Staircase bookcase

via Apartment Therapy

Scala Tower

By BIG Architects

Besiktas Fish Market

By GAD







Found at Kitsune Noir

Courtyard House

By Studio Junction.









Found at Cool Boom

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Byker wall







Byker Wall , Newcastle upon tyne. Ralph Erskine

Indaba 10X10 Cape town -1

previous housing
The project aims to increase the quality of conditions for people living in the slums surrounding Cape Town, SA.

Ten international architects were teamed with ten local practises in Cape Town, working together in pairs they produced Designs to be entered into a competition. 

The winning team was complied of Will Aslop, UK with local MMA Architects Cape Town.  However they fell out over design issues concerning the type of materials to be used. Alsop wanted to created a wooden frame, pour concrete around it and then later burn out the frame. MMA architects felt that a firm so far removed form the reality of Cape Town slums could not understand role of the low cost housing to this community. So instead they went ahead and proposed a design seperately. 

The houses use a design of an 'eco-beam' which is a wooden beam with a steel core. The frame is then constructed and this is the only part which construction workers need to produce. The next stage then sees the new occupants filling sand bags and placing them in the frame, then finally the sand bags a covered over with cememt. This innovative solution means that the labour cost stay low and money can be used in other areas.

Peter Zumthor - Bruder Klaus Chapel

The Bruder Klaus Chapel is located in Southern Germany. It was designed by Peter Zumthor and built by the local farmers who had commissioned it. 

They poured 5cms of concrete a day until the structure was complete.

 The framework inside was built from timber logs which were then burnt out, giving the inside a blackened effect. 

The holes in the walls were formed from the concrete ties.

Photos found on Flickr.

Gary Chang

Gary Chang's apartment in Hong Kong. A flexible living area in a tight space.

Behind the movable walls can be found the bath


Behind the TV wall is the kitchen unit.





A lot of the storage is movable, as well as the walls.






Photos found on the New York Times website. Click here