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The Pretty House - Bouddi Peninsula, NSW Australia

“The pool is sunken below a surrounding teak terrace, which has openings for tree trunks to pass through to avoid disrupting their natural trajectory. The modern and functional architectural approach to The Pretty House allows the residence to fit snugly into the natural cultivation like a sophisticated tree house.”

I love this contrast of the clean, straight lines of the house and deck against the organic shapes of that beautiful tree.

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acoustic-garden:

Escalier-bibliothèque…

Still obsessed with stairs. And concrete.

Skywood House - Foster + Partners

I saw this photo in Dwell 100 with the following quote from the architect, Graham Phillips, regarding the starkness of the interior: “People say, ‘You don’t have anything on the wall; it’s very plain,’ but when you stand in the house the richness of texture and color outside, both day and night, is phenomenal,” he says. “It’s like being in Alice in Wonderland, and you don’t feel the need for anything on the walls.”

I used to love this extreme minimal style, but somewhere over the years, I think I grew out of it. But after seeing this, I have a bit of a renewed affinity for it. I don’t think I could live in a place like that, but it’s nice to admire.

DIY Cabin in The Woods

My wife, Megan, was flipping through her Sunset Magazine and showed me this.

Ryan Lingard and Mariah Morrow built their tiny cabin for $57,000, including the land.

The article shows how they did it and even tells you how you can do it yourself. I’m probably going to be daydreaming about this for a while.

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littlemissamanda:

yum.

avocado (by simply photo)

I’m eating this exact thing right now. If you’ve never had mashed avocado on toast (or a bagel), I highly recommend it.

Chasing the Perfect: Thoughts on Modernist Design in Our Time

In Chasing the Perfect, cultural critic Natalia Ilyin delivers her astute, incisive, and wry observations on design and the world it has molded. According to Ilyin, “Modern design is based on deeply idealist notions, and its inherent perfectionism has dovetailed beautifully with our commodity-based economy’s need to keep people itching so that they will buy things and keep the society chugging along. I began Chasing the Perfect because I started to become aware of this collusion, this silent pressure that a language of design based in perfectionism had brought to bear on me and on designers like me.”

I bought and read this book last year with only a mild interest at first. But as I read, I found myself pleasantly surprised. This book is not just for designers, but instead gives great insight on many aspects of human life. I particularly enjoyed when Ilyin describes relationships and how many try to design their partners into perfect mates, instead of appreciating their unique quirks and flaws. I highly recommend this book.

SETRE Residence - Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects

This beachfront villa sits facing the Seto Inland Sea at Hotel SETRE in Kobe, Japan. Designed specifically for weddings, the three story villa is comprised of a first floor living area and terrace, second floor dining room (which judging by the floorplan, can seat 50), and third floor residential suite.

I love how efficient this concept is. An entire wedding and honeymoon in one building. You might say it’s a bit unromantic, but maybe not after you’ve seen this.

SETRE Residence’s view of the Seto Inland Sea.

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