DeTnk - USA

Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019

Collecting Design — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:45:06 +0100

The 2019 Chicago architectural biennial which is spread over roughly 40 venues, aims to serve as a hub for different and great ideas. Unlike previous iterations there is no single focus driving the event. Rather, there are 4 distinct themes behind the exhibition, “no land beyond”, “appearances and erasures”, “rights and reclamation” and “common ground”.

Volland General Store by el dorado architects

Collecting Design — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:21:01 +0000

Volland, Kansas was founded in the late 1800s when Rock Island Railroad, in need of a midway stopping point between Alma, 7 miles northeast, and Alta Vista, 7 miles southwest, built a railroad depot, water tower, coal chute and cattle pens alongside the railroad tracks at the towns edge.

Off-grid itHouse by Taalman Koch

Collecting Design — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:23:28 +0000

The itHouse is a design system developed by Taalman Koch that utilizes a series of components prefabricated off-site to better control the construction waste, labor, and quality of the finished product.