Van der Valk Hotel The Judgment House in exotic Roermond, Netherlands, is an 1891 jailhouse converted into a hotel. Wish we could do that in U.S. But can't because we have the world's largest number of prisoners.
Via inhabitat > http://www.hetarresthuis.nl/nl/home
One of these portable tourist towers might work well as a quest house or a retreat, right?
Pix/txt at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/a67ybh7
Bivoac --- urban rooftop campsite. Architizer finalist.
Details on architizer> http://tinyurl.com/bcyunht
My new essay on Artsjournal.com --- "Roomers: Micro-Housing in the Big Apple." Could you live in 300 square feet? It's likely your children will have to.
On artsjournal.com: http://tinyurl.com/ak84t6e
Providence RI Arcade (1828), first U.S. indoor shopping mall, will now sport micro-apartments. Will mega-malls and Tanger outlets follow suit? Some already have hotel rooms for exhausted shoppers.
Details at inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/alyswm9
Swedish Slumming--- you can book different outdoor sites at "the homeless hotel" website and experience homelessness for yourself. Money goes to charity. I don't know what to make of this. Is it condescending?
Story & px at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/amozax7
Russian Opera House Uproar! Dominique Perrault plan rejected --- cost overruns, did not conform to building codes, sour cream soil. Public demand demolition of Diamond Schmitt substitute as too ugly. Perrault is at top. Diamond below.
Via ajarts> http://tinyurl.com/bakvrrt
"BASE" --- your Tokyo home and office. Live above your work; ladders for stairs; hanging clothes instead of closet. Skylights. Yes!
Details at leibal> http://tinyurl.com/a4nfwu9
Urban shipping-container greenhouse. We love greenhouses and we love the proportions of shipping containers.
Details at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/a45wqvf
For 21st Century living spaces. For 21st Century work loads. Desk bed! Well, it's better than commuting.
Txt & pix at inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/d96koh2
Not a Japanese neo-modern; too big! Instead it's Farkas Molnar's 1932 Bauhaus villa in Budapest for sale or rent.
From Barbara Armstrong (Facebook) to details/realtor>http://tinyurl.com/c9scjgr
Paul Rudolph's Brutalist Orange County Government Center saved!
NYT> http://tinyurl.com/buyojlh
"House N " by Sou Fujimoto who has designed the 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
Txt & px at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/cg494lp
Tree House? Fujimoto in the news because of Serpentine Pavilion commission. His "House NA" gives a new meaning to the term "tree house"...
Pix, txt, floorplans via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/cgzgox5
Sou Fujimoto will design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London. Check out slide show of his past projects. Pix here is of "Final Wooden House."
Slideshow at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/aplcymw
"VMVK House," Antwerp. Another houselike house.
Px,txt, interiors at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/bbl6z7h
Bright red tree-house in Swedish Lapland.
Pix, txt at gardenista> http://tinyurl.com/arwuh9u
Neo-modern in Nantes, France. Artopia does not use the term minimal for neo-modern architecture. Ever. Besides, what is so minimal about this top-heavy delight?
Via liebal> http://tinyurl.com/an8nxtu
Searching for a studio, I came across "The Long Studio" --- zero carbon, solar-powered, in rural England. Too far from home, and not for rent. Otherwise quite inspiring, right?
More details at inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/bcqaz68
"The Hen House" on the Isle of Skye with a view of the nearby fiscavig. Stark, lovely. Who needs greenery.
Txt & px at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/cug3uam
April in Portugal! Stable converted into a chic retreat.
Txt & more pix at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/cm5uy
Envy! "Humble" artist's studio in Columbia. Not a house, a studio.
More pix, interior via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/a9dt338
How to build a cow shed, collectively, in Ireland, out of local and salvaged material -- i.e. architecture is not just houses.
Story & pix of construction> http://tinyurl.com/a49w4wg
My Finnish cabin. If only! Perfect to contemplate after Nemo snowstorm. Follow link for swanky interiors.
For interiors go to remodelista>http://tinyurl.com/a5mqety
Floating school for flood-prone coast of Nigeria. Perhaps an entire city....
Via inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/al4cwry
Upscale "bach" --- New Zealand beach house.
Via design-milk> http://tinyurl.com/bha6wg
Definition> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach_(New_Zealand)
Another New Zealand "bach" house --- vacation house. Bach = back, not Johann Sebastian Bach? No, short for bachelor.
Atelierworkshop> http://tinyurl.com/b8omvay
Checking out bunk beds for my imaginary ski lodge led me to an old favorite: a portable "bach" (beach house) on sled-like runners in an erosion zone of New Zealand where all houses are required to be mobile. Shouldn't we do that on the Jersey Shore, on Mastic Beach in L.I. and other dangerous places?
Bunkbeds via remodelista: http://tinyurl.com/aexxpyp
Beach cabin>remodelista: http://tinyurl.com/afsboro
12 all-black houses via designmilk. If it isn't white, it has to be black! Japanese super-skinny "OH House" above is our favorite.
Design-milk survey> http://tinyurl.com/c4sjrsl
French bee-pavilion, where the six-footed and the two-footed meet. Do you need to wear bee-keeper protective clothing to sit inside to listen to the soothing hum?
Via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/b2rxqct
Winter special. Swiss alpine retreat for rent. Had to pass this one up because of my Aspen rental. If only... I don't ski. I just like the retreats.
More pix via remodelista> http://tinyurl.com/ctmswhv
Architecture is also renovation. View from inside my wabi-sabi Aspen ski chalet. If only!
Px & txt via remodelista> http://tinyurl.com/atfr4e8
Chic tree-top hotel room in Sweden. The charm of tree houses is that they can only last as long as the trees.
Txt & more pix via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/ax36lnc
How To Build A Hut. Scotsman builds many mini huts in the wild, using local materials.
Txt, pix and diagram via remodelista> http://tinyurl.com/aju26lj
Harm Rensink's inflatable Dutch pop-up urban spa pod to chase away the winter blahs.
From inhatitat to dejoost for pix, txt & video>http://tinyurl.com/bk7wmrk
Japanese "Garden and House" for two writers is only 13 feet wide. Did I convert from meters correctly? A garden is the facade and a garden drops through it.
Txt & pix at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/a58xj7q
Need a nap? Russian mobile hotel-room called "Sleep Box" could be used in any indoor space. By the hour? Credit card access?
Story & pix at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/csa7wyh
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