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<p>with an eye towards the future, designboom counts down the top ten most viewed conceptual architecture of 2011. proposals and projects designed by foster + partners, BIG architects and zaha hadid top this year's list.</p>
<p>designboom counts down the top ten most viewed temporary spaces of 2011. taking many different forms, these structures include mobile architecture, exhibition spaces and computational designs.</p>
<p>a modern interpretation of the surrealist game 'exquisite corpse', the installation is comprised of 24 pieces by 24 international designers ranging from chefs to architects to art critics, who collaboratively detail a day in the life of the fictional mr. ernesto bones.</p>
<p>liu jiakun, principal architect of jiakun architects discusses how the historical legacy of chinese architecture can be applied to contemporary building practices, and the important relationship his structures have to light and nature.</p>
<p>wedged onto a 27.33 square meter plot along a bustling arterial road in tokyo, this gallery extends its small interior space by borrowing views to the adjacent natural green area through a large vertical window.</p>
using the letter 'K' as the focus of the reception area, each object has dimensions that can be used as a bench or an exhibition platform.
<p>raised upon a series of inclined columns, this dwelling offers its inhabitants unobstructed vistas of the inland sea and city of miyajima in the distance over the rooftop of the neighboring home.</p>
the wall of the house starts as a site boundary, a continuous spiral, changing in height - getting progressively taller - which ends as a partition of a central single room within the home.
<p>conceived at a scale of a DIY project, the open-air shelter sits on the remaining concrete foundation of homes that were swept away during the march 2011 tsunami as a place of retreat and meeting. </p>
<p>utilizing the rhythmic composition of pillars and beams present in torri corridors, the elevated hut seeks to create a simple space that connects the inhabitant with the forest. </p>
<p>a triangular table reminiscent of cake can be placed in different formations, creating a flexible surface area.</p>
<p>the stone chair is detailed by 16 ticking clocks, reminding the individual that they too are subject to the passage of time. </p>
with christmas lights in the form of the letters of 'nes gadol hayah sham', the ornamental toy dreidel celebrates christmas when upright and hanukkah when spinning upside down.
<p>the screenless 'mmi' camera interfaces with a smartphone application that lets users control the camera tilt, focus, shooting mode, and other settings remotely, for self-portrait photography and video shooting.</p>
<p>designboom visited the architecture studio of american architect eric owen moss located in culver city, california.</p>
<p>designboom: what is the best moment of the day?<br /> (laughs raucously)<br /> I can surprise you.<br /> the one that hasn't come yet.<br /> you have a tricky question, so I have a tricky answer.</p>
<p>the exhibition employs confucius as a symbol of eastern moral and political philosophy in response to traditional and modern chinese culture and spirituality. </p>
<p>the exhibition of works includes ash paintings, cow skin faces, memory doors, and ash sculptures, as a whole reflecting and interrogating eastern and western cultural beliefs and their relationship to one another. </p>
<p>the contemporary writing desk is aptly named 'layers' in spanish.</p>
<p>the design features a round, stainless steel diffuser that has small holes punched through it, offering a soft, mottled lighting effect.</p>
<p>naoki terada's architecture office designed this playful solution for matsumoto children's dental clinic in nerima, tokyo. </p>
<p>the surrealistic photographic exhibition documents the artist's travel to the arctic circle with a research expedition.</p>
<p>the minimalistic design features an intuitive, colored LCD touchscreen display, showcasing the time in a unique and easily legible format. </p>
<p>the classic stainless steel pocketwatch case belies the futuristic touchscreen face, capable of displaying two time zones simultaneously.</p>
<p>perched high upon a rocky cliff, the pair of structures are similar to the geologic formations which are found in the valley below.</p>
<p>one of a collection of architectural sculptures placed along the timmelscjoch, the design references the form of an erratic boulder to jut out beyond the land on which it sits. </p>
<p>the toy collection draws the connection between the forms of similarly shaped machines and animals. </p>
the 'soil table' is a bit of a disturbing object, where one is accompanied by the strange feeling of plants on the hips when sitting at the table.
<p>the craft and high tech body of sculptural work is composed of thousands of thread spools, arranged in such a way that the nature of human processing of sensory data becomes part of the artistic exploration. </p>
2026 TITAN Property Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026 
New York High Falls Riverfront Market $ 10,000.00 USD deadline: january 18th, 2027 
2026 NY Architectural & Interior Design Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026 
Kinderspace: Architecture for Children's Development competition / Edition #4 $ 11,773.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026 
Re:Form - New Life for Old Spaces Edition #3 $ 11,618.00 USD deadline: october 12th, 2026 
2027 French Design Awards deadline: april 6th, 2027 
Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2026 $ 115,875.00 USD deadline: october 20th, 2026 
The Oak Moon Pavilion $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: march 1st, 2027 
The Architect’s Chair Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: january 5th, 2027 
2026 Tokyo Design Awards Season #2 deadline: october 15th, 2026 
Train Your Own Architectural AI-Model by My Archischool deadline: december 31st, 2026 
Master's in Fashion Business Innovation by IED deadline: september 30th, 2026 
Interior and Furniture Design by IED Firenze deadline: september 30th, 2026 
Material Balance Design. Digital Techniques and Circular Innovations in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano deadline: march 10th, 2026 
Sustainable Architectural Design Program by My Archischool deadline: december 31st, 2026 
Master’s in Fashion Business by IED deadline: september 30th, 2026 
Master of Arts in Design for Other Species: Transdisciplinary Practices Towards More-than-Human Futures IED Milano deadline: september 30th, 2026 
Master's in Fashion Creative Direction by IED deadline: september 30th, 2026 
Master’s in Brand Design and Hospitality by IED deadline: september 30th, 2026 
Interaction Design. Emerging technologies for products and services by IED Torino deadline: september 30th, 2026 
