Two very different collaborative architectural projects: Winner of NASA’s Centennial Challenge: 3-D Printed Habitat – the Mars Ice House, & a single extruded ferrocement chapel: Apostle Peter + St Helen the Martyr Chapel, Cyprus.

All text has been taken from the sites incorporated into this post with minor amendment for the sake of fluency / NASA’s Centennial Challenges: 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge – see […]

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Onyx Solar’s integrated photovoltaic glass – covers facade options, flooring & outdoor furniture & are clear, coloured & patterned. Based in the USA & Spain, they have agents worldwide. See Blogroll for a link.

  Coloured photovoltaic glass / The Skylight system ensure an optimized PV electrical generation adding multifunctional passive bioclimatic properties of thermal inner comfort since most of the UV and infrared […]

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A shapeshifting structure with architectural potential: The Hoberman Sphere & snapology have inspired development of a new metamaterial by a Harvard team. See Blogroll for a link to the Smithsonian site under Johannes Overvelde.

All text has been taken from the Smithsonian site Johannes Overvelde & a team at Harvard University have ‘borrowed bits from the Hoberman Sphere and the origami-based concept of snapology, where […]

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For Astrid Krogh, Denmark, ‘visual & sensual experiences of space, impact on whether we truly experience its qualities’. Her neon, fibre optic & aluminium art installations are here. See Blogroll.

The Annual Honorary grant of the National Bank of Denmark 2015: perforated & impregnated aluminium / Kolding Kommune / Teglverkets Skole, Oslo / 21C Museum Hotels, Ohio Cincinnati / Kamelia Huset, […]

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