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Prefab luxury in amazing pavilions
Zaha Hadid, Sou Fujimoto and other big names sign the projects by MARIANA KINDLE, CASA Vogue The Japanese design office Muji was a pioneer in associating luxury with prefabricated structures. Robbie Antonio then launched the Revolution PreCraft project , which brings together a set of prefabricated pavilions designed by 30 renowned designers and architects, including Zaha Hadid , Sou Fujimoto , Daniel Libeskind and…
Prefab homes for sophisticated tastes
Revolution sources its designs from 30 architects, many with stellar credentials: Zaha Hadid, I.M. Pei, Rem Koolhaas, Tadao Ando and Richard Meier. Headquartered in Manila, Revolution outsources manufacturing to various worldwide factories. Base price: $250,000 to $500,000.
Cabana mood: Martina Mondadori on Design Miami/ Basel and Design at Large
by Rosa Bertoli, Wallpaper* Until two years ago, Martina Mondadori was mainly known as the heiress of her family’s editorial empire. Born and bred in Italy, Mondadori comes from the illustrious family owning the eponymous publishing house, of which she now sits on the board. Publishing, it seems, is second nature for Mondadori: following a…
Small shelter inspired by armadillo
by David Pescovitz, Boing boing Architect Ron Arad designed this lovely indoor/outdoor shelter, called the Armadillo Tea Pavilion. The shells are made from the likes of oiled plywood or PVDF-coated timber composite. The hardware is brass and bronze. The Armadillo Tea Canopy is designed as an independent shell structure, for use indoors and outdoors, and provides…
Ron Arad and Kengo Kuma pavilions test new ways of living within landscape
by Jenny Brewer, It’s Nice That Architectural installations by Ron Arad, Jean Prouvé and Kengo Kuma will form part of this year’s Design at Large series at Design Miami Basel, exploring new ways of living within landscape. The series of pop-up structures will be curated by Cabana Magazine’s Martina Mondadori, and aim to demonstrate inventive approaches…
Jean Nouvel’s prefab ‘Simple’ home can be reconfigured from the inside out
by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg, Archinect News The modular, prefab ‘Simple’ house took only two days to build, and is now installed in Paris’ Tuileries Garden, part of the FIAC art fair. Nouvel affectionately referred to Simple as “a mobile home that stays still,” describing the moveable windows and partitions within the structure. Produced with Revolution Precrafted,…
