Hermès secret garden

Once upon a time, there was a little "secret garden" found in Lasalle School of the Arts, Singapore This garden was so secretive that it was built in one night and dismantled after five hours!

What happened was that Hermès had asked Lekker Architects to produce a “secret garden,” a wondrous pop-up landscape that would exist as the setting for a party. Hence, they came up with a brilliant solution to borrow some plants from a nursery and place it on the otherwise plain astroturf. On top of the greenery, a series of fantasy like paper sculptures were built. 

This secret garden may hence be termed as an ephemeral architecture. 

(Photo Credits: Lekker Architects)

Art or Architecture?

Look at these awe-inspiring works of art (or architecture?) made by illustrator cum architect Federico Babina that transforms famous works of art into buildings!

He imagined how a house or building designed by some of the world's famous artists, such as Picasso, Andy Warhol and Mondrian, will look like by reinterpreting their style and visual language in their works of art.

Mad about rubber bands

Prior to the rainbow loom craze, french designer Elodie Blanchard was already obsessed with rubber bands and had already started working with those rubber bands bought from 99-cent stores to make costumes and other products like bowls and light fixtures!

A Giant Aprostrophe Bridge!

Have you seen a bridge with a shark's fin and shaped like an apostrophe? Yes, as in the apostrophe in punctuations!


The Scale  Lane Bridge in Hull, England by architects McDowell and Benedetti can swing open to allow boats to pass while pedestrians can continue to go along with the ride.



Incidentally, the bridge also resembles a ship when tucked up against the riverbank and viewed from afar.

Please may I have a stool?

As part of Singapore Archifest 2014's highlight, two pavilions have been built to represent the festival's theme "Crowd". One of the pavilions actually made use of the common kopitiam stools to create the monumental architectural space! Look at how these kopitiam stools are used to form the entire structure!