voguelivingmagazine:

What was a bit of a barn has been turned into an enviably liveable house by architect Richard Peters and his partner, design activist and editor Heidi Dokulil. Before its recent reinvention it had other lives: second-hand washing machine storage, motorbike repair shop, artist’s studio and, first, a coach-making business when built in 1890 by two Irish blacksmith brothers in a cul-de-sac in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.

This small industrial building was like a tardis, wedged by chance in a back lane and waiting for them to appear. “It remains a secret space,” says Peters, “revealing its new life connected to the sky, the seasons, the breezes and the surrounding gardens”.

From ‘The Tardis’, a story on page 84 of Vogue Living Before+After 2011.

Photograph by Mikkel Vang.

cartografico:

Louis Kahn | Esherick House | Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; USA | 1959-1961

l-e-m-i-n-i-m-a-l-i-s-m-e:

Santiago Calatrava |

fuckyeahbrutalism:

Dormitory Complex, State University of New York, Stony Brook Campus, 1970s

(Gruzen & Partners)

fabriciomora:

Production Hall for Vitra - SANAA 

gateofgod:

Tower of Babel - Stages 1 thru 9 GIF

A collaborative project by Jeff Konigsberg and Adam Toht

icaronycteris:

Alejandro Caso y Margarita Chávez: casa Lombardo [Fuego 405], Jardines del Pedregal, México D.F., 1967

 

theimportanceofbeingmodernist:

Swings and roundabouts: playground equipment by Isamu Noguchi-

Isamu Noguchi is best know for his sculptural wood and glass coffee table and his paper ‘Akari’ lights. This playground equipment was designed in 1939 for Ala Moana park in Hawaii but unfortunately was never built as the park comissioner died before the scheme was realised. I’m not sure how successful the equipment would be for play, but visually it’s pretty amazing (and that’s the most important thing) !

kieranthomaswardle:

The Cabinet Room, Palace of Eastminster

Kieran Thomas Wardle, 2013

Haptic Architects