Design
July 13, 2014

Small Retreat House in the Forest Designed to Rest on a Giant Boulder

This leaning house is an innovative concept created by Czech architecture agency Uhlik Architekti, which includes architects Petr Uhlik, Jan Sorm, and Premysl Jurak. The home, called Forest Retreat, is constructed in a diagonal formation with the upper section resting upon a giant boulder. The agency developed the idea for their client who requested a hideaway that could serve as a quiet escape from the urban chaos of his life in Prague.

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Art
July 11, 2014

Enormous Murals Inspired by Local Traders in Warwick, South Africa

This year, street artist Faith47 was invited to participate in the 25th World Congress on Architecture in Durban, South Africa. As a cultural aspect of the event, the artist recently finished three of six planned pieces (the last three to be completed in August), which cover supporting columns underneath a main freeway overpass near the Early Morning Market in Warwick. According to the artist, Warwick triangle is often chaotic and many are afraid to visit the area.

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Design
July 10, 2014

Giant Wooden Maze Reveals Visual Clarity at Its Center

Visitors to the National Building Museum in Washington DC can prepare to get lost. In a maze, that is. The Danish architecture firm BIG, lead by architect Bjarke Ingels, recently installed a giant concave wooden maze inside of the Museum's Great Hall. It's appropriately called BIG Maze and is 18 square meters that's built using Baltic Birch plywood. BIG developed the installation's form by combining different styles of mazes throughout history.

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