Antoni Gaudi in the years 1905–1907, Casa Batllo is now one the most overlooked buildings by the tourists who visit Barcelona. Although Casa Batllo is a museum now, Gaudi designed it for for a wealthy Barcelona Aristocrat.
The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and indeed it does have a visceral, skeletal organic quality.
It seems that the goal of the designer was to avoid straight lines completely. Much of the facade is decorated with a mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish blues.
