Love this notion of looking at spaces we inhabit as having the power to heal. (I had the pleasure to meet Michael Murphy this past week and experience his thoughtful approach to his craft.)
This Park in Poland is A Dream!
Check out this design-y park in Poland. Thank you Kottke for this find. I am so grateful you’re back at it!
Book Bedroom Dreams
It’s not real, but it’s beautiful.
The Brooklyn Brownstone Color Project
Ruxandra Duru lovingly gathered 130 color samples of brownstones Brooklyn. What a wonderful side project. (She’s done something similar with Coffee too)
Air House by Szczepaniak Teh
I’ll gladly live here: Air House by Szczepaniak Teh.
Casa Klotz
Gasp! German photographer Roland Halbe has taken these photographs of Casa Klotz, a rural beach house in Chile by architect Mathias Klotz.
Gasp! This Modular Space!
I gasped seeing these images of a smartly designed living/working space. It was designed by Italian designer Guglielmo Poletti for his own studio in Milan.
Lushna Cabin
I am dreaming of this Lushna cabin in the woods.
Never Too Small
What a beautiful small space!
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A Modern Clinton Hill Brownstone
I gasped at the photos of this Clinton Hill Brownstone. Especially seeing this skylight and the hanging ceiling light. What a beautiful home.
Urban Erosion
I love these graphical photographs titled Urban Erosion by Dutch photographer Maarten Vromans.
Chalets of Switzerland
These photographs of Swiss houses by Patrick Lambertz stopped me in my tracks. Having grown up in Switzerland, this architecture is so deeply familiar and comforting. (The series is called Swiss Chalets, but I disagree, these are not chalets.)
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Little Peek
Little Peek, a stunning home fifteen miles from Maine’s mid-coast on the island of Vinalhaven. Designed by Berman Horn Studio.
Ledge House
I am drooling over this house, designed by New York based Architecture studio Desai Chia Architecture. I could lounge here. No problem.
Bowen Island Dream Home
This modern dream of a home on Bowen Island made me gasp for air. Designed by omb.
Site Shack
Need a place to work from during this pandemic? You have a backyard? Site Shack might be just what you’ve been looking for. It is a tiny prefab that sets up anywhere in a space. Site Shack is outfitted with a desk, storage, and wiring.
Quarantine Pod
This seems to be the perfect quarantine pod.
Ecocapsule
This futuristic looking mini home called Ecocapsule made me gasp. It’s a fully off-grid, smart, self-sustainable micro-unit, powered only by solar and wind energy. It allows you to stay in remote places out of reach of urban networks. It has room for one or two people usable as a cottage, pop-up hotel, caravan, mobile office, research station or anything you want it to be. You can read more here.
Modern Mountain House in Poland
This modern mountain house by Kropka Studio in Poland made me gasp.
This Bedroom
Entire Brooklyn must have heard me gasp just now. This bedroom is E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G-! (I assume this is just a rendering?)
Update: Thanks to Christopher I now know that this bedroom is REAL! GAH!
The Exchange by Kengo Kuma
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma designed The Exchange, a multipurpose structure located at Darling Square in Sydney, and housing a library, food hall, restaurants and a day-care facility. Holy giant Swiss cow, this is breathtaking!
Gjøvik House
This house! It’s called the Gjøvik House, situated an hour outside of Oslo, Norway and designed by Norm Architects. Stunning.
House DZ
What a lovely minimalist dwelling, called House DZ, designed by Belgian architecture firm Graux & Baeyens.
Escher-esque Chinese Bookstore
Mirrored ceilings and criss-crossed stairwells give this Chinese bookstore the feeling of an M.C. Escher Woodcut. Wow!