New Refuge Gervasutti by LEAPfactory
Climbers in the Alps can now spend their nights sleeping in a tube that cantilevers over the edge of a mountain. More
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Ark Nova by Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor
Here are some images of an inflatable concert hall designed by architect Arata Isozaki and artist Anish Kapoor to tour parts of Japan affected by the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. More
Sleepbox 01 by Arch Group
Russian architects Arch Group have completed the first of their tiny hotel rooms for napping at airports. More
Mobile Police Station by Gesamtkonzept
Police guarding the Turkish Consulate in Hanover have upgraded their VW bus for a tiny mobile office. More
Nomad by 1/100
This disco-cum-caravan is one of five timber-clad cabins installed by Swiss architects 1/100 in the garden of the Quai Branly Museum, Paris. More
Doomsday by Kacey Wong
Hong Kong artist and designer Kacey Wong has designed another topical robot-shaped survival suit, this time intended to protect people from radiation leaking from nuclear power stations. More
Une Architecture at the Mobile Art Pavilion by Zaha Hadid
An exhibition of work by London architect Zaha Hadid has opened inside her Mobile Art Pavilion (see our earlier story), which has found its permanent home in Paris having toured New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong since 2008. More
The Roof That Goes Up in Smoke by Overtreders W
This inflatable pillow on stilts is a picnic pavilion designed by Netherlands design studio Overtreders W. More
A Rolling Masterplan by Jagnefalt Milton
Buildings roll through the city on railway tracks in this masterplan by Swedish architects Jagnefalt Milton for Åndalsnes in Norway. More
Vostok Cabin by Atelier Van Lieshout
Dutch studio Atelier Van Lieshout have created a mobile, indestructible dwelling with an armoured shell. More
Fincube by Studio Aisslinger
Berlin designer Werner Aisslinger of Studio Aisslinger has completed a small mountainside mobile living unit in Ritten, Italy. More
Famiglia Grande by Kacey Wong
Hong Kong artist and designer Kacey Wong has designed shelters that look like robots for rich people who have lost their homes in the economic crisis. More
Gordon Wu CityLocal by Aberrant Architecture
Aberrant Architecture have proposed a mobile office canteen so that people working from home in residential areas can feel like they're part of a big company. More
Paddling Home by Kacey Wong
Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong has created a tiny floating house as part of the Hong Kong & Shenzhen bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. More
Sleepbox by Arch Group
Russian architects Arch Group have designed a booth for taking a quick nap in busy urban environments. More
Opera by Axel Enthoven
Belgian architect Axel Enthoven has designed a mobile holiday home that resembles the Sydney Opera House. More
It Hûske by Jurjen van Hulzen
Dutch designer Jurjen van Hulzen has designed a collection of office furniture for people to hide inside when they want to avoid working. More
Urban Camping by import.export
Belgian architects import.export have created a mobile multi-storey structure that allows people to camp in urban areas. More
Tin Man No. 11 by Kacey Wong
Hong Kong artist and designer Kacey Wong has designed a shelter for homeless people that looks like a robot. More
The Yorkshire Diamond Pavilion by Various Architects
Norwegian practice Various Architects have sent us these images of their design for a mobile pavilion, one of three finalists in a competition organised by Yorkshire Forward. More