Call for entries to the Green Product Award! #gpaward #sustainable #design

27. Oktober 2015 von schall & rauch

Peeps, this is your chance to showcase your new product or design idea and present it to an international audience, maybe even win the Green Product Award 2016! At the very least, you’ll get some useful and specific feedback on the design, innovation level and sustainability of your product from a professional jury. You can send your submission for the Green Product Award 2016 as a professional, newcomer or student in 13 different categories, among others architecture, consumer goods, kids, […]

Kategorien: english, heldenhaftes, nachhaltiges, sehenswertes • Tags: architecture, award, call, consumer, design, entries, green product award, kids, mobility, sustainable

The architecture of forest sounds #wooden #megaphone #estonia

9. Oktober 2015 von schall & rauch

Today, while surfing the net for yet another awesome Internet find to share, we came across a very interesting installation project run by the Interior Architecture Department of the Estonian Academy of Arts: three giant wooden megaphones amplifying the sounds of life within the forest for those who seek respite from civilization and want to feel even closer to nature and its inhabitants. At the same time, these wooden structures are meant to be a place to rest from the […]

Kategorien: english, ergreifendes, sehenswertes • Tags: architecture, art, estonia, forest, installation, music, sound, upcycling

Take your bed with you – anywhere! #ecocapsule #portable #self-sufficient

20. August 2015 von schall & rauch

Forget boring and unadventurous hotels, forget austere outdoor holidaying in tents, forget batteries and flashlights or electric sockets, forget challenging expeditions in extreme conditions and most of all forget discomfort and soaked through clothes thanks to heavy rains. Instead experience self-sufficient privacy while researching wildlife in the midst of nowhere or relaxing in your favourite secret spot, directly on the beach or atop a cliff. And in the meantime, enjoy all the modern comforts of electricity, a safe haven made […]

Kategorien: english, heldenhaftes, nachhaltiges, sehenswertes • Tags: architecture, capsule, eco, housing, sustainable

Reviving the good ol‘ times by reopening a pool in Paris: The Piscine Molitor

4. Juni 2014 von schall & rauch

We’re into history right now. And photographs. And architectural design. Maybe it’s the fantastically sunny weather that makes us think of swimming pools. Maybe we just want to go on a holiday to Paris and stroll through the city marvelling at the beauty of the old buildings, sitting in cafés dipping croissants into cafe latte and listening to people speaking French as fast as the TGV. Maybe we just love surfing the net and finding stuff like this article on […]

Kategorien: english, heldenhaftes, sehenswertes • Tags: architecture, art decor, beauty, design, french, paris, smart, sun, swimming pool, verge

Is this the future of #LA? #Skyvillage: a car-free „#architecture organism“

25. März 2014 von schall & rauch

Not only the world wide web is filled to the brim with exciting, spaced-out, at times completely insane stuff. Some brains are, too! So, this is what the brain of a woman called Ziwei Song imagines will dominate the future skyline of LA: the Skyvillage. Why not. Quite possibly a structure being built in the year 2525 (if man is still alive…). It would connect four of the largest neighbourhoods of the city (amongst them Chinatown and Downtown) and make […]

Kategorien: english, ergreifendes, sehenswertes • Tags: architecture, brain, car-free, design, freeway, imagine, la, organic, skyvillage, spider, verge

Architectural #genius or #statement? Seoul will have Siamese Twin Towers: the #Cloud.

18. Oktober 2013 von schall & rauch

Expected to be finished in 2015, the cloud designed by Rotterdam-based architectural office MVRDV is already attracting a fair bit of attention or rather criticism, mostly due to this image and its associations some people might have. Do you see it, too? Given the perspective and the world events of recent years, it might well be the worst ever design for a couple of tall towers, no matter where. But if you try to imagine a world without wars or […]

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