Chameleon The Archives

Wednesday 07 November, 2012

RMIT Swanston Academic Building by Lyons

This university building in Melbourne by Australian architects Lyons is covered in brightly coloured scales (+ slideshow). Above: photograph by John Gollings


Monday 23 April, 2012

Chameleon Restaurant / Za architects

Courtesy of Za architects Chameleon is a design of a dynamic interior which adapts to changing environment and can serve various purposes. The interior of the restaurant adapts to changing environment in the same way as the chameleon changes its color depending on its mood. The created space of the restaurant constantly resorts to mimicry [...]


Saturday 31 March, 2012

LIVE Between / HKS Architects

Courtesy of HKS Architects Live Between, a concept design by HKS Architects, is a newly launched hotel experience for guests who enjoy the extreme. Their design seeks out urban cities to set up short-term residency between existing buildings. As it moves from city to city, it is designed and installed specific to its temporary inhabitance. [...]


Saturday 31 March, 2012

LIVE Between / HKS Architects

Courtesy of HKS Architects Live Between, a concept design by HKS Architects, is a newly launched hotel experience for guests who enjoy the extreme. Their design seeks out urban cities to set up short-term residency between existing buildings. As it moves from city to city, it is designed and installed specific to its temporary inhabitance. [...]


Sunday 24 April, 2011

JC&M House / ALT arquitectura

© Silvio Posada Architects: ALT arquitectura - Ángel Luis Tendero, Bernardo Cummins Location: Madrid, Spain Project area: 217 sqm Project year: 2008 – 2010 Photographs: Silvio Posada


Friday 26 November, 2010

Gift Ideas: Huey Color Changing Cybertronic Chameleon Lamp

Meet Huey. He is no ordinary chameleon but actually an electronic cybertronic chameleon that moonlights as funky lamp! This uber cool lamp matches the color of the surface it sits on (told you its cool). Retailing on Think Geek for $29.99, the lamp has a color cycle mode which lets you moves through various colors [...]


Tuesday 16 November, 2010

Amazing Residence with a Panoramic View of Beverly Hills

After a ground up rebuild, the wonderful Carla Ridge Residence in Beverly Hills needs a new owner. This dream home is a symphony of white and grey: both the interior and the exterior are dominated by the two colours. When night falls, the house brights up but those few minutes of dusk show why this [...]


Friday 17 September, 2010

These are a few of my favorite things

Nothing fancy or tricky about this post.  I thought I’d share a few of my favorite things that I’ve come across over the past few months while shopping for clients.  It’s a mixed bag of things so enjoy..