1. a beautifully refined response to some of the toughest extremes of north american climate. by tom kundig and team, of olson kundig architects, seattle wa.

    a beautifully refined response to some of the toughest extremes of north american climate. by tom kundig and team, of olson kundig architects, seattle wa.

     
  2. interior of charles moore’s own condominium #9 at the sea ranch in northern california. quite into this building at the moment.
link through the image to a great account of a stay at this place by patricia leigh brown of the NY times 

    interior of charles moore’s own condominium #9 at the sea ranch in northern california. quite into this building at the moment.

    link through the image to a great account of a stay at this place by patricia leigh brown of the NY times 

     
  3. lovely facade texture
carabanchel housing - foreign office architects

    lovely facade texture

    carabanchel housing - foreign office architects

     
  4. did a sketch for this sideboard for a friend. he had it made in spotted gum plywood. now it lives usefully in his apartment. i love design

    did a sketch for this sideboard for a friend. he had it made in spotted gum plywood. now it lives usefully in his apartment. i love design

     
  5. #8 [2002] from ed burtynsky’s magnificent ‘shipbreaking’ series

    #8 [2002] from ed burtynsky’s magnificent ‘shipbreaking’ series

     
  6. paul rudolph’s walker guest house from 1952-3.
a simple structure utilising ‘cannonball’ counterweights to help raise and lower large top-hung climate control panels outside the large glazed openings.
simplicity + ingenuity + finesse = satisfying results

    paul rudolph’s walker guest house from 1952-3.

    a simple structure utilising ‘cannonball’ counterweights to help raise and lower large top-hung climate control panels outside the large glazed openings.

    simplicity + ingenuity + finesse = satisfying results

     
  7. interior, robertson house, seaforth. constructed 1953-60 by sydney architect bruce robertson

    interior, robertson house, seaforth. constructed 1953-60 by sydney architect bruce robertson

     
  8. a 10sqm prefab timber cabin by danes dorte mandrup arkitekter. lovely.

    a 10sqm prefab timber cabin by danes dorte mandrup arkitekter. lovely.

     
  9. i do not desire too many possessions but i would love to have a PK31 leather sofa by poul kjaerholm, manufactured by fritz hansen.
danish design almost always looks ‘correct’ to me

    i do not desire too many possessions but i would love to have a PK31 leather sofa by poul kjaerholm, manufactured by fritz hansen.

    danish design almost always looks ‘correct’ to me

     
  10. goodman house, middlecove nsw
designed by sydney architect neville gruzman after a visit to japan in the mid 1950s

    goodman house, middlecove nsw

    designed by sydney architect neville gruzman after a visit to japan in the mid 1950s