The Architecture Thread

[Van Veen]

Really into the Scandinavian cabin aesthetic right now...

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Villa Boreale / CARGO Architecture

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Rabbit Snare Gorge / Omar Gandhi Architect + Design Base 8

 

[Journeyman]

A lautner masterpiece restored

The Hope house is incredible. The curved concrete roof over the outdoor area must have been a real challenge to make.

 

[imatlas]

Really into the Scandinavian cabin aesthetic right now...

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Villa Boreale / CARGO Architecture


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Rabbit Snare Gorge / Omar Gandhi Architect + Design Base 8

That deck would suck to keep clear of snow.

 

[Journeyman]

That deck would suck to keep clear of snow.

Good point. Plus, how do people stay warm in these places? Open-plan living with double- or triple-height ceilings and lots of glass without curtains must be a pain to keep warm when it's -15C (5F) outside.

 

[Lionel Hutz]

Probably two hundred or so.

And they come up all the time for less than $2M, mostly usonian. FLW foundation maintains a page of listings

https://www.savewright.org/news/wright-on-the-market/

I like to check it periodically

 

[Van Veen]

That deck would suck to keep clear of snow.

Good point. Plus, how do people stay warm in these places? Open-plan living with double- or triple-height ceilings and lots of glass without curtains must be a pain to keep warm when it's -15C (5F) outside.

You don’t worry about it because you’re only there in the summer and fall.

 

[imatlas]

You don’t worry about it because you’re only there in the summer and fall.

And one year you come back and the deck is a pile of rubble next to the house.

 

[venessian]

nvm

 

[Lionel Hutz]

Beloved roadside central texas landmark apparently not beloved enough

The iconic Round Bank in Bellmead, Texas, will be demolished

The American Bank in Bellmead represents one of the most recognizable of icons in Central Texas, but will be demolished in 2020 for a replacement bank.

archpaper.com

 

[venessian]

Beloved roadside central texas landmark apparently not beloved enough

The iconic Round Bank in Bellmead, Texas, will be demolished

The American Bank in Bellmead represents one of the most recognizable of icons in Central Texas, but will be demolished in 2020 for a replacement bank.

archpaper.com

Too bad the replacement is such a terrible p-o-s.

 

[Van Veen]

Is there an architectural abominations thread?

3125 Darien Dr, Raleigh, NC 27607 | Zillow

Zestimate® Home Value: $1,694,994. Contemporary masterpiece sited on a rare 1.35-acre lot in the heart of Raleigh. Designed by celebrated modernist architect, Frank Harmon. Custom built by Greg Paul Builders in 2006. All formals with sophisticated open space for entertaining. Chef's kitchen...

www.zillow.com

Somebody paid a lot of money for a architect designed modernist mansion, then decorated it like it's Tony Montana's.

(I'm guessing this was a compromise between husband and wife. You give me my modernist house, you can decorate it however you want.)

 

[imatlas]

They’d never lived in or seen a “modern” home, and they hired the wrong decorator.

 

[Van Veen]

They’d never lived in or seen a “modern” home, and they hired the wrong decorator.

They need to hire a stager. Bad.

 

[brokencycle]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. You all talk about how modernism goes with anything: it is versatile. /S

I am not a big fan of recessed lights, and that kitchen is a good example. There are all those pucks all over the ceiling in a seemingly haphazard way.

 

[sugarbutch]

It's hard to pick the worst element in that tragedy, but ultimately I land on the ceiling fans in the bedrooms.