This house in the Nakameguro district of Tokyo, Japan, takes playhouse to a whole new level. The firm Level Architects designed a house with a three-storyslide. (Level Architects/ www.level-architects.com)
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This house in the Nakameguro district of Tokyo, Japan, takes playhouse to a whole new level. The firm Level Architects designed a house with a three-storyslide. (Level Architects/ www.level-architects.com)
zaha hadid
frank gehry
...ok these are all 'ramps' that they have designed as side projects, but they do represent their work. Zaha Hadid has designed some amazing buildings that would be a ton of fun to ride. I think Gehry's stuff wouldn't lend itself to riding so much because it's mostly thin metal paneling. Millenium Park in Chicago is something stateside that you might be familiar with that he's done. He's also done the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Experience Music Project in Seattle.
frank gehry
...ok these are all 'ramps' that they have designed as side projects, but they do represent their work. Zaha Hadid has designed some amazing buildings that would be a ton of fun to ride. I think Gehry's stuff wouldn't lend itself to riding so much because it's mostly thin metal paneling. Millenium Park in Chicago is something stateside that you might be familiar with that he's done. He's also done the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Experience Music Project in Seattle.
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The Rolex Learning Center in Luasanne, Switzerland by Sanaa Architects is also cool... and could lend itself to some innovative skating or riding.
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There is also the Lions Park Skatepark that my school (Auburn School of Architecture) recently built as part of the Rural Studio program.
Reade St Tribeca
eisenman epic wallride:
yes, i'm a fan of the OG deconstructivists.
yes, i'm a fan of the OG deconstructivists.
One of my favorite designs. The Ahwahnee Hotel
And of course, the masterpiece by Wright.
And of course, the masterpiece by Wright.
Look at all of the cool things that you could have if you would hire an architect instead of buying a developer's tract home. 
The reality of being an architect....so true, from an architect. Ok so it's not that bad, but some of it is dead on true!
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Best parts have got to be "you will design strip malls" and "you will spend the next ten years drawing bathrooms and stairs." Spot on.
I approve of wee house and am considering one for our retirement home... against much opposition.
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Always had you pegged for a place in the Shire.I approve of wee house and am considering one for our retirement home... against much opposition.
One of my favorite mountain retreat cabins.
http://www.olsonkundigarchitects.com/Projects/101/Chicken-Point-Cabin
http://www.olsonkundigarchitects.com/Projects/101/Chicken-Point-Cabin
Shipping container homes
Storage container.
Still doesn't make a glass/metal/wood box sitting in nature unique.
Wow, very nice!
its personal - less to design equals less draftsmen or whatever they call themselves these days.
Ha, now it's just all structural design and drafting.