The architectural designs of Tom Wiscombe are overtly futuristic, to the point that were you to drop his concepts into the depictions of the London and San Francisco of the year 2259 in Star Trek Into Darkness, they wouldn't look out of place. His Lo Monaco House almost resembles a futuristic shuttle on a launchpad, yet the influences for this design are entirely removed from the realm of space fantasy – according to Wiscombe himself, that is.
The Lo Monaco House concept is a tale of two forms: an eye-catching crystal-like pointed mass and the slab-like pedestal it stands on
Inside the crystal
Face masks appear to also have been an influence on the design
Wiscombe compares these lines to Tā moko, the tattoo-like grooves with which Māori people permanently mark their faces and bodies
The Lo Monaco House concept is a tale of two forms: an eye-catching crystal-like pointed mass and the slab-like pedestal it stands on
An 18th-century depiction of a Māori man with distinctive Tā moko
Constantin Brâncuși's Portrait of Mlle Pogany with its limestone pedestal
The layout of Lo Monaco House
