by Kim Megson, Attractions Management Some of the biggest names in architecture and design have developed prefabricated pavilions for real estate developer Robbie Antonio as part of his Revolution Project. Over 30 creative individuals – including Ron Arad, Kengo Kuma and Daniel Libeskind – were invited to create cost-efficient living and leisure spaces using advanced…
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 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…
by Khuskboo Vyas From shoes to urban marvels; what does Zaha Hadid NOT design? ‘Volu’ the dining pavilion, her latest brainchild, was just revealed at this year’s Design Miami Fair. Designed along with Patrik Schumacher as a team, this piece is an artistic installation with an overhead sculpturesque canopy. A prefabricated gazebo has been designed to frame…
by Ramon Design Miami 2015: architects Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher have designed a short-term dining pavilion shaped like an open clam shell and manufactured only from sheet material. Hadid and Schumacher’s team employed computational design to produce the pavilion, which is constructed from laser-cut and perforated steel surfaces, aluminium box sections and timber loops. “Defined by digital processes,…