Diseño Earle have added a new string to our bow with our new luxury villa project called Blueprint.

The concept is simple: Blueprint brings together the finest plots on the Costa del Sol, Spain and combines them with a unique villa design and all the required building licenses and timely construction into one neat package, saving the buyer both time and money and giving them something totally unique.

So far we have five villas available, including our Eco House. All of these villas feature a stunning modern design and set in locations with some of the most stunning views and scenary on the coast.

Blueprint offers only a select number of modern villa projects, based on the availability of suitable plots which meet stringent desirability criteria including views, immediate surroundings and accessibility. Each architectural plan is unique and designed specifically according to the characteristics of the plot. Each property Blueprint markets will stand as a true masterpiece at the forefront of the resurging modernist movement.

You can find out more information on this exciting villa project by visiting the Blueprint Modern & Contemporary Villas website.

Our planets dwindling oil supply is front-page news.  Less discussed is our lack of fresh water in the face of global warming and permanent drought.  

To this end, Grimshaw Partners has planned a new seawater greenhouse for the Canary Islands.  Using solar panels to power a series of evaporators and condensers, the structure produces fresh water from moisture in the air.  A piece of public infrastructure, it doubles as a waterfront attraction, serving as a sweeping open-air theatre.

See video below:

Article found on Inhabitat

Firstly, apologies for the absence of blog posts this past fortnight. Diseño Earle have been enjoying our summer break and are now refreshed and ready to go. To get things rolling, have a look at this:

Houses are expensive things nowadays. Especially in England, where even a modest starter-home can set you back over 200,000GBP. In 2005 the British government launched a competition to build homes for less than 60,000GBP. No easy task, thats for sure.

Developers George Wimpey joined with the architects at Rogers Stirk Harbour to win the competition from the field of 221 other competitors. Love them or loathe them, I can see why they won.

The main cost saving method was to have the floors, ceilings and walls all pre-fabricated in a factory and delivered ‘flat-pack’ style to the site, ready to be assembled. Due to the simple nature of the houses, they can be put together remarkably quickly, in less than a day. That’s right; a day. The results, as you can see, look great, and in a couple of years when the surrounding gardens have matured a little, I think this estate is going to look fantastic.

From a design point of view, the houses are simple and certainly nothing special, but they do have a nice modern feel and, let’s face it, are far more interesting to look at than most of the twee houses you normally find on British housing estates.

In a country with a big shortage of affordable housing, these are winners in my book. Watch the video below to see these being put together; it shows that whilst the building of Rome in a day was highly unlikely, constructing a modest family home isn’t outside the realms of possibility.

 Article found on The Contemporist

I’ve never been a huge fan of the work of French architect Jean Nouvel - most of it seemed interested in being provocative and little else. That being said, his design for a 75-story residential building in New York is really pretty brilliant. The tower grows skyward like a glass and steel tree, contorting to fit the confines of the City Zoning setbacks to create a drop-dead gorgeous form that is completely logical. Predictably, the neighbors hate it – but as yet the project is moving ahead.

See link below.

http://www.observer.com/2008/landmarks-commission-gives-nod-nouvel-s-moma-tower

We’ve been fans of Steven Holl’s work for a long, long time.  As an architect, his work is not always beautiful, but you have to admire its energy, ambition and variety in its pursuit of a larger philosophical idea.  His latest design is a high-rise residential complex in Beijing with sky bridges. See videos below.