Contour Mountain Home Design Plans

Built on the light sloping highland, this house designed dynamic ... Architects. Post from: Architectural Media | Home Decor Ideas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:40:57

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Clerkenwell Apartment by David Chipperfield Architects

The Modern House Estate Agents have listed this duplex penthouse apartment for sale at £2.4 million. The 3 bedrooms, 2 bathroom apartment was designed by David Chipperfield Architects [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 13:44:42

133 Kenyon Street- Hartford’s West End

I recently listed this stunningly remodeled Victorian located at 133 Kenyon Street in the West End of Hartford. The architect was William H ... by my Open House on Sunday, January 25 from 1:00-3:00. Here are some pictures for a preview… 133 Kenyon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:23:23

The Hillclimber House in LA

Up until now, I was dead sure houses can’t climb, but the talented people from Kovac Architects made me reconsider my position. In the Pacific Pallisades of Los Angeles, they managed to design a house with a contour ... accents and wood, they managed to create a refined minimalist but modern design with classic accents. It’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 21:36:52

1967 Modern House For Sale in Tewin

Do you remember the 1964 House For Sale in London that we scooped last week? Today we have another one ... . Designed and built in 1967 by architect Colin Huntley, this beautiful three-bedroom terrace house ... remodeling by STUDIO Blueboat who had the mission to make the living-room/dining-room larger and to move [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 11:50:20

The Britt House in Paradise Gardens

Paradise Gardens, an impossibly cool mid-century housing development outside Phoenix, AZ, ... plans, to shame. Attributed largely to the architect Alfred Beadle, who was responsible for the only Case Study House to be built outside California, the development consists of a number of ranch style [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 19:50:07

Deconstructing the Lincoln Memorial Reflection Pool

What a concert yesterday. I don't ever remember watching an outside concert for the inauguration. I guess we have had them before ... . When Pierre L'Enfant drew up a plan for a city 10-miles square and centered on the Congress House ... was sited by the McMillan Commission and designed by architect Henry Bacon. Construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:48:00

What it Sold For: John Lautner's Gantvoort Residence

Click the image above to view the full photogallery ... in price. And here's one that we've been tracking: Architect John Lautner's Gantvoort Residence at 3778 ... the house, and they have no interest in doing anything with it ie tear it down ," Sam Buchanan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 02:32:47

Elegance In My Home…

Marilyn and Rohith Dissanayaka built their home in Mirihana in the close vicinity of the busy town of Nugegoda. Chartered Architect Hiranthi Velendaawa of H.W. Architects, designed their home making ... of the Mirihana Junction, the house is quite protected from dust and traffic sounds due to its own design [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 10:14:00

Year in Review, 2008 Architecture Awards: Jean Nouvel, Ennis House, and Building of the Year

As 2008 comes to a close, here's a look (and in some cases, an update) to the more compelling and fantastic stories that stood out this year ... , is slowly being restored.) UPDATE: Well, not the best news. "There are no plans to open the house ... Never Move Past the Rendering Stage: It was French architect Jean Nouvel’s leafy green giant [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 22:30:12

Week of January 20, 2009

Today, Inauguration Day, we reviewed what we had learned during our fall Government Unit on the responsibilities of citizens, including voting, ... the Froebel Blocks, that reportedly inspired Frank Lloyd Wright to become an architect ... as architects & urban planners as we invite you, our families, to an Open House on Tue, Feb. 10, from 6-7 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:19:00

Half Dose #55: Taipei Performing Arts Center

The following text and images are courtesy Vienna-based Architects ... as a single security point for the back of house. The design tries to achieve a marriage between ... merged into the design motif of a sound wave. The building's undulating roof is reminiscent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:30:00

Book Review: Exit-Architecture

Exit-Architecture: Design Between War and Peace (2008) by Stephan TrübySpringerPaperback, 113 pagesThe notion that architects design spaces ... for the reconstruction of a space in House of Commons to its pre-WWII state, even though it would [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 23:30:00

Storybook Architecture

Mona Vale, Christchurch. Jan 2009. Ajr The Mona Vale Gatehouse (top image) is one of my favourite Christchurch houses ... for Frederick Waymouth in 1899-1900. Designed by Christchurch architect, J.C Maddison in the Arts & Crafts style, it sold to Annie Townend in 1905. It was she who renamed it Mona Vale – after her mother’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:00:00

Horizontal Space by Duilio Damilano

Cuneo, Italy based architect Duilio Damilano has sent us photos of his studio’s latest house project they’ve recently completed, which they call “Horizontal Space.” The house is about 300 square metres (3230 square feet), with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Visit Duilio Damilano’s website - here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:32:41

Economic Jihad: $700 Billion Bail-Out Aids Oil Rich Arab Sheikhs

Posted by request: Economic Jihad: $700 Billion Bail-Out Aids Oil Rich Arab Sheikhs  By Paul L. Williams (author of The Day of Islam) ... , and instigate against their corporations. Blind Sheikh Abdel Rahman, principal architect ...   - - including Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, President George W. Bush, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:02:13

Irishtown

Irishtown is one of those districts, like Kilmainham or Oxmanstown, that started out as distinct villages or towns outside Dublin and then later, ... with, apparently, an attic storey flight. Architect's survey plans (Ground Floor above and First Floor ... of these house, 11 & 13 Bath Street and replace them with something similar, because they're [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 20:26:06

ArchiCentral for architects and admirers alike

I just love watch designs of buildings and houses, don’t you? ... in high school. Nevertheless, that does not stop me from ogling the designs of structures. I cannot ... , or perhaps like this apartment-style house I came across that looked like the bathroom was on the patio [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 04:46:53

A rosy, cozy showplace

Ready for family, and friends, in Pasadena's Prospect Historic District Visitors to the Rose Bowl who take the scenic route into the stadium's ... Wright's La Miniatura, Charles and Henry Greene's Gamble House and, though lesser known, a 1911 two-story home by architect Sylvanus B. Marston. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:00:00

Scenes from a wet Sunday

Scenes from a wet Sunday September 7th, 2008 ... . Speaking of Figless Manor, the architect came yesterday, and produced five floor plans for the house [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 13:35:35

score?

Corinne em: American Cheerleader =0) Originally uploaded by ***MADAME MIX*** ... me refinish my old kitchen table (it had been my mother's). He's an architect. He also has access to major ... , the bread didn't rise. My house is cold and the warming mechanisms I attempted may have killed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:11:21

Melodic Baker’s Dozen

I decided to compile a sweeping list of my favorite songs from female musicians in and around 2008 ... _sr_2.jpg 9. Kate Walsh “Talk of the Town” from Tim’s House ref=pd_bbs_sr_2.jpg 10. Sarah Buxton “Stupid ... from The Builder and the Architect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:14:32

Elvis Presley's Palm Springs Home On The Market

Filed under: Estates Some names add cachet to a house years after they have moved on. Elvis Presley definitely falls into that category ... . Architect Albert Frey designed the Spanish-style stucco home which includes Presley's bedroom suite ... . Just last year Reno Fontana and his wife, Laura bought the home and announced plans to restore it and offer [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 11:02:00

The Campbell Apartment

Jump to CommentsOne of my favorite bars in all of New York is called the Campbell Apartment and it is located right inside the most famous train ... Campbell.  In 1920, after retiring from his position as chairman of Credit Clearing House, Campbell ... feet long, and had 25 foot high ceilings.  Campbell hired New York architect Augustus N. Allen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:40:41

Col. Heck’s Oakwood “Spec” Houses

Above is the Heck-Lee House in 1972. Below is a view taken last night ... Victorian houses lining the streets. I remember being intrigued by the three near-identical ... of houses at Jones and East Streets. Their distinctive design is attributed to his own architect, G.S.H. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:19:11

CurbedWire: Guerrero Party, Monarch Group Meets WeHo

2009.01m.jpg LOS ANGELES: On Friday night, Friends of the Hollyhock House will host a reception for photographer Pedro E. Guerrero, who worked extensively with architect Frank Lloyd Wright. There will be a meet and greet, a look at his private collection, and the screening of the documentary film "Pedro E. Guerrero [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:01:01

Using 3d Drafting Software

Using 3d Drafting Software by admin on January 19th, 2009 I have been wanting to add on to the house that I had built years ago ... my addition. He is just starting out as an architect, doing drawings for various jobs ... is pretty cool because it essentially lets me look at what my house could look like once we build [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:40:50

Final Wooden House

from Archinect Final Wooden House - Type: wooden bungalow - Location: Kumamura, Japan - Completion: 2008 Images and text by Sou Fujimoto Architects - Photographer: Iwan Baan —————————————————————————————————- I wanted to create an ultimate wooden architecture. I thought through this bungalow [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 11:53:09

The Wayback Machine: Your Solar House

Before the word "solar" evoked images of flat PV panels stuck on rooftops, many architects already had a mind to use the sun to maximum advantage in their designs ... out of print, entitled Your Solar House. The large, illustration-heavy volume features forty-nine homes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:26:08

Post Modern Update: The Pasinetti House

Simplicity and elegance in a modern setting. A kitchen remodel even a dog could love. ( ... architects. Today many of his modernist buildings in Bucharest are landmarks. Despite designing dozens of buildings in Southern California, Georgescu never gained the same level of fame [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:53:21

Head North: Renzo Piano's Academy of Sciences Opening

A project that sister Curbed SF has dutifully been tracking, ... it the "crowning achievement of sustainable architecture," Inhabitat notes the project will house 38,000 ... feeling jealous, a reminder that more Piano designs for LA are forthcoming: The architect is doing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 22:06:55

Change might be in the air, but America is also in a retrospective mood

Think Progress gives a run down on the outgoing Bush Administration in The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever:1 ... as deputy chief of staff, “The Architect” was responsible for politicizing nearly every agency ... was involved in a series of scandals, first as White House counsel and then as Attorney General [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:05:00

Modern house plans

When we are speaking about Modern House Plans , we are definitely implicating to the modern styles it co-opts ... by our this age architects, like craftsman, bungalow, art deco/ modern art, French eclectic, A-frame ... and neo-anything. So you are almost flooded with options and now you can plan your house adopting [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 01:21:24

The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever

This item originally published in yesterday’s Progress Report. To receive The Progress Report in your email inbox everyday, click here. [ ... as deputy chief of staff, “The Architect” was responsible for politicizing nearly every agency ... , Gonzales was involved in a series of scandals, first as White House counsel and then as Attorney [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:00:39

NASA Administrator Building his dream home

Just imagine a post-NASA Mike Griffin building his retirement dream home.First, take all the plans you've paid competing architects to devise to meet your stated needs ... decreeing the size and shape of the shell of the house and choosing a builder, mandate on said builder [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 06:45:00

Mary Pickford and Pickfair

Mary Pickford was our first real international movie star ... of 87 while still living at Pickfair.Pickfair was designed by the architect Wallace Neff and was located in the San Ysidro Valley near Los Angeles (1143 Summit Drive). The house featured 22 rooms [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:37:00

Before You Put Up That Daria Gate…

Dear former President George and Laura Bush: You may wish to check out Doug Newby’s 10240 Gaywood listing before you go to all the trouble of moving ... and the Hicks spread, classical mid-century modern design by architect Scott Lyons, a protege of O’Neil Ford. This home has 9902 square feet, a 3800 square foot guest house, pool, standing seam metal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:51:58

Millions await historic Obama inauguration

WASHINGTON: Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasps the reins of power as America’s first black president in a high-noon inauguration ... control of the White House by George W. Bush. Bush leaves Washington as one of the nation’s most unpopular and divisive presidents, the architect of two unfinished wars and the man in charge at a time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:45:50

One tiny apartment, dozens of rooms

Hong Kong architect Gary Chang has renovated his tiny apartment four times since he's owned it ... . Chang's Suitcase House uses many of the same principles as his apartment. (link) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:52:34

Think Progress: 'Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever'

Perhaps one of the last trips down Dear Leader memory lane, take a look at this list, courtesy of the good folks at Think Progress ... of staff, “The Architect” was responsible for politicizing nearly every agency of the federal government ... in a series of scandals, first as White House counsel and then as Attorney General. Some of the most [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:13:37

Barrack Obama News Of The Day Update

Download nos_headlinesknop.jpg WASHINGTON – Braving frigid temperatures, ... control of the White House by George W. Bush. He leaves Washington as one of the nation's most unpopular and divisive presidents, the architect of two unfinished wars and the man in charge at a time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:52:13

House of the Week - Neoclassical Transformation

When I created the post about French inspired renovations in Atlanta, it made me realize how few of my posts contain pictures of houses ... , and landscape design. I feel fortunate to live in Atlanta, a city that has so many beautiful homes and illustrious architects. Homes from Atlanta are frequently featured on the pages of the design [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:28:00

My First Work: Victorian Home Addition Near USC

My First Work showcases a project recently completed by a student, architect or designer. Submissions to the tipline ... from the University of Southern California. Over the years, the interior of the existing house had slowly been partitioned off to become a duplex with dormitory type accommodations for students. Programmatically [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 19:17:26

Estate Envy

We’ve decided to start a weekly feature for The Real Estate of Things ... chooses skeppsholmen Love this house but can’t afford international real estate? Take a look at the Cottage Company. The Cottage Company with the help of architect Ross Chapin have been busy creating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:28:53

360 Winnett: Demolition

After 5 years of living in a quaint post-war bungalow in Toronto, Jeremy Bell and his wife decided it was time for a larger, more modern and green house. This is Jeremy's next installment in the 360 Winnett Project ... have been spent daydreaming about the final design, working with our architect and coordinating [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 17:45:26

The Old Dairy by Thomas De Cruz Architects

Thomas De Cruz Architects provided a contemporary design for the remodel of this Victorian home in south-west London ... the garden into the house and to flood the previously dingy Victorian interior with an abundance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:03:08

Wall of windows

I recently had the opportunity to tour a house that was just built in Brookhaven, one of the most beautiful parts of Atlanta ... has low ceilings (7'10"), but the architect and designer used a lot of floor to ceiling windows and an open floor plan to make the space feel expansive. Traditional Home, October 2008. Interior design [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 19:30:00

Flex 1 Kitchen: Elegance Simplified By Strato Cucine

stratocucine-kitchen-flex-1 Modern architecture does not hesitate to try the unthinkable and the most fascinating of designs no matter what ... design house Strato Cucine follows along the same lines in modernistic and fashionable looks in creating their new line, the Flex 1 Kitchen. Architect Simone Micheli materialises Marco Gorini’s bold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:52:28

Inaugural Luncheon Needs Foam

Thanks to Serious Eats and some masterful googling skills, ... a meeting place for the House of Representatives.First course will be served on this china, which ... - what will you be having for dinner???Images provided by the Architect of the Capitol and the official 2009 Inauguration [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:57:00

7 TIPS BEFORE YOU REMODEL

You’ve made the decision to hire an architect or builder to redesign your (pick one) home, kitchen, bathroom, great room, or master bedroom ... some help. At LOCUS, we generally recommend our clients do a full house assessment before they start ... , and the eventual appearance of mold. Consider an ERV or HRV, or another appropriate ventilation strategy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:47:43

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