The rugged landscape above the Californian Sonoma Valley is not a frequent choice of site for new sleek and comfortable family homes, but Schwartz and Architecture have managed to turn this awkward spot into a dream location with the appropriately named Box on the Rock.  
 

Viele Menschen, die mit dem Auto als Statussymbol aufgewachsen sind, begreifen Autofahren immer noch als Inbegriff individueller Freiheit. Aber der Verkehr der Zukunft wird multimodal sein, und das Fahrrad in all seinen Spielformen wird dabei eine prominentere Rolle spielen, als es zurzeit der Fall ist. Das zeichnet sich selbst auf der Internationalen Automobilausstellung IAA in Frankfurt ab, wo ab Ende kommender Woche interessante Pedelec-Neuheiten präsentiert werden

1. The Apple Pencil

2. Side-by-Side Apps

3. Improved Graphics

4. New Apps

What do YOU  think ?!?

THE BIG QUESTION that’s nagged 3-D printing from the start is just what is the technology good for, anyway? It’s been asked of every new material touted by enthusiasts of the tool, from plastic to metal to wax. And now, glass.

BIMobject® can proudly announce that according to latest user data, the company now has more than 110,000 professional users on the bimobject.com. Almost 3 million downloads of content has been done from the site, which confirms their growing market position.

Following our top 40 Architecture Docs to Watch in 2014 and our favourite 30 Architecture Docs to Watch in 2013, 2015 is no exception! Our latest round up continues to feature a fantastic range of films and documentaries telling the tales of unsung architectural heroes and unheard urban narratives from around the world. This entirely fresh selection looks past the panoply of stars to bring you more of the best architectural documentaries which will provoke, intrigue and beguile.

From the architect. KA House is a vacation home for a couple, who enjoy outdoor activities and spending their relaxing time in a grand courtyard

Calvin Seibert Sculpts Impressive Modernist Sandcastles

Casa Brutale gives us wall-to-wall water and concrete set into cliffs above the Aegean Sea in what OPA promises will be a literally ground-breaking development.

"...The house design blurs the distinction between interior and exterior, an important aspect of modern architecture, and maximizes the feeling of continuity and expansion of space..."

CHIPS, RADIOS, AND sensors are getting cheaper. Computation and connectivity are creeping into the world. Soon, we’re told, more things in our homes will chirp at us, chat with other things, and quietly send information back to the companies that made them. Inevitable though this future may be, the details remain foggy. We can assume our connected world will be useful, convenient, and creepy—we just don’t know in what ratio. 

Designers have a crucial role in how this shakes out. As opposed to merely looking at products in terms of efficiency or profit, designers are trained, at least theoretically, to be sensitive to a broader spectrum of issues. They’re the ones who are supposed to think about how products fit into our lives and society at large. And more and more, they’re in a position to bring those considerations to bear on how a product is developed. In territory as vast, lucrative, and unknown as the Internet of Things (IoT), that’s a hugely important responsibility. Thankfully, some designers already are thinking hard about the job and the potential pitfalls of designing for our newly connected world.

From the architect. Based on the genetic of the place, the intervention holds, as the main goal, the creation of a contemporary space without disturbing the peace of the countryside area.

A pure volume, with rectangular base, is adjusted to the ground and opens into the green landscape. The volumetric purity, desired by the customer, sets the mood for the project and the new inhabitant of the place is, now, one of the terraced fields of the perfectly balanced ground.

Thus, the act of inhabiting unfolds through the volume of concrete, pure, raw, adjusted to the ground, just waiting to grow old as the days go by… reflecting the life of the countryside.

Glassy, Ethereal Creature Is Part Nature, Part Technology