cans

wow! there are so many interesting uses of can-cladded architecture! some better than worse, but all interesting to see and learn from!



Clare Graham adapted tin cans into a "wallpaper" of sorts for Larry Laslo's room in the 2008 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. She has quite an eye for reinventing materials. I am sure I will post more on her work in the future! I love the way it interacts with light.

via The New York Times





Pugh + Scarpa designed the Broadway Housing's "building skin [to be] partially clad with recycled aluminum cans formed into building blocks about twice the size of concrete blocks. [They] worked with the state to get the approval to work with local recycling companies to provide the material."

via Inspiration Green





Richard Van Os Keuls' rear-addition to his home in Silver Spring, Maryland is bedazzled with ~15,000 aluminum cans!

via The Washington Post





Here in Texas, John Milkovisch started his aluminum can project in Houston circa 1968.

via The Beer Can House