My post for the “Artful Travels” series at the TOKY Blog.
NYT: “An Industrial Strength House in Pittsburgh.” I love this place and the story behind it. (Photograph by Tony Cenicola for The New York Times.)
One image — photograph by Jamie Salomon, styling by Kara Butterfield — from “Prefabulous: Vacation Homes from a Prefabricated Kit,” in this month’s Boston Magazine. The architect, of course, is Rocio Romero.
Alain de Botton tweeted this morning, “The boat is live.”
A Room for London is a one-bedroom installation, available to rent by the public for night-long stays throughout 2012. During the year it will also transmit a programme of writing, performance and music.
The one-bedroom installation, built by Living Architecture and designed by David Kohn Architects in collaboration with the artist Fiona Banner, will stay on top of the roof throughout 2012. It will provide guests with a place of refuge and reflection amidst the flow of traffic at this iconic location in the capital. The lower and upper decks offer extraordinary views, by day and night, of a London panorama that stretches from Big Ben to St Paul’s cathedral.
Living Architecture, which de Botton is involved with, describes itself as “a social enterprise dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of world-class modern architecture.” Cool ideas all the way around.
From the Build Blog’s “Keeping the Character: A Mid-Century Remodel.” Click through for more photos of this beautiful Seattle home.
The firm I work for encourages Hooky Days every October. I spent mine at the Frank Lloyd House-designed Kraus House in Kirkwood. Great time.
One image from “Life in a Belgian Water Tower,” a NYT piece about a family that moved to a decommissioned water tower in Brussels.
The Sobrino House, a home and work space in Argentina designed by A4 Estudio (via Contemporist)
I mean c’mon: the Nobis House by Susanne Nobis. She designed this house — located near a lake in the Berg state of Germany — for herself and her family of four. As you’ll see in the additional photos if you click through, it’s made up of a private residence and a workspace, connected by a glass-enclosed walkway just a few steps above ground level. (via Coudal)
A 500-square-foot Puget Sound getaway — designed by architect Tom Kundig — for one lucky writer. (Via “Shutter Island” at Dwell.com)
The trailer for Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman, a documentary I streamed on Netflix last night, per its recommendation. Good call. (The director, by the way, is a St. Louis native.)
The Wall Street Journal profiles the “Arc House,” a half-underground home designed by Maziar Behrooz and built in East Hampton. There’s a slideshow and a video. Love it.
Another striking building by Steven Holl: The Vanke Center in Shenzhen, China. (Photographed by Iwan Baan/Steven Holl Architects)
Love this: The Farnsworth House in Legos. (via Print Mag’s “Frank Lego Wright, architect”)
Jetson Green previews Jörg Rügemer’s 125 Haus, under construction in Utah.
