by Madelaine D’Angelo, Huffpost Design and real estate developer, Robbie Antonio is known for his visionary work and innovative collaborations. His latest project, Revolution, is a collection of limited edition pre-crafted homes and pavilions that seek to democratize design and architecture. The project unites over 30 of the world’s renowned architects, artists and designers to create exclusive,…
Revolution, a new design platform that commissions the likes of Daniel Libeskind and Ron Arad to build collectible, limited-edition prefabricated pavilions and homes for anywhere between $50,000 and $500,000, has begun its world tour.
by Property Report Aquatecture at work: +31 Architects‘s Watervilla Weesperzijde houseboat in Amsterdam Today, architecture is utilitarian and functional as professionals seek to find solutions to the various challenges of modern-day life. Check out these latest trends dominating architectural design right now… Aquatecture Floating architecture – or simply ‘Aquatecture’ – is a necessary subsection of design thanks to…
by David Sokol, Architectural Record According to real estate developer Robbie Antonio, “You buy prefab for two reasons—it’s fast and less expensive.” But could a building type defined by affordability also be prized as a collectible? Antonio is staking Revolution Precrafted Properties on that premise. The new company is rolling out limited edition collections of…
by Silvia Nani, DesignMiami. In the collectors’ lounge, an enveloping shape in metal: solids and voids that design a “skin”, between unsettling luminosities and the reassuring warmth of wood. It is a futuristic dining room that Zaha Hadid has created for “Revolution”, 30 temporary living spaces based on the idea of the real estate developer Robbie Antonio…
by New York Times Revolution Precrafted Properties is a company that aims to deliver “bespoke, collectible architecture” — small houses and pavilions — designed by big-ticket names within a few months of an order, anywhere in the world. The British industrial designer Tom Dixon created modules from a simple kit of parts — extruded aluminum…
by Alan G. Brake, Dezeen Design Miami 2015: Revolution Precrafted is aiming to “democratise high-design and architecture” with prefab structures by over 30 famous designers including Tom Dixon, Marcel Wanders, Kengo Kuma and Zaha Hadid. The new company launched by developer and art collector Robbie Antonio unveiled its first collection of limited-edition designs for prefabricated homes and pavilions during Design Miami last week. Revolution Precrafted aims…
by Premier Guide Miami Revolution is a collection of limited-edition prefabricated living spaces including pavilions and homes, conceived by design and real estate developer Robbie Antonio in exclusive collaboration with more than 30 of the world’s preeminent architects, artists and designers. The pavilion series will launch at Design Miami/ 2015 with Zaha Hadid’s curved VOLU Pavilion and Gluckman…
by Arqa Network The architects Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher have designed a dining pavilion in the shape of an open clam shell. Hadid and Schumacher’s team used computer design to create the pavilion, which is constructed from laser-cut perforated surfaces of steel, with aluminum box sections and wooden ties. “ Defined by digital processes, the…
Wallpaper*, the international design, fashion and lifestyle title, is set to collaborate with design development platform REVOLUTION on a range of design-led prefabricated homes and pavilions targeting a global market. Wallpaper* will be tapping into its black book of connections to recruit six established architects to design pre-crafted structures that are in keeping with…