Tsumiki is the Japanese word for “wooden blocks”. How convenient that a Japanese architect, Kengo Kuma, has designed a set of wooden blocks in triangular shapes. They look so beautiful and made of cedar wood (approved from the forest conservation organization, More Trees.) They are only available in Japan right now and we look forward to […]
Month: January 2016
Got the Winter Blues? Build a Cardboard House!
You don’t need much to build a cardboard house and if you are stuck inside this winter, you might build something really interesting! (To see a world famous architect who uses cardboard/paper to make structures in the world, read about architect Shigeru Ban. A couple of the houses are from kits, but generally you can […]
Dump The Trump Tower
Donald Trump. A name that is in the news all of the time nowadays. Come to Chicago and cross the Michigan Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River and see the Trump Tower, a huge skyscraper, shaped like a bottle in reflective bluish glass with elegant and graceful curves. It WAS a beautiful building. And then Donald Trump decided to put […]