Iconic house

The Eames house was designed by Charles and Ray Eames. It is mainly known as the Case Study House No. 8, because it is a landmark of mid20th century modern architecture. It was designed and constructed in 1949 by husbandand-wife Charles and Ray Eames to serve as their home and studio. The houses were documented before, during and after construction for publication in Arts & Architecture. The Eames' proposal for the Case Study House No. 8 reflected their own household and their own needs for a young married couple wanting a place to live, work and entertain in one undemanding setting in harmony with the site.

Some interesting aspects of the iconic house

• Materials used in order to speed up the process by using prefabrication which built the house in 90 hours

• The main materials within the house are the steel beams, glass and the coloured panels

• There are also organic materials such as wood panels, concrete walls, wood block floors and wooden staircases

The first floor has white tiles

The roof and terrace are made out of steel

Windows and doors are made out of industrial aluminium framing

In the studio the ground level has wooden flooring

First floor

Ground floor

East elevation

South elevation

West elevation

North elevation

Elevation Scale: 1:100

Iconic house Laser Cut

Iconic House collage

The Water Nest is an Ecological floating architecture, designed by Giancarlo Zama. This architecture is made entirely of recycled laminated timber and a recycled aluminum hull.

Eco-friendly features

It is made of environmentally friendly materials. And this kind of house can be mounted in any large and quiet water pond.

The use of materials and sustainable production systems makes this floating house recyclable up to as much as 98%.

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The internal structure has a natural micro-ventilation and air conditioning, which is classified as a low-consumption residential habitat.

• One interesting fact that I have learnt about the benefit of using recycled laminated timber is that recycled timber are stronger than new timber. This is because to make new lumber harder and stronger, they are placed in a drying kiln to get rid of the moisture that is still inside the wood material.

One of the disadvantage of using recycled timber is that it is hard to get them at the size that you need, especially if you need long pieces because these materials were already cut to size to begin with and they also needed to get trimmed at the edges to remove rot.