Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative ideas and ambitious endeavors. It leverages crowdsourcing to find and fund creative projects. It assists artists, filmmakers, musicians, designers, writers, athletes, adventurers, illustrators, explorers, curators, promoters, performers, and others, to bring their projects, events, and dreams to life. Kickstarter is based on the premise that a good Read More …
A Baugruppe is a special kind of housing cooperative that originates in Germany. A Baugruppe is made up of individuals and families that pool together resources to fund a new building project, commonly for residential use. Commonly these projects are organized by the group itself, an architect or another entity as an alternative to the Read More …
The organization Bricks for the Gando School was founded in 1998 by architect Francis Kéré to build a school in his home village in Burkina Faso. The organization built a series of school buildings from sustainable and natural materials. Building techniques were adapted to local labor and resources. The structures are made with compressed earth Read More …
E3 is a project in Berlin, Germany, initiated by a Baugruppe. E3 has many hallmarks of a project arranged by a Baugruppe, including design elements that are the result of the direct preference of the ownership group rather than a developer or architect’s decision. E3 is made entirely of wood, a preference of the Baugruppe, Read More …
whatwow collects unconventional examples of construction techniques, material use, typologies, programs etc. invented today or centuries ago that expand your possibilities beyond the building-as-usual. whatwow is a project initiated by Ruby Press, curated by Something Fantastic and supported by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. Read more
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Re-Inventing Construction Eds. Ilka & Andreas Ruby, Ruby Press, Berlin, 2010 ISBN 978-3-9813436-2-5 48 EUR |