Product – Material: Glass and Plastic Bottles

Artist/Designer: Designer Unknown

Project Location: United States

Figure 1: Bottles as Building Materials. Source: Urbanist, 5 Recycled Architecture from Bottles, Cans, Bales & Tires. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Web Urbanist. ( Source | Accessed : January 13, 2014 )

Figure 2: Bottles as Building Materials. Source: Urbanist, 5 Recycled Architecture from Bottles, Cans, Bales & Tires. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Web Urbanist. ( Source | Accessed : January 20, 2014 )

Figure 3: Bottles as Building Materials. Source: Urbanist, 5 Recycled Architecture from Bottles, Cans, Bales & Tires. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Web Urbanist. ( Source | Accessed : January 13, 2014 )

Figure 4: related project: see Morimoto Restaurant, NYC Architect and Designer Tadao Ando ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2018 | Photographer: Stephanie Goto )

Style/Period(s):
Vernacular

Primary Material(s):
Glass, Plastic

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Surface Magazine Article January 2017 | Accessed : April 7, 2018

article about design and art using recycled materials | Accessed : April 7, 2018

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:
Bahamón, Alejandro and Maria Camila Sanjinés. Rematerial: from Waste to Architecture. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.

Significant Dates:

Tags:
Residence, Bottle house, Tadao Ando, Morimoto, bottles, glass, recycled materials, found materials, sustainable design, recycled

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