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house_uc, miyahara architect office
2008-04-22 19:33:00 House_Uc, Setagaya, Tokyo, japan. Built: 2005 Miyahara Architect Office Check out the back of the house!
thermique heated window glass
2008-04-22 00:06:00 Thermique? heated glass technology transforms ordinary glass into a heating device for eliminating cold areas near windows. A transparent coating on the glass generates heat when subjected to an electrical current. The current is supplied by two buss bars located on opposite sides of the glass. All electrical components are hidden within the window frame. ... More About: Building Materials , Glass , Window , Heated
kohler karbon faucet
2008-04-21 22:09:00 Kohler introduces its new Karbon Faucet with fully articulating joints…. and joy stick control. See a video at Moco Loco More About: Kohler
container house in new zealand
2008-04-21 21:53:00 I remember seeing this house a few years ago [where?! where?!] and details were sketchy. Now Flickr user petraalsbach has uploaded a full photoset on the place. I think it turned out great! The entire house looks to be made from reclaimed materials. Very creative. Any of you readers have more details about this project? ... More About: House , New Zealand , Container , Zealand
a container cottage project
2008-04-21 21:36:00 fabprefab reader kt has started a thread entitled my new cottage - the project entails the use of four 24′ Matson Hi-Cube containers. See the thread for photos of the assembly, from pouring the foundation to lifting the containers into place. I can hardly wait to see how this turns out! More About: Project , Cottage , Container
onion flats
2008-04-21 21:18:00 Onion Flats is a Philadelphia architecture firm run by two brothers, Tim and Patrick McDonald, and architect/builder Kurt Schlenbaker. They convert rundown industrial sites into residential and mixed-use projects, such as Market Flats, Capital Flats, and Rag Flats. They do everything from designing, building, and selling to managing the properties themselves. The firm has no ... More About: Onion
mod house range, prebuilt
2008-04-18 20:15:00 The Prebuilt Mod House Range is for those who like their homes clean and crisp with a modernist edge. These finely detailed, timber clad pavilions are based on a modular system offering the ultimate in flexibility. Designed in partnership with Pleysier Perkins, the Mod house range is based on a modular system and extends from ...
call for small-retreat submissions for publication
2008-04-18 19:00:00 From Katie Hutchison: “Today I?m embarking on a book project with The Taunton Press. I?ll be writing about appealing, small retreats ? backyard and beyond. The featured retreats will be from the U.S. and will each be less than 750 square feet. They may include such uses as: an artist studio, beach pad, bunk house, pool cabana, ... More About: Small , Call , Publication , Retreat
julius shulman, modernism rediscovered
2008-04-18 18:41:00 Julius Shulman, Modernism Rediscovered Hardcover, 3 volumes in a slipcase, 11.4 x 14.5 in., 1008 pages, and according to Lloyd, 29 pounds… published by Taschen. Shown below, and of course included in the book(s) is Albert Frey’s Residence 1, one of my all-time favorite houses, located in Palm Springs, built in 1947 for 6 bucks psf. ... More About: Julius
harry wilks fine art photography
2008-04-18 03:05:00 40 Wall Street Link More About: Photography , Fine Art , Harry , Fine
two great pots from finnishdesignshop
2008-04-17 22:59:00 Above: Sarpaneva Iron Pot for Iittala, by Timo Sarpaneva Below: Neo for Iittala, by Claesson Koivisto Rune FinnishDesignShop More About: Great , Kitchen and Bath
william abranowicz photographs
2008-04-17 22:34:00 A few images from the photographer’s book, The Greek File: Images from a Mythic Land More About: Photographs , William
angela drury photography
2008-04-17 21:26:00 Two shots from the photographer’s travels in Iceland. More About: Photography , Angela
sunset cabin, taylor smyth architects
2008-04-17 18:56:00 Sunset Cabin , Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. 190sf. Taylor Smyth Architects Via The Coolhunter More About: Sunset
kitchen on wheels, and more from marie claire maison
2008-04-17 18:35:00 Julie at Remodelista found this great Parisian kitchen by architects Karine Chartier and Thomas Corbasson in Marie Claire Maison - it’s part of a gallery of kitchens entitled Cuisines autours d’un bloc central (kitchens around a central block) - be sure to have a look-see. Very nice. More About: Kitchen , Marie Claire , Wheels
friggebod and civil rights
2008-04-17 18:00:00 From Scott Hedges (and quite funny, too): http://www.novoline.se/ This is a site selling the “Linne” which is a prefab shed, with modernist intentions. I think you’ll have to agree that this site deserves an award for all out Nordic chutzpah. Make sure you have your speakers turned up when you open this site. Never before have the ... More About: Rights , Civil Rights , Civil
y?all need a good pokin? once in a while
2008-04-17 17:03:00 John Waters Visit Marfa, 2003 [source] [via] More About: Good
simone swan and the adobe alliance
2008-04-17 00:03:00 In the 1970s, Simone Swan apprenticed to Hassan Fathy, and in the late 1990s, she established the Adobe Alliance in the Big Bend area of West Texas in order to realize low-cost housing in the border region. After much local research on environmental climate and culture, she decided to target Presidio County, with a 37% ... More About: Building Materials
nora house, atelier bow wow
2008-04-16 22:48:00 Nora House , Sendai, Japan. Built: 2006 Atelier Bow-Wow Record Houses 2008 - article and slideshow More About: Nora
a rammed earth house in ontario, blair burrows architect
2008-04-16 21:28:00 The Mud House , 80 Burrows Road (off Weston Road), King City, Ontario . Built: 1937 This unusual house was constructed in 1937 by Blair Burrows, a remarkable woman from Toronto, using only local materials and without cutting down any trees. She built the house entirely by hand, using the ancient pisé de terre or ?rammed earth? method. ... More About: Earth , Building Materials
update on the tags
2008-04-16 20:23:00 More than a few of you have complained (in a nice way) that you miss the tag cloud from the previous version. During the upgrade/redesign the tags were stored in a folder, and we had some trouble figuring out how to re-insert them. This is what happens when you don’t upgrade when new versions (in ... More About: Update , Tags
tectonic table series, alain gilles for bonaldo
2008-04-16 01:17:00 Milan Preview from the designer: The Tectonic Table Series is based on the idea of movement within the construction of its shape but also the ability to create unexpected freeform geometry by shifting and juxtaposing several small tables one next to the other. Hence, these tables are a combination between a plastic and a graphic ... More About: Furnishings
casa jardin del sol, arsenio pérez amaral
2008-04-15 21:01:00 Jardin del Sol, Canary Islands, Spain No other info, but what a view…. Corona y P Amaral Arquitectos - click on ‘obras’, then ‘viviendas’ Via CoolBoom More About: Casa
the boathouse at muuratsalo
2008-04-15 20:31:00 Two photos from Flickr user bjorn_cph’s photostream, Suomi - the boathouse (above) was built on the grounds of Aino and Alvar Aalto’s Experimental House at Muuratsalo to house Alvar’s launch, Nemo propheta in patria (below) Other links: Säynätsalo, Galinsky and materialicious’ Aalto-related posts
binova fires line cooktops
2008-04-15 20:03:00 Binova Via Remodelista More About: Fires , Line , Appliances
buy a piece of terminal 8
2008-04-15 18:46:00 Growing up, I flew in and out of JFK Airport many, many times, and remember Terminal 8 vividly. It was gorgeous! This depresses me a bit, and don’t even get me started on the business with JetBlue and Saarinen’s TWA Terminal…. but at least the materials will be put to good use. From Olde Good Things’ ... More About: Piece
online design marketplace
2008-04-15 18:07:00 New: artnet’s online Design Marketplace allows one to browse or search 20th and 21st Century Design works for sale at 150 galleries and auctions in 75 countries. Anyone recognize the chair above? More About: Online , Furnishings
Rustic Reuse Cabin
2008-04-14 18:17:00 Paul Stankey (of Hive Modular prefab fame) and his brother Scott (and their wives) have completed the container cabin they’ve been building on their family property in northern Minnesota for the past nine years. I blogged this a while ago, and I’m really impressed with how it turned out! And it only cost 15,000 bucks! See ... More About: Cabin
new theme
More articles from this author:2008-04-14 08:40:00 Yes, it’s a new theme. No, it’s not finished yet. And maybe, just maybe, the tags shall return some day (they fell victim to the upgrade…). Thanks for your patience, y’all. More About: Theme 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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