See:

It’s a nice little Lego shipping cabin! It’s so bizarre that the design concept is in Lego. Although, not being an architect myself, maybe this is a popular software, or concept idea? I wouldn’t know for sure I suppose. In any case, I was enthralled by the little modern Lego designs. I especially like the Lego Flw Container House – which you can see if you click here and scroll all the way down.

To see other Lego structures, and many more cool structures visit Zigloo.

[Image via Zigloo]

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Zigloo Lego Designs

But first Cardillo. He sent me some shots of his House of Convexities near Barcelona – and like all his work, this house is amazing.

It’s so unusual for the landscape. Very offbeat. I love how, from this view, it’s in line with the range. That’s pretty cool. Along with the photos Cardillo sent his own description; which is really neat, so let’s look at that…

“If architecture is music in stone can its “limbs” dance? Architecture only remains still in pictures. In real life its natural state is one of transition. Both man and light move within it.

Inside a house among coarse Mediterranean glades and corrugated stone walls, a slanting light, pierced by innumerable narrow repeated blades, inscribes and describes the walls with its impermanent, mutable hand. How many possible stories will this light tell over the course of a year?

A curved wall jokes with the light. The light bathes the wall, but reaches the moment and the place in which, going beyond the curve, it takes a tangent, deciding what will be lit and what will be dark. And this movement suggests the indefinite, mutability, shading, ineffability.

Thus architecture becomes light interpreted through the “limbs” of the architecture. Like shadows of flesh on flesh, whose forms are both definite and defining.”

“A curved wall jokes with the light!” I’m thinking this is one architect who is a poet as well. Maybe a second job is in order. From the view above the idea of layout might be a little baffling, but this layout shot below allows the design to make more sense.

To see the interior, and more of the description, jump to the next page…

My favorite, well, one of my favorite things about Cardillo’s designs are all the curves. Each of his structures that I’ve seen have these swooping, gentle curves, and it’s so soothing. Your eyes want to follow the lines. For example, check out the swoop below; all I’m thinking is whoosh…

More description:

“Here, as in a Flamenco dance, the body breaks up, invading the space moving through its potential articulations without, however, defining the void, or, interpreting the many possibilities of moving within it: fleshy and sensual, but equally incisive and precise. Secret but luminous. Closed but open to a multitude of possibilities. A body inside another body. Compressed, suspended and continuous in its curvilinear trajectory.

And yet, as in a Flamenco dance, the development of movement, its indefinable ardour, is made real by the successive instant. That solemn, still instant that seems to challenge eternity.

Thus, smooth, tall and still, a wall opposes silence. And such stillness paradoxically supports the preceding movement, giving sense to its being.”

Wait until you see this image:

What the flip!? I love it. I haven’t ever seen an interior quite like this one before.

Like Cardillo’s other designs, this one is innovative, makes use of great colors (I always like the subtle hues going on), and full of creative light. If you’re interested in seeing more, check out the following posts:

Other Cardillo designs:

• Birnbeck Island
• Vaulted House
• Home in Erice
• Ellipse house – maybe my favorite

[All photos courtesy of Antonino Cardillo]

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Flamenco y arquitectura

FlatPak is a terribly amusing company which I’m betting makes your home buying experience way more fun that it might otherwise be. How they roll is by offering a take out menu of sort; you start with a basic foundation, an 8′ ft wide wall. Every 8′ you make choices such as glass, no glass (or choose from other options). It helps to grab the concept if you check out the Mrs. Jones home creation example they have listed under their “How to FlatPak section” – really you should read this little story no matter what, because it’s pretty fun.

FlatPak is also oh so pretty. While the configuration of course, relies on your decisions, each of the homes I’ve seen from them is really nice.

FlatPak house – Catskills

FlatPak house – Aspen

To see more visuals visit FlatPak house’s photostream. To learn more about getting your very own FlatPak or for a fun read, visit the general FlatPak site.

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The Take Out Menu of FlatPak Homes

The Vaulted House is lovely, and now, thanks to WAN, I can tell you that it’s in Parma, Italy. The exterior of this home, like all Cardillo homes is unique and clean. His work is always so darn tidy – my record collection and books would look so out of place in one of his homes.

See inside…

I love this shot below… it really shows how the space must feel so large if you’re there. Actually, the entire space of the home is striking with the green accents. Unusual but clearly Cardillo style and very slick. As usual the design is full of light that plays on the walls and colors of the home. I think that’s my favorite thing about Cardillo’s designs, his work is never static, it changes even after completion.

Read all about this home at WAN.

Other related Cardillo designs:

Birnbeck Island

Home in Erice

Ellipse house – my favorite possibly

[All photos courtesy of Antonino Cardillo]

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Antonino Cardillo’s Vaulted House