Parasitic dwellings for homeless people would cling to the sides of lamp posts in this concept by British architecture graduate Milo Ayden De Luca (+ slideshow + movie). More »
Excrescent Utopia
by Milo Ayden De Luca
Tag: parasites
Excrescent Utopia
Music School Louviers extension
by Opus 5
Dezeen archive: parasite architecture
Dezeen archive: we've noticed a lot of parasitic architecture so here's a selection of buildings on Dezeen that sit, lean or cling on to others. See all the stories »
The Cube
by Electrolux
This pop-up restaurant has been touring Europe rooftops since last April and is currently perched on top of the Royal Festival Hall in London. More »
Kunsthalle Zürich by Gigon/Guyer Architects
and Atelier WW
A white concrete extension flows over the top of a former brewery in Zurich to give Swiss arts organisation the Kunsthalle Zürich its first permanent home. More »
Designed in Hackney: Shoreditch Rooms
by Archer Architects
Designed in Hackney: today's featured designers in our London borough of Hackney showcase are Archer Architects, who inserted a Corten steel-clad hotel behind the facade of a derelict pub in Shoreditch. More »
192 Shoreham Street by Project Orange
The two storeys that London architects Project Orange have added to the roof of a redundant brick warehouse in Sheffield look like another building stacked on top. More »
Manifest Destiny! by Mark Reigelman
and Jenny Chapman
Brooklyn artist Mark Reigelman and San Francisco architect Jenny Chapman have installed a wooden hut in an unusual city location – suspended on the side of a San Francisco hotel like a bird box. More »
A Room for London by David Kohn
and Fiona Banner
A boat-like structure temporarily anchored to the roof of London’s Southbank Centre is in fact a rentable one-bedroom apartment by London architect David Kohn and artist Fiona Banner. More »
Umicore Hoboken by Conix Architects
The Kimball Art Centre by Brooks + Scarpa
A ridged cloak of glazing would surround the extension to an art centre in Utah proposed by Californian architects Brooks + Scarpa. More »
Museum der Kulturen by Herzog & de Meuron
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have positioned a scaly crown over the top of this Basel museum (photographs by Roland Halbe). More »
Dresden Museum of Military History
by Daniel Libeskind - more images
British photographers Hufton + Crow have sent us new images of the Dresden Museum of Military History, which reopened last month following an extension by New York architect Daniel Libeskind. More »
Dresden Museum of Military History
by Daniel Libeskind
New York architect Daniel Libeskind has driven a pointed steel and glass shard through the heart of the war museum in Dresden, which reopens on October 14 after a 22-year closure. Update 17/11/11: see a new set of photos in our later story. More »
Moritzburg Museum Extension
by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us these images of an extension to a museum inside a ruined castle in Halle, Germany, by Spanish studio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. More »