very true. we did a project at a woodshop i used to work at for a private residence that had a similar situation. we had a large closed off bookshelf/entertainment center that divided the space, and we (well, my boss) decided to recess the area around the switch at the corner to avoid a flush surface mount (like above):
i'm not sure if i was 100% sold on that solution either but I liked the detail.
That's quite a piece, phuyaka. I like the "cornice" detail -- esp if it needed to be removable. What wood specie ?
I suppose the light-switch box might have been a *little* less recessed ? But a neat idea. I'm not sure if arch...philia means to make a thin wood faceplate, or to actually rout the panel, hold the box back, and place a truly flush (matching) plate. . .
actually i don't know what specie it was embarrassingly enough, but it was a veneered mdf panel. I was lucky enough have to move it up those stairs you can see in the first picture; it was constructed in four sections but was still pretty unbearable.
I agree it was recessed a bit too far, but if you look a little closer you can see that the line of the recess matches up with the line of the panel right before it turns the corner, but still it draws too much attention to itself. The coolest part about this was that there is a door to the mater bedroom at the stair landing in the first picture, completely hidden pivot door that ensured the privacy of the client.
SDR...i spent the last 20mins. looking for an architect's studio, completed in 1970, in the US (midwest, I am assuming IL from the IIT connection), designed by an early modern architect, who had practiced since the30's, who was initially influenced by wright, then possibly in the 50's developed a brick fetish, and cleaned up his style by the 70's...and i came up with absolutely nothing...where am i going wrong?!
Hey, simples -- well you pegged him right, of course. I don't know how one goes about searching, based on criteria like those -- but he's certainly obscure, in any event. The monograph is called "Architecture and Nature" (Basel: Birkhauser Verlag; 1984). He was an assistant to lansdcape master Jens Jensen at age 28, after an education at IIT, where he later taught (1944-59) with Mies and Hilberseimer -- which no doubt explains those brickwork drawings. He also taught at USC (1965-73). His "farmhouse" (last photo above, 1948) and studio are in Bristol, WI (extreme SE of state). Of the Wrightian early work he says "The buildings [1933 on] followed five years of self-education on architecture. The curriculum was Frank LLoyd Wright, studies were in absentia, and without any personal contact with the master. . .It is said that when Frank Lloyd Wright actually saw the buildings he was surprised and delighted. Genially he bestowed the rare compliment of claiming them -- at least in spirit -- as his own. It is a paternity that the buildings still fallaciously enjoy. Far and wide it is supposed that Frank Lloyd Wright built them. In one sense it is true."
Name that Architect and Building!!!
whoops...
"gerner gerner plus", Leo Hillinger Winery
or...neubau weingut, leo hillinger, jois-bgld - gernergernerplus
the hillinger webpage actually has some photos of the building, nice description with link to the architects...must be a great client...
does anyone have anything else to post?! please go ahead..or i will come up w/ something as soon as i can...
Alright - I'll post one
cou2..that's a nice sharp concrete to glass detail in the first picture...i thought it was a house at first, but now i am thinking it might be a spa?
It's a house. They did an amazing job with the concrete and glass - in my opinion.
simples, it is a house in AT...
AT ?
AT - Austria
Interesting contrast between the sharp angles and the more subtle ones - top pic shows this well.
i thought those three doors were massage / spa rooms...the exterior setting seemed to work...i even imagined an attendant desk!!!
maybe my mind is trying to tell me something...
There is something really calming about it. The night shot is really interesting, though I don’t imagine it’s always glowing like that.
The glass door to the bathroom could be dangerous.
baukultur
Büro für Architektur, Urbanismus & Kultur
Seifert House
i think this is portuguese...
a. mateus
Casa no litoral, alentejano PT
this may be a repeat...
Yum. . .
I love all the knots scattered around. What wood is that - spruce or something?
shit! i know i've seen that one before holz, but i don't know where!
dammit, this is going to bug me for the rest of the evening...
it's chilean if that helps...
those flat white wall plates/switches are killing me...
that seems to be the one thing that always comes up.. after 27 pages of immaculate buildings, is switch covers and handrail brackets.
Well, on the bright side, if that's all that's wrong with these buildings, aesthetically, we're in pretty good shape !
very true. we did a project at a woodshop i used to work at for a private residence that had a similar situation. we had a large closed off bookshelf/entertainment center that divided the space, and we (well, my boss) decided to recess the area around the switch at the corner to avoid a flush surface mount (like above):
i'm not sure if i was 100% sold on that solution either but I liked the detail.
you could of just made the electrical plate cover using the same material so that it was flush...disturbs me that people don't do that more often.
atp, not everyone is doing second homes in the carribean for brad pitt!
also by same firm...
aha!
now i 'member where i saw it.
it's casa ranón by ecosistema urbano
i don't have one to post yet, so if anyone else would like to go ahead, feel free!
Oh I know that supermarket. I think its by Guyer/Guigen
Its in Switzlerland
Helmut Reitter
ahhhhh i've been there! Rainer Koberl and Astrid Tschapeller in Wenns
Köberl & Tschapeller, mpreis wenns
I thought i was going to get this one....sigh
ha... techno you post one i have a meeting anyways. i just tried to click "fuck" about 10 times thinking it was a link to something funny.
That's quite a piece, phuyaka. I like the "cornice" detail -- esp if it needed to be removable. What wood specie ?
I suppose the light-switch box might have been a *little* less recessed ? But a neat idea. I'm not sure if arch...philia means to make a thin wood faceplate, or to actually rout the panel, hold the box back, and place a truly flush (matching) plate. . .
actually i don't know what specie it was embarrassingly enough, but it was a veneered mdf panel. I was lucky enough have to move it up those stairs you can see in the first picture; it was constructed in four sections but was still pretty unbearable.
I agree it was recessed a bit too far, but if you look a little closer you can see that the line of the recess matches up with the line of the panel right before it turns the corner, but still it draws too much attention to itself. The coolest part about this was that there is a door to the mater bedroom at the stair landing in the first picture, completely hidden pivot door that ensured the privacy of the client.
who's got a building?
Thanks, p. . .an impressive work of furnitecture ? Huge. . .
Okay, try this:
man i love tree cut-outs... any more images SDR?
American, midwest, 1970
A late work -- the architect's studio. Unusual construction technique
COOL DRAWINGS
Okay -- he also did these, between 1933 and 1948
Student drawings (IIT) of the architect's designs
Brick slabs (! ?)
SDR...i spent the last 20mins. looking for an architect's studio, completed in 1970, in the US (midwest, I am assuming IL from the IIT connection), designed by an early modern architect, who had practiced since the30's, who was initially influenced by wright, then possibly in the 50's developed a brick fetish, and cleaned up his style by the 70's...and i came up with absolutely nothing...where am i going wrong?!
Alfred Caldwell
Hey, simples -- well you pegged him right, of course. I don't know how one goes about searching, based on criteria like those -- but he's certainly obscure, in any event. The monograph is called "Architecture and Nature" (Basel: Birkhauser Verlag; 1984). He was an assistant to lansdcape master Jens Jensen at age 28, after an education at IIT, where he later taught (1944-59) with Mies and Hilberseimer -- which no doubt explains those brickwork drawings. He also taught at USC (1965-73). His "farmhouse" (last photo above, 1948) and studio are in Bristol, WI (extreme SE of state). Of the Wrightian early work he says "The buildings [1933 on] followed five years of self-education on architecture. The curriculum was Frank LLoyd Wright, studies were in absentia, and without any personal contact with the master. . .It is said that when Frank Lloyd Wright actually saw the buildings he was surprised and delighted. Genially he bestowed the rare compliment of claiming them -- at least in spirit -- as his own. It is a paternity that the buildings still fallaciously enjoy. Far and wide it is supposed that Frank Lloyd Wright built them. In one sense it is true."
What the Wright lover won't do. . .
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