Archinect - News 2024-05-05T00:19:39-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149983870/a-cottage-from-a-midcentury-modern-fairy-tale A cottage from a midcentury-modern fairy tale Nam Henderson 2016-12-26T14:01:00-05:00 >2016-12-26T14:01:31-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4p/4pq6182zd29mlaai.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>It takes a certain audacity to move to rural-nowhere and erect a house from found materials, to grow your own food and carve, kiln or create whatever else you need. And the house itself, in its porous approach to its natural surroundings, exhibits a typically Californian philosophy of design.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Back in November Amanda Fortini profiled The Blunk House.&nbsp;Designed/built by the late multidisciplinary artist-craftsman&nbsp;J.B. Blunk in Marin County, the cabin is a holistic expression of an artistic life.</p>