by Brittany | Apr 22, 2020 | Architecture
At a time when many of us are more housebound than usual, Robert Hutchison’s Memory Houses offers tools for the conceptual construction of spaces to hold grief or build new mental architecture. Sarah Rose Sharp April 16, 2020 Excerpt from the book Memory Houses,...
by Brittany | Apr 22, 2020 | Architecture
The idea was dreamed up by Brooklyn-based designer Eny Lee Parker. Tanner West, April 7, 2020 Courtesy of Ryan Day. A group of architects, artists, and designers have taken to Instagram to share miniature dream homes made of clay, providing a much-needed dose of...
by Brittany | Apr 10, 2020 | Architecture
Facing demolition, the home, with its outsize legacy and the extensive art collection within, is being preserved thanks to a heartening collaboration By Janelle Zara April 6, 2020 Richard Neutra’s 1956 Chuey House is known for its stunning panoramic views. Photo:...
by Brittany | Mar 24, 2020 | Architecture
In a tiny seaside Tuscan village, a minimalist architect and designer proves that living with little but history can be the richest existence of all. In the master bath of De Cotiis’s Tuscan villa, a massive mirror of silvered brass hangs over a sink of cipollino...
by Brittany | Mar 24, 2020 | Architecture
A pair of Pennsylvania homes constructed by the Japanese-American furniture designer George Nakashima have become an enduring testament to midcentury folk craft. Kevin Nakashima has never moved from his family home, the first that his father, George Nakashima, built...
by Brittany | Mar 18, 2020 | Architecture
A nest is “a disordered stick bomb,” resilient in ways that humans have hardly begun to understand, much less emulate. Sticks in a cylindrical experiment at the Goodyear Polymer Center at the University of Akron in Ohio, where Hunter King investigates the engineering...