Property News · March 20, 2016

Nanotecture: shrinking structures


Small in scale but huge in imagination, these tiny constructions celebrate the joy of nanotectureA new building comes with every kind of pitfall: planning restrictions, cost, the limitations of the materials, the whims of the client. Or rather, a full-size building does. If you make something small enough, you can be as adventurous as you like. Sheds, bothies and even kennels can be the perfect place for architects and designers to experiment.This is the thinking behind Nanotecture: Tiny Built Things, a book that collects 300 examples of envelope-pushing smaller structures. Some are permanent, others were temporary installations, some are downright bizarre. All are eye-catching. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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