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Project for the Perm Museum XXI (Perm, Russia) by Valerio Olgiati, 2008

Project for the Perm Museum XXI (Perm, Russia) by Valerio Olgiati, 2008

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Levitating exploded model of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Herbert Jacobs House #1 (1936-37), designed by Situ Studio

Levitating exploded model of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Herbert Jacobs House #1 (1936-37), designed by Situ Studio

When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. > R. Buckminster Fuller
SANAA Houses

SANAA Houses

Built as part of Toyama Prefecture’s                      machi no kao (face of the town) series of  small projects                      in the early 1990’s, this mountain pavilion  (affectionately                      called Peter House locally) on the Bambajima River  is one                      of only a few built projects by the British  architect Peter                      Salter.Salter                      appears to grasp the built character of northern  Japan, neither                      resorting to mimicry nor complete abandon of  traditional forms,                      construction, and materials. The intense snowfall in the region was taken into  consideration                      by Salter, who designed the structure so it has an  inner and                      outer shell, the interstitial space intended as a  place for                      mountain creatures to make nests. (via) 

Built as part of Toyama Prefecture’s machi no kao (face of the town) series of small projects in the early 1990’s, this mountain pavilion (affectionately called Peter House locally) on the Bambajima River is one of only a few built projects by the British architect Peter Salter.Salter appears to grasp the built character of northern Japan, neither resorting to mimicry nor complete abandon of traditional forms, construction, and materials. The intense snowfall in the region was taken into consideration by Salter, who designed the structure so it has an inner and outer shell, the interstitial space intended as a place for mountain creatures to make nests. (via