Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Chic Two-Family House





Two-family house in Osaka. This is not a mail box.

Go to archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/btroygr
Some previous posts> http://artopiatecture.blogspot.com/



Monday, March 25, 2013

The Reinvention of the Row House, in Texas






















Can the row house be reinvented? In Texas, each one is a slightly different shade of white. Remodelista, the Island of White, emphasizes a designer's interiors. In the next batch, each house should be a different color, other than white.

Details via remodelista> http://tinyurl.com/bof659y

Inward House with Palm





















The joys of an inward-looking house. Rooms are separate structures joined by bridges, stairs. And there's a palm tree.

Txt, plans, more pix via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/cet62qe

Toyo Ito Awarded Pritzker Prize






















Pritzker Prize goes to Toyo Ito, but I bet not for this 2011, 624 sq. ft. house. His big public buildings are....not Artopian.


Via nhi-shis-org> http://tinyurl.com/btxl48u

Spaceship House in New Thai Film






















Thai villagers build a spaceship in new Apichatpong 
Weerasethakul film.


http://tinyurl.com/a9wy8qh

Japanese Dancing Living House


















Japanese "Dancing Living House." Includes dance studio and parking. What else would you need?

via cubeme> http://tinyurl.com/a8mnruf

Broken Angel Doomed?






















Last days of Brooklyn's "Broken Angel?"

More pix and story via hyperallergic> http://tinyurl.com/af8e5c7