Libby Russell has spent 15 years developing her own Somerset garden, unifying two distinct halves within a valley, filling it with year-round colour and cultivating a sense of comfort and joy.
We paid a visit to the actor’s light-filled 1860s home that she painstakingly restored with her then-husband Shane Deary.
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Tour the majestic grounds of the Manitoga/Russel Wright Design Center.
The Lantern of South Russell, an assisted living center for people with Alzheimer's disease, will open in December.
Name: Kelly and MichaelLocation: Hyde Park, Chicago, ILSize: 1,480 square feetYears lived in: 3 years; rented The last word that one probably wants to use in reference to one’s home is “clinical,” but according to Kelly, that’s what the space felt like when she and her husband Michael moved into their university-provided housing three years ago.
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A sculpture by Tanya Russell at Hare Court in London's Inner Temple. This part of London is of course the abode of numerous legal practices. Justice was unveiled in 2010 and Russell also designed much of the artwork in nearby Inner Temple Gardens.
Working with Studio DB, the Oscar-winning couple create a home that bridges old and new, East and West
The couple put years of work into their stunning abode in Mark's hometown of Essex with it all completed at the end of the summer
The Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center preserves and protects pioneer designer Russel Wright's home and studio, known as Dragon Rock, and Woodland Garden at Manitoga as a learning laboratory about the importance of living in harmony with nature and the value of good design in everything and for everyone. Developed from 1942 to 1976, Manitoga is the only 20th century modern homesite open to the public in New York, and one of few on the U.S. east coast. In 1942 Russel Wright purchased the hilly 75-acre Hudson Highlands woodland estate which he named Manitoga. By the time he started plannng his home and studio in the late 1950's with his architect, David Leavitt, he had already selected the homesite, dammed up the empty quarry to make a swimming pool, and diverted a stream which ran through the site to create a waterfall on the opposite side of the pool. The use of trees throughout the house, including the uncut cedar trunk supporting the main roof and the evergreen needles embedded in paint surfaces, ties the structure to the site. He told his architect he "wanted a flat roof covered in vines" and so the greenroof was conceived. Ecologically sensitive woodland gardens followed. Wright considered it his most important creative effort and in 2006, Manitoga was named a National Historic Landmark.
6th in a continuing series on historic mid century homes open to the public. Mid century modern design enthusiasts are likely familiar with the work of Russel Wright — an iconic designer of furnishings and dinnerware beginning in the 1930s. His “American Modern” dinnerware, which sold 250 million pieces from 1939-1959, is considered the best-selling…
Traditionally, the first day of May holds the blooming promise of spring, so there’s no better time to recall the breathtaking gardens that have been featured over the years in Vogue.
The house can be a bit hard to spot -- but then that is just what was intended at Manitoga.
We are so honored to feature this space on the blog today! Elsie and Emma recently attended the grand opening of The Russell, a gorgeous new boutique hotel in Nashville. This isn’t any ordinary hotel—it’s actually housed in a 115-year-old building that began as a church and they support an amazing cause (more on that…
Image 13 of 20 from gallery of Christian Street House / James Russell Architect. Photograph by Toby Scott
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Skilfully balancing elegance and function, this Brisbane residence harmonises a restrained material palette and an elevated courtyard to create a timeless and refined hillside home.
Escape the city to visit the Russel Wright House and Studio, by the name of Manitoga and Dragon Rock, at the Russel Wright Design Center in Garrison, NY.
The editors of PointClickHome.com show you some movie interiors from iconic films of the past decade. Visit PointClickHome.com to see inspiration ideas for contemporary design
The upcoming exhibition, “Kaneji Domoto at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonia”, looks back on the legacy of Taliesin fellow Kaneji Domoto, who worked as an independent architect in midcentury America. Opening at the Center for Architecture in New York on June 22, the exhibition...
