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Home’s Shape is Distorted and Augmented by Its Own Shadow

Posted: 01 Sep 2014 08:00 AM PDT

If you watch the shadows thrown by a house on a sunny day, you might notice that they tend to form an almost entirely separate (imaginary) structure. Architectural artist Michael Jantzen created a public art project that forever freezes the shadows of a structure into their own dark volume. "The Shadow House, Friday March 13th 8:35 am 2014" is a house-shaped object with a permanently attached shadow. Read more…

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Gabled Concrete Home Pays Tribute to Archipelago Landscape

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:00 PM PDT

A long and narrow series of gabled volumes mimic the boathouse architectural typology commonly seen on the Stockholm archipelago in this modern residence by Swedish firm Tham & Videgârd Arkitekter. The striking line of five triangular roofs recall this shape yet subvert it by choosing hard, cold concrete as a main material rather than the lightness of the vernacular wood. Read more…