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Steve

Steve brings some European sensibility to the party at inhabitat. He was born in New York but grew up in the good old American South. He was converted back to big-city living in Paris and has never looked back. He is based in London as an urban designer with <A HREF="http://www.urbaninitiatives.co.uk">Urban Initiatives</A> writing masterplans, creating public spaces, and commissioning the odd bit of public art and street furniture. He is active in the <A HREF="http://www.udg.org.uk">Urban Design Group</A> in the UK, walks 20 minutes to work every day, and still swims competitively with the <A HREF="http://www.camdenswisscottage.co.uk">Camden Swiss Cottage Swim Club.</A>

November 3, 2006

PREFAB FRIDAY: Home Factory in London

by Steve

Home Factory, London, modular, stackable prefab

Throughout Europe, the idea of a single, self-build pre-fab house is impractical because of the cost and scarcity of land. To be truly affordable, pre-fab homes need to be designed as apartments that can stack together horizontally and vertically. This is the market Home Factory in London has aimed their homes – at big public housing associations and charities to bring designer pre-fab homes to affordable levels.

September 26, 2006

CYCLOC AT 100% Design

by Steve

Steve Lorimer, Cycloc, 100% Design, Bicycle Lock

Cyclers of the world unite! Designer Andrew Lang has come out with an innovative new bicycle storage device, called the Cycloc, which allows you to hang and lock your bike to a wall. Not only does it free up your hallway space (who wants to try to trip through a bunch of bikes in the middle of the night), but its also extremely secure and stylish to boot.

Inhabitat’s Steve Lorimer was on hand to report from London Design Festival’s 100% Design. Check out his audio/visual reportage on the Cycloc here >

RE-CYCLE STAGE: Bike Storage with a Twist!

by Steve

An intriguing project emerged at the London Design Festival’s Eco-Design Day: the Re-Cycle Stage. This bicycle storage shed/community event stage is a creation of architect Christos Choraitis.

The Sanford Housing Co-op had a growing bicycle problem; over a hundred bikes cluttered hallways and fire exits because there were no secure places to store them. A solution was needed to keep bikes on the property, so Choraitis and other residents skilled in woodworking, environmental design, and carpentry stepped forward to help out their co-op in the New Cross Gate neighborhood of London (all residents are required to work for the co-op in some fashion, in addition to paying their rent.)

September 16, 2006

YOUMEHESHE’S ORGANIC PREFAB HOUSE

by Steve

organic house youmeheshe

At the last London Pecha Kucha event, Youmeheshe architects presented their small but tall ‘organic house’ — a wood pre-fab prototype that was Youmeheshe’s answer to a British-government challenge last year for architects to design an affordable house for under £60,000.

September 16, 2006

PECHA KUCHA LONDON

by Steve

london pecha kucha

Pecha Kucha – Japanese for the sound of conversation - is fast establishing itself as London’s place to catch-up on whats going on in the design world. It’s a grown-up version of show-and-tell that includes architects, designers, branding experts, and DJs.