Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec Design

My idea of supreme minimalist luxury...
More floating goodness from design duo Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec conceived together with Jean-Marie Finot and Denis Daversin, architects.

Marina Housing

My obsession with floating homes continues unabated...
images from Marina Housing.

Tuscon Mountain House

Look at this light filled beauty...

Tuscon Mountain House by Rick Joy made out of rammed earth and winner of the 2004 Smithsonian Architecture Design Award. (pic: www.schoener-wohnen.de)
via re-nest.com

Pekapeka Beach House
Parsonson Architects

Fincube Eco Home

The purging of one's stuff can be painful and yet totally exhilarating...there's a sense of freedom and peace when you can finally let it go.

I was so geeked when I saw this post on Inhabitat about the Fincube Eco Home. After a weekend long session of purging, I realize I am happiest in smaller spaces. They keep me on my toes and force me into the present.

"This beautiful little Fincube is a high-tech, low energy, small footprint residence that offers fantastic views of Italy’s Dolomite Mountains. Built on a pedestal, the one-bedroom residence sits off the ground, providing better views and ventilation while minimizing its footprint on the ground. Studio Aisslinger and hotelier Josef Innerhof originally designed this one-bedroom residence as an option for eco tourism that would have a small impact on the natural landscape, but still let visitors experience beautiful sites."
from inhabitat

South Park Beauty

What do you think of this contemporary roof garden?
Designed Ogrydziak/Prillinger Architects
Concrete by Mark Rogero of Concreteworks

This 6,000 square foot South Park (San Francisco) beauty boasts several terraces, a 24 foot built-in book shelf, a biomorphic concrete sink and a private art gallery.

Don't you just love that Cor-Ten facade?

"On the Cor-Ten steel exterior of the house, translucent glass was used for the ground-floor private gallery, while the residential floors above have sliding glass doors, and shallow balconies. These are screened by a geometric composition of steel pieces that was designed by Ogrydziak/Prillinger Architects with Peter Jeal, a master metalworker in San Francisco. Photographs by Tim Griffiths"
from The New York Times

Architecture Admiration

"The design of the Vienna Way landscape fully integrates the residence within the surrounding California native landscape. The architecture and landscape were designed to work in unison, creating a seamless transition between the interior and exterior living spaces. The element of water links a “corridor” of exterior spaces—swimming pool, garden roof, riparian planting — and intersects with the interior spaces at the sunken kitchen."
...umm yeah!

Designed by Marmol Radziner and Associates

Sergio Rodrigues Profile at Dwell

Fabulous little profile of Brazilian Modernist Designer Sergio Rodrigues at Dwell Magazine.

FlatPack House

FlatPak prefabricated house in Aspen Colorado.