With seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. While the plain numbers may not sound too intriguing, the pictures look absolutely mind-blowing. In his ‘Architecture of Density’ photo series, German photographer Michael Wolf explores the incredible urban landscapes of Hong Kong.
Stripped of all outer context like sky or ground, his photos only show fragments of massive blocks of flats, both crumbling or still in construction. The way their monotone and repetitive details occupy the whole frame is mesmerizing, and makes you think about all the walls we build around ourselves.
Website: photomichaelwolf.com
Waking up at 4 am and daily trips 1.358 feet (414 m) up is nothing, if you know that you’ll be snapping a city in the clouds – this is how the days of a German photographer Sebastian Opitz would start in Dubai. From the 85th floor of the Princess Tower in Dubai, he created his breath-taking Cloud City photo series, with the skyscrapers piercing through the clouds and morning fog, which is rare in these places.
“By 9 a.m. the fog will have evaporated, so rising early is crucial,” says Sebastian. It also takes a lot of dedication and a good portion of luck. The result will surely leave you in awe!
Website: ablazewithlight.com
Los contenedores de transporte se han convertido en un atractivo recurso para el mundo de la arquitectura. Últimamente han causado gran sensación en la escena del diseño sostenible. Está claro que son la nueva moda. Los arquitectos se han fascinado con estas cajas gigantes de transporte y son bastante utilizadas por ellos.
En esta ocasión hablaremos del gigante del café Starbucks, el cual ha creado una cafetería en Tukwila (Seattle, Washington) a partir de varios contenedores de transporte marítimo. Desde sus inicios la marca ha apostado por incorporar iniciativas verdes que reduzcan costes y protejan el medio ambiente, logrando una arquitectura de coste reducido y sostenible. 
El edificio ha sido diseñado por el equipo interno de arquitectos de la propia compañía y se construye a partir de cuatro contenedores marítimos modificados y apilados unos encima de otros para formar una estructura de 2 niveles de altura que acogen la cafetería y las diferentes salas del personal que trabaja en Starbucks.
De la inserción de dos de ellos surge un cobertizo destinado a cobijar el servicio para coches o drive-thru. Cobertizo que recoge el agua pluvial para regar el jardín exterior.
Como curiosidad, anteriormente estos contenedores sirvieron para transportar el café y el te comercializados por la propia compañía y han alcanzado el promedio de 20 años de vida.
¡Bravo por Starbucks! ¿Quién será el siguiente?
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Not your typical weekend cottage, LM Guest House in Dutchess County, New York, is a study in minimalist elegance. The 2,000 square-foot (approx. 187 Square meter) house was designed by New York-based Desai/Chia Architects on the private client’s working farm that had no existing buildings.
While Hong Kong is rated for one of the most liveable cities in the world, there are a lot of residents living in really cramped apartments. In an attempt to draw attention to the issue, human rights organization Society for Community Organization recently commissioned a series of photographs
According to the SoCO, over 100,000 people live in tiny “cubicle apartments” in the city. These are 40-square-foot living spaces created by dividing already-small apartments into multiple units.
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As much as we love temporary stunts, happenings, art installations and large-scale sculpture in the urban space, we want more.
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We are on a quest for truly transformed urban spaces. We are looking for instances where a council, city, town, municipality has taken the initiative, come up with the funds and actually transformed a mediocre, unused, ugly space into an inviting and fun public environment.
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Your home is one of the few things that can tell who you are. It can be small or big, bright or dark, full of flowers or full of junk – everyone feels different about what is comfortable, functional or even pretty, and today there are surely enough means to make even the wildest visions come true. From a 1 square meter portable house to a reconstructed water tower or a church, below are some of the most unusual home examples.
Where would you like to stay for the night?
We have written about a Nike store display by the Finland-born, Amsterdam-based illustrator Kustaa Saksi before, but this time, it is his fantastical paper display at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair that drew our attention.
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