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Daylesford Farmshop - Gloucestershire
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Jayson Home & Garden - Lighting
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Pawson House 1999
"Planning regulations prohibited alterations to the front of this traditional nineteenth century row house in a conservation area in west London. Working within these restrictions, the design scoops out the interior in its entirety, leaving the protected façade untouched. Floor layouts are radically redrawn to give the maximum amount of unencumbered space, while cuts made to the envelope allow natural light into the full depth of the plan. At the top of the house a glazed slot running the length of the ceiling allows light to spill down a triple-height staircase. Outside the conventional street elevation gives only a tantalizing glimpse of the new life which has been flipped into the frame of the old."
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Baron House - Sweden
The design draws significantly on local vernacular models which are transformed through the introduction of elements of new materiality and detailing, to create volumes with a contemporary quality of abstraction whose interiors are bathed in light and views. Entry is via a lofty space framed by a pair of walls finished in fine vertical slats of dark stained timber and set below steeply angled roof planes. The relative darkness and the sense of powerfully compressed space combine to create a charged experience of arrival. From here one emerges into a central courtyard and views which slice through the architecture to landscape in every direction - north, south, east and west.
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Richard Serra @ Gagosian NY
1. Elevational Mass (2006)
2. Blind Spot (2002-2003)
The exhibition will be closing on December 23, 2009
522 West 21st Street
New York, NY 10011
T. 212.741.1717 F. 212.741.0006
Hours: Tue-Sat 10-6
The gallery will be closed on Thu, Nov 26
Los Angeles by night
Auberge Basque: the new face of hospitality
Lovely rooms, in both contemporary and classic styles, and remarkable cuisine that’s a welcome change from genteel, stuffy gastronomy: here there are only fresh regional products and an élan marked by refreshing creativity. The cuisine is playful, precise, vigorous, colorful….and there’s plenty of it. If you go, you’ll notice that the attention to detail extends even to the bread. It comes from the Boulangerie Darrigues. While not the prettiest bakery in the village, it’s the best, especially the gateau basque, excellent bread, brioches with raisins and nuts. An impressive wine list and, overall, throughout the hotel a scrupulousness that ensures everything is just right.
Article by Francois Simon
Auberge basque
Saint Pee sur Nivelle, France
Tel.: 05.59.51.70.50.
Accessories made with recycled tires
This clever brother-sister team from Argentina makes incredible accessories made exclusively of recycled tires. How cool and stunning is this!!!! Check this out!
Bookmark them as I have a feeling they will become a HUGE presence in the world of fashion accessories.
http://www.neumaticanet.com.ar/
Hoot & Heart - Flower Object Mode
Images to drool by ... Thanks to Juna for sharing this wonderful place with Austere Chic.
"fine american objects and botanicals
hoot & heart co. takes classic ideas of taste and value to fashion of-the-moment solutions that prove timeless. where impacts are desired we aim to conjure pause for an audience that might otherwise have been thought unpausable. sustainable, livable, luxury is at our core. intention guides us."
Hoot & Heart Company
1016 Montana Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90403
(310) 319-9700
Rotating Towers
Check out the surreal "dynamic" architecture emerging out of Dubai and soon to be in one of the major cities near you (New York, Milan, Moscow, Tokyo anyone?) ...
These two videos simply show the rotating tower moving like a carefully timed ballet of living floors suspended on a rotational axis. Completely surreal!
You can read more at http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/25/futuristic-rotating-tower-skyscraper-in-dubai/
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