Lovely office, I really like the natural tree growing though the space
This vacation retreat, located on an extraordinary beachfront setting, was designed as two separate buildings—one for living and eating, and the other for sleeping. The separate bedroom wing provides extra privacy, so late-night entertaining does not disturb sleeping children or weary parents, as the case may be. Extensive water views, generous decks, and the sheltering orientation of the two buildings contribute to a fluid relationship between living areas and the surrounding seascape.
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There is a new restaurant in town, called Restaurang Bar, run by the same prized cooks and gastronomic visionaries who started Lux, one of Stockholm’s very best restaurants. Restaurang Bar’s fish and seafood focused menu is in a much lower pricerange though, and the interiors are very minimalist industrial chic with a touch of Parisian bistro.
The wooden Concert Hall hull is contained within an all-glass enclosed atrium whose steel supporting frame innovatively integrates a hot water heating system within its mullions. The Concert Hall’s wood paneled curved cladding seen through the clear glass walls stands in contrast to the more rectilinear South Block. The South Block provides smaller spaces including a 400-seat theater and houses the more experimental performance venues.
Lovely photography of some bright and stylish homes…
Douglas Friedman was born and raised in New York City in 1972. He studied Anthropology and Documentary Film Making at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Post graduation, Douglas worked for a few years making movies in the film industry. After working on SE7EN, The Game, and Fight Club as assistant to director David Fincher; Douglas left Hollywood with his camera, a suitcase and a one way ticket to Indonesia. The next year and a half was spent traveling the world and photographing everything he came across; from sherpas at the foot of Mt. Everest to sharks 100 feet below the Sulawesi Sea; and the architectural vernacular of each port of call along the way.
A wonderful tour of modern design abandoned to history, so many great places to check out in The Coolist’s gallery
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The Scribble, made out of powder coated mild steel, holds up to 5 coats, and has dedicated space on either end for scarves, umbrellas, and other day-to-day accessories. Our only concern would be that all of our coats might hide its lovely design.
The site is located in Kanagawa Prefecture on a mountainside that overviews a sea and a city. The client couple, who are friends of mine, and I visited there, when the project was initiated. Walking around in the pre-project site, where too many tall trees stand on, views changed variously, because of the slanted land’s height differences. The experience was comparable to a pleasure of wandering in a forest. Taking a walk on a hillside or feel like so even inside the house had become a concept and we went on to continue the project, taking the slope positively.
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This inner city house maximises its small laneway location. A two storey curved wall acts like a lantern, signifying a new entry point to the house and provides a playful contrast to the bold floating container clad in copper recycled from Melbourne’s State Library dome.