A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This statement is a key to the philosophy of the firm, whose houses are suffused with a kind of quiet sophistication that mingle elegant, subtle modernism, with respect for local vernacular traditions. Low-key on the outside, on the inside these houses offer dancing symphonies in white.

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Modern Home Firms Renovation 75

Deezen

MARCH 22, 2024

The Palm Springs Art Museum has unveiled the reconstructed Aluminaire House in California, a modernist house originally designed in the 1930s by architect Albert Frey and editor A Lawrence Kocher. The three-storey house has a boxy frame with an entry program that is pushed back and framed by pilotis.

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Housing Deconstruction Modern Foundation 123

Brandon Donnelly

MARCH 21, 2024

In a few days, a new exhibit, called the Aluminaire House Exhibit , will open in a parking lot of the Palm Springs Art Museum. Now, museum goers won’t be able to go inside of the house due to accessibility limitations, but they’ll be able to look at it from the outside. Not surprisingly, the house was polarizing.

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Housing Home Modern Art 65

Deezen

MARCH 12, 2024

Micro homes are not a humane response to the homelessness crisis, writes Cynthia Griffith as part of our Social Housing Revival series. billion people are enduring inadequate housing conditions worldwide. billion people are enduring inadequate housing conditions worldwide.

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Home Housing Construction Construction 135

designboom

APRIL 22, 2023

the heritage home is now modern and light-filled, with a seamless connection between its interiors and its garden beyond. The post in melbourne, sunlight floods oscar sainsbury architects’ timber ‘arthur house’ appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Housing Architect Modern Interior 144

Dwell

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Every February, the multiday festival turns the Southern California city into the epicenter of all things midcentury modern. It’s Modernism Week in Palm Springs, and in the city’s Uptown Design District, the Shag Store is bumping. In short: If there’s a face of this year’s Palm Springs Modernism Week, it’s Shag.

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Modern Real Estate Events Remodeling 131

The Spaces

MARCH 21, 2023

‘The inspiration for the shape came from an ammonite fossil that we had on our dining room table,’ the Tetlows told Grand Designs magazine when the organic building appeared on the award-winning show in 2017. So, the idea was to design our home to reflect the nature around it.’ acres of wild meadowland.

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Housing Modern Design Exterior 129

designboom

MAY 7, 2024

SAMOROST House is currently under construction in czechia The first building made of mycelium is currently growing in the Czech Republic. Led by home reconstruction financier Buřinka and designed by graduate Tomasz Kloza, the SAMOROST House offers a new twist on the modern glamping experience.

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Building Modern Construction Construction 113

Deezen

APRIL 1, 2023

For our latest lookbook, we've collected eight homes where stylish wall-mounted and built-in bookshelves add storage and visual interest. The concrete is left exposed both here and throughout the rest of the house, which takes cues from the city's modernist and brutalist buildings, including examples by Luis Barragán.

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Home Visualization Inspiration Housing 145

Building and Interiors

MAY 28, 2022

What function do you believe a window has in a home’s curb appeal? The house ‘s appeal is boosted by the design and style of the windows. Due to shifting architecture and house design trends, windows have come a long way from traditional Victorian grills to modern minimalist designs in glass and wood.

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Windows Modern Inspiration Home 59

Aric Gitomer Architect

APRIL 26, 2022

Leviticus 14:33-35 states that “When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a case of leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession, then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘There seems to me to be some case of the disease in my house.”.

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Housing Architecture Home Installation 208

Deezen

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Following Norman Foster 's unveiling of the Foster Retreat holiday home , here are 12 houses featured on Dezeen that were designed by the world's most famous architects, including Zaha Hadid , Mies van der Rohe and David Adjaye. The home was built opposite the architect's own Martha's Vineyard residence.

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Housing Architect Design Client 145

Dwell

JUNE 15, 2023

One of the most pressing questions you ask yourself before getting a pet is, "How in the world will I keep my house clean once I invite this literal animal in to share my space?!" Pet owners everywhere are starting to modernize their approach to living with pets, reducing the stigma of pet ownership as an unclean practice.

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Modern Housing Mining Home 62

Dwell

JULY 7, 2022

Assembledge+ expands a century-old Hancock Park house with a backyard living space for the homeowners’ eldest son. When you’re building out a house that’s 100 years old, it’s really hard to recreate that era," Joanna says. "We We knew we wanted to go modern with the ADU, but also make it feel right with the rest of the house."

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Home Permits Regulation Windows 117

Deezen

APRIL 28, 2022

"It is a critical moment for modern architectural sites in the US," explained Docomomo US executive director Liz Waytkus. Waytkus believes that the US is at a critical juncture in the battle to conserve modern buildings due to the current economic climate. Photo courtesy of Buffalo Rising. Willert Park Courts, Buffalo, New York.

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Modern Building Real Estate Restoration 134

Dwell

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A time-honored tradition in my childhood home was, for some reason, fighting with my sister over sections of the Sunday edition of The New York Times. These brief glimpses of interiors looked and felt luxurious—a well-appointed loft that was markedly different from the home I lived in at the time.

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Home Mining Contemporary Concept 96

Archinect

JULY 24, 2023

Including an expansion of the footprint with a pool house addition, Hsu McCullough restored, remodeled, and modernized this hillside house finished in 1962 by architect David Hyun with consideration and appreciation informed by the original structure.

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Remodeling Restoration Finishes Information 130

DesignRulz

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The home is a sanctuary for unwinding and entertainment and reflects your personality. Whether beginning from scratch or starting a renovation project, designing your home ensures you can shape it to align with your lifestyle and vision. Picture your dream home The first step is picturing your vision. Be careful about details.

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Home Design Architecture Finishes 73

The Spaces

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

There’s a glowing redbrick interior within at this rare Frank Lloyd Wright -designed house in Wisconsin, up for rent via Airbnb. The pristine riverside house, known as Still Bend, was built in 1940 in the city of Two Rivers, located along the Lake Michigan shoreline, and embodies Wright’s vision of modern family living.

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Housing Home Roofing Modern 126

Dwell

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Instagram-famous desert home designed by SoCal starchitect Josh Schweitzer recently became available to book as a vacation rental, and my partner and I jumped at the chance to visit. Architect Joshua Schweitzer designed the Monument House in Joshua Tree, California, as a private retreat for the owner’s family and friends.

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Housing Windows Modern Transportation 141

designboom

APRIL 10, 2023

carolus zschieschang harmonizes the home's urban location with modern housing concepts and sustainable construction methods. The post german home’s cantilevering annex and natural tones invite the outdoors in appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Nature Concept Sustainability Modern 142

Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Toymaker Mattel and architecture magazine Pin-Up have released a book celebrating Barbie 's Dreamhouse to mark its 60th anniversary. Barbie and the "performing of domesticity' The homes themselves range from contemporary influencer houses all the way back to the mid-century bungalow of the 60s.

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Home Deconstruction Housing Contemporary 118

Habitus Living

AUGUST 26, 2022

Modern minimalism is inherently tied to Scandinavian design principles in the public consciousness, as Scandi minimalism swept across the globe in a flurry of magazines, awards, and social media trends. Minimalism began as a reaction against the overzealous consumerism that was cluttering the homes of families around the world.

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Housing Design Modern Home 98

The Spaces

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Authentic art deco design and turbulent histories combine at this interwar Kaunas apartment, which has opened as a new house museum in the Lithuanian capital. It is the only Amsterdam School building of its kind in Lithuania, built in a modern style closely linked to the art deco and art nouveau movements. . 58-6, Kaunas, Lithuania.

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Building Restoration Housing Art 124

Dwell

JANUARY 19, 2023

The listings also include a modernist home in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles and a farm home in the French countryside. Each week we round up the latest must-see homes that have just gone up for sale. Stay on top of new listings by signing up for On the Market , Dwell’s weekly real estate newsletter.

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Home Real Estate Modern Utilities 102

Deezen

MAY 30, 2022

Continuing our series exploring deconstructivist architecture we look at Gehry House, architect Frank Gehry 's radical extension to his home in Santa Monica, California. Gehry House was constructed using affordable materials such as corrugated steel. It is as if the house had always harbored these twisted shapes within it.". "It

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Housing Remodeling Renovation Materials 141

Architecture Ideas

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When done properly, home renovations can be extremely gratifying and highly transformative. Home remodeling is a rewarding experience whether you are renovating entirely or just a part. While you must start your home renovation somewhere, it is best to plan ahead. Where to Start with Home Renovation?

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Renovation Home Remodeling Permits 98

The Spaces

APRIL 4, 2023

Maison G was designed to turn heads – after all, the 1953 French villa by Claude Parent, Ionel Schein and Gilles-Louis Bureau was conceived for the cover of the magazine La Maison Française. Seventy years on, this time capsule home is on the market for €1.498m with its original fixtures and murals intact.

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Modern Home Housing Materials 126

Dwell

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The show at Michigan State University draws a line between the historic undervaluing of domestic labor and modern remote work surveillance. While those of us fortunate enough to bring their offices home found some respite indoors, our interior lives quickly succumbed to external madness. Information was scattered and sirens blazed.

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Home Installation Technology Technology 78

Dwell

MARCH 2, 2023

A designer and his client tell us about the compromises required to create a home worthy of being on the cover of an architecture magazine. The three developed such a good working relationship that when Danielle was ready to build her dream home, the two sides reversed roles—she hired The LADG, and suddenly she was their client.

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Home Building Clients Client 79

Deezen

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Ken Steffes remarked that it showcases "a fantastic way to apply architectural history to a modern structure. If the house survives a fire (and some fires seem truly insane), I’m not sure I would enjoy looking out on a landscape that has been burnt down," Sim said. You can already see burnt tree trunks around the house".

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Structure Modern Architecture Utilities 108

Dwell

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Profiled in various magazines [including Dwell ], the crafted home opens seamlessly onto a spacious courtyard, rich with landscaped gardens and a heated magnesium pool. Photo courtesy of McGrath Estate Agents See the full story on Dwell.com: Every Day Feels Like Vacation in This Byron Bay Home Seeking $2.8M

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Home Glass Modern Landscape 78

Dwell

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The listings also include a midcentury modern in Los Angeles, a 1957 block-and-beam home, and a converted flat in London. Each week we round up the latest must-see homes that have just gone up for sale. Stay on top of new listings by signing up for On the Market , Dwell’s weekly real estate newsletter.

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Real Estate Home Restoration Modern 95

Portland Architecture

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For the current Fall 2021 issue of Portland Monthly , I wrote about a new kitchen that Outside founder Jeremy Spurgin designed for the landmark Platt House, by the great Pietro Belluschi. Nearly every renovated midcentury-modern home seems to take liberties with the kitchen. The Platt house's new kitchen ( Josh Partee ). .

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Housing Design Renovation Art 223

e-architect

MAY 17, 2023

One of the primary design goals was to ensure that the home had a sense of connectivity, despite its size. They also incorporated strong natural materials like rough-cut Jerusalem tiles for the exterior walls, exposed board form concrete, and teak millwork accents throughout the home.

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Home Civil Engineering Firms Clients 53

Deezen

APRIL 10, 2024

Dolce & Gabbana unveiled a supertall skyscraper in Miami "Another example of kitsch moderne!" Another example of kitsch moderne!" Vk was similarly cynical about the project and suggested that "we need social, affordable housing, not this nonsense". Are you a fan of this Outer Hebrides home? Hot or not?

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IT Modern Home Exterior 72

Architecture Ideas

JULY 4, 2022

When it comes to furniture, the living room is one of the most important spaces in the house. Your living room is one of the most important rooms in your house because it’s where you relax, watch TV, and spend time with your family and friends. Why Living Room Furniture Is Important? Source: decorpot.com. Source: tripadvisor.com.

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