Architects never seize to surprise us with their intricate and innovative designs. Some showcase their ingenuity by creating unique functionalities in the houses they design, others demonstrate never-seen-before exteriors. Recently, architect Karina Wiciak of Wamhouse studio demonstrated unusual house designs after finding inspiration in an unexpected place — logos of famous brands. Logos, usually being simplistic yet novel, turned out to be the perfect reference to outstanding architecture.
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The architect’s project containing some of the well-known logos comprises the trihouse, crosshouse, rhombhouse and pyrahouse. The created designs give a brand new look to the symbols that represent the brands.
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One of the houses, called trihouse takes a form of triangle and resembles the Adidas logo. The design of the house is completed with three oblique concrete walls separated by large glass panels.
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The second house of the project is called crosshouse. This house takes the shape that resembles a cross and has a huge main facade made out of glass.
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The third design is called a rhombhouse. The large diamond-shaped structure has an element of glazing in the middle which allows seeing through the whole building.
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The pyrahouse, fourth design of the series, resembles a pyramid. The house includes a pair of triangle-shaped windows that open the view inside the house.
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Some other works of Karina Wiciak include a penthouse which resembles the contours of a mountain. The 1528 ft2 (142 m2) house demonstrates the mesmerizing pentagonal geometry.
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She has also created a stunning greenhouse, which is a modern cottage inspired by traditional barn architecture.
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Image credits: Wamhouse
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Share on FacebookThey all look cool but I'm not sure how practical or safe they would be (weather, weather extremes, natural disasters etc.) but that depends where they would be be built, I guess. Example: they put the Adidas house in snow and ice but the snow (or water) would have trouble sliding down the long part of that roof and if it's not isolated good enough after a while it could come to mold growing inside, and glass exterior walls in icy, snowy mountains are bad idea for the heating bill (and for the environment because Earth's resources)
those all must be monolith concrete based structures. not very fragile, if you ask me. (up to 12 meters depth of underground piles to rely on for such as "Adidas house" is nothing extraordinary and if it has been built correctly half of the house should stand just fine after demolishing other half down even of this architecture)
Load More Replies...These designs are pretty creative, but most of them have to much glass. I would feel a little self-conscious living in one of those no matter how isolated I would be.
Nice Chevrolet house but that's no cross. There are two stories on how Billy Durant came up with the logo, neither one being a cross... It originated in Durant's imagination when, as a world traveler in 1908, he saw the pattern marching off into infinity as a design on wallpaper in a French hotel. He tore off a piece of the wallpaper and kept it to show friends with the thought that it would make a good nameplate for a car." Billy Durant's widow, Catherine, however, claims that's not actually how he came up with the Chevy logo. According to Mrs. Durant — in an interview by Lawrence R. Gustin, who interviewed her for his book "Billy Durant," in 1973 — the bowtie emblem was first seen by her husband in an illustrated Virginia newspaper, while they vacationed in Hot Springs, Virginia around 1912.
Okay, the houses are pretty cool. I'd rather have the car though. It's REALLY cool.
They all look cool but I'm not sure how practical or safe they would be (weather, weather extremes, natural disasters etc.) but that depends where they would be be built, I guess. Example: they put the Adidas house in snow and ice but the snow (or water) would have trouble sliding down the long part of that roof and if it's not isolated good enough after a while it could come to mold growing inside, and glass exterior walls in icy, snowy mountains are bad idea for the heating bill (and for the environment because Earth's resources)
those all must be monolith concrete based structures. not very fragile, if you ask me. (up to 12 meters depth of underground piles to rely on for such as "Adidas house" is nothing extraordinary and if it has been built correctly half of the house should stand just fine after demolishing other half down even of this architecture)
Load More Replies...These designs are pretty creative, but most of them have to much glass. I would feel a little self-conscious living in one of those no matter how isolated I would be.
Nice Chevrolet house but that's no cross. There are two stories on how Billy Durant came up with the logo, neither one being a cross... It originated in Durant's imagination when, as a world traveler in 1908, he saw the pattern marching off into infinity as a design on wallpaper in a French hotel. He tore off a piece of the wallpaper and kept it to show friends with the thought that it would make a good nameplate for a car." Billy Durant's widow, Catherine, however, claims that's not actually how he came up with the Chevy logo. According to Mrs. Durant — in an interview by Lawrence R. Gustin, who interviewed her for his book "Billy Durant," in 1973 — the bowtie emblem was first seen by her husband in an illustrated Virginia newspaper, while they vacationed in Hot Springs, Virginia around 1912.
Okay, the houses are pretty cool. I'd rather have the car though. It's REALLY cool.
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