Image 19 of 25 from gallery of Cala Saona House / Biombo Architects. Photograph by KIE
The Stick style, as it is now called, represented the most innovative design concepts and building technologies of its time, yet it did not attract serious study—or even a widely accepted name—until a century later.
When making a trip to the design-forward Danish city, here’s what to see, from historic sites to modern masterpieces
Welcome to "Efsun Mountain Residences," a sanctuary where architectural brilliance merges seamlessly with the awe-inspiring vistas of Cappadocia's majestic mountains. This distinctive retreat effortlessly integrates with the natural landscape, with a portion of the residence gracefully embedded into the mountain, offering a captivating synthesis of tradition and modernity.
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For four decades AD has shown a spotlight on the creations of one of America's most innovative and iconic architects. Here are just a few of the highlights
Melvyn Maxwell and Sara Stein Smith dreamed of living in a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Here’s how they made it happen on a modest teacher’s salary. By Susan Peck Photography by Brett Mountain If you keep on believing, the dream you wish will come true. If that sounds like a line from a fairy tale, it is. It was also the philosophy that helped Melvyn Maxwell and Sara Stein Smith build their historic Frank Lloyd Wright house in Bloomfield Hills in 1949. The dream began for Melvyn Maxwell (known as Smithy) in 1939, while teaching at a Detroit public school. Mesmerized by a slide presentation of Wright’s Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania, he made a grandiose vow to his fiance, Sara — also a teacher with a modest salary — “One day we will own a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.” According to an excerpt from “Frank Lloyd Wright Remembered,” after a chance meeting with Wright at his home, Taliesin, the Smiths spent hours in the architect’s studio sharing their vision of building one of his homes in Michigan. They wanted it to become a mecca for artists and musicians — hosting small concerts and art exhibitions yearlong. Wright was […]
Yet another glorious expression of Gothic architecture, the Cathedral at Exeter, England, dates from 1050, 16 years before the Norman Conquest.
Good wood - the enchanting ‘Istanbul House’ in Osaka prefecture, Japan, by Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio.
Where can you find Queen Anne homes in the U.S.? How much do these homes cost to restore? Learn more about these "painted ladies"...
Designed by 07BEACH for a family in Kyoto city, the House in Kyoto has an open living plan with a tree growing in the middle of it.
I've quietly continued to get inspired by the mid-century era yet in recent times I've not brought anything across onto the blog in correspondence with this. Today I felt it was about time I stopped hoarding my sources of inspiration and shared them with you all, so here we are with a collection of photographs that Fredrick Barr has lovingly curated over on flickr, which I'm sure many of you are go ...
This list of things to do in San Francisco will give you a feel for what the city has to offer, whether it's your first trip to California or your tenth.
These 10 Midwestern cities offer some of the best architectural gems in the U.S., including work by Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Gehry, and Eero Saarinen.
Fallingwater is Wright’s crowning achievement in organic architecture and the American Institute of Architects’ "best all-time work of American architecture.” Its owners, Edgar and Liliane Kaufmann, were a prominent Pittsburgh couple, reputed for their distinctive sense of style and taste.
More than 4 billion people live in urban areas globally. It’s now projected that by 2050, more than two-thirds of the world population will live in urban areas. So no wonder we pay more importance to the buildings and structures around us.
AD100 designer Nicole Hollis describes the storied manse as “Grateful Dead meets Burning Man meets Marrakech meets Victorian posh”
Berman Horn Studio created this New England connected farmhouse, set fifteen miles from Maine’s mid-coast on the island of Vinalhaven, Maine.
Who doesn't feel the pull of a walled-off space - the need to get in there and find out what's going on? A secret garden is romantic.
It’s been hectic few weeks since we had our planning permission approved for our renovation project. Initial feelings of excitement turned afterwards to feeling overwhelmed as there is just s…
Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.
