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Pricey Prefab: Daniel Libeskind Does High-End Residential

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:00 AM PDT

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Prefabrication can carry something of a stigma, being used to mass-produce cheap cookie-cutter structures. One famous architect has a new project, however, that shows another side to this manufacturing method.

The Libeskind Villa comes with a hefty two-million-pound price tag, but all of those compellingly complex angles that fans of Studio Daniel Libeskind have come to expect from his institutional architecture.

Only thirty lucky (and wealthy) patrons will be able to procure themselves a copy, raising one interesting question: can architecture work like artist prints or ceramics (instead of, say, a single painting or sculpture) and be sold in limited but still plural lots?

From the architect: “The Libeskind Villa is a 2 floor (with full basement), 4 bedroom, 5,000-square-foot signature series home that can be constructed anywhere in the world. The Villa creates a new dialogue between contemporary living and a completely new experience of space. Built from premium wood and zinc, this German-made, sculptural living space meets the highest standards of design, craftsmanship and sustainability. In addition to the design standards, it meets compliance with some of the toughest energy-saving standards worldwide.”

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Inflatable Metal Furniture Series Mixes Malleability with Air

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 04:00 PM PDT

[ Filed under Sets & Series & in the Furniture category ]

Metal is more flexible than many people give it credit for, hence the long series of (eventually successful) attempts by Moran Barmaper to inflate this remarkably malleable material.

For now, desks and chairs are the signs of success – wooden (or metal) frameworks supporting a kind of metallic balloon used as a cushion or to create a more robust edge for surfaces made from thin slices of metal.

As interesting as the metal-as-surface concept is, the real trick is how it all hangs together: no screws or glue are required, as the very process of pushing air into the metal locks it into the surrounding joints to create a rigid structure.