(via ArchDaily) The Best Architectural Installations of Coachella 2016 A photo posted by Onch Movement | Jewelry (@onchmovement) on Apr 18, 2016 at 12:04am PDT Coachella, the annual music festival that takes place in California‘s Colorado Desert, is a spectacle on numerous levels, but it is the associated visual artists, architects, sculptors, and designers that […]
(via Architectural Lighting) PolyThread Textile Pavilion: Illumination Through Absorption “PolyThread,” is a knitted textile pavilion designed by Jenny E. Sabin, principal of Philadelphia-based Jenny Sabin Studio and the Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger assistant professor of architecture at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. The luminous structure uses photoluminescent and solar-active yarns to capture […]
(via Bloomberg) A year ago two former Harvard University classmates built three 160-square-foot houses, hauled them to rural locations outside Boston, and made them available for nightly stays with an odd proviso: Guests would plunk down $99 to book a night in a tiny house, but they wouldn’t find exactly where the house was until the […]
(via The Tribune) Cal Poly’s Open House to Feature Rodeo, Parade and More California Polytechnic State University’s Open House is expected to bring in more than 5,000 visitors to the campus and community this weekend. The event features a full lineup of activities on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, prospective students and their families visit Cal Poly to get […]
(via FIU News) Nasa Fellow Teaches Students How to Design for Outer Space A new Architecture seminar, Space Fictions, offered at the Florida International University, places students within the framework of outer space, challenging them to design a habitat in space while considering practical issues like radiation and weightlessness. Their work is inspired by design fiction, a design method […]