Architecture and interior design thread

but if you can open that whole wall it'd be allright. and with a wood burning stove for winter....

leaves from the trees might give it ample shade, i was thinking. +1 on the wod burning stove.

Looks nice Jaw, where did you get the picture?

http://anavedobomgosto.blogspot.com/2010/02/alfred-newman-beadle.html

It's a very nice blog.

i could spend a whole day on that blog :-) cheers

from the same blog

http://anavedobomgosto.blogspot.com/2011/08/1955-kronish-house-by-neutra-is-on-line.html

set for demolition

sad tale but in fairness the figures just dont make real estate sense. it would be nice to live in it for six months though.

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2011/08/exclusive_tour_neutras_rundown_kronish_house_nowit_could_be_gone_in_2_weeks.php#kronish-1

Nice posts Coppi, some really nice stuff there. Got me inspired.

^^Love that Kronish house thats for demolition.

Simply beautiful...

More here

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/16181/william-obrien-jr-twins-houses-in-five-parts.html

I love buildings with canti's in them

http://www.vam.ac.uk/channel/people/architecture/rural_studios_architecture_with_a_mission/

these guys rock.. very inspirational work, puts alot into perspective at Rural Studio Alabama USA
'architects shouldn't just be the playthings of the rich' Andrew Freear

Opinion piece re English housing development

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14547088

you'll have to do some pausing to enjoy the buildings which is a shame as the music is lovely. alternative is to watch it twice :-)

Richard Neutra - Obras - YouTube

More here

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/16181/william-obrien-jr-twins-houses-in-five-parts.html

The plan is particularly unusable though and why spend all that money and not have the picture window flush with the floor?

Nice renders though

Also, going back to Erno Goldfinger:

You can take a tour of his house between March and October

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-2willowroad

Definitely going to do this soon

Might have unwittingly gone past that on a bus.

Tour sounds interesting.

that looks depressing

From here.

Whilst on social housing, again, this one of my favourites.

that is nice. but its a bit like a diamond growing out of a turd.
(the fancy extensions)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/19/shard-london-skyscraper

I couldn't agree more.

Convincingly written. I've always liked London's lack of oppressively tall buildings, but they're an inevitability so long as the culprit, no doubt finance, pushes them up.

Reading 'Re-inventing Construction' at the moment, really good stuff. A couple of my favourite so far:

R128 house by Werner Sobek, Stuttgart

SOS Children's Village Community Center, Chicago

Ford Calumet Environmental Center, Chicago

Korean Pavillion at the Expo 2010, Shanghai

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/19/shard-london-skyscraper

I couldn't agree more.

same lines...http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/apr/12/shard-monstrosity-skyscraper-london-skyline