THE MODERN FAMILY

this beautiful home is located in carmel, california. designed by lake|flato architects. i lived on a farm growing up, so i can't say i'm too jealous, but those kids have got it made!

portraits of utility by matt niebuhr. 


i've only been in southern california for two weeks and i almost miss seeing all of the barns and the occasional tractor drive-by that wisconsin has. i didn't even live in the country! i guess that's just the charm of america's dairyland. note: every time someone asks to see my id here, they always say "oh, you're a long way from home - wisc-ooown-sin" it makes me wonder, do i really say wisconsin with that much twang?

why did i not ever know about this place? montaña mágica lodge, aka magic mountain lodge, is located in southern chile. and guess what is the only way you can reach this magical place of residence - a monkey bridge. yes, that's right folks, a monkey bridge. and i'm sure you noticed in the pictures, but that is water spewing from the top of this cone-shaped lodge covered in moss. seriously, i'm speechless.
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will.

'with a mission to promote and celebrate architecture and with a greater hope to make it accessible to a wider public, the ”lively architecture festival” came back with force for the sixth consecutive year in the city of montpelier, in the south of france.' the above installation, “Will” by univseritie D’AALTO was a textile sculpture in the middle of a courtyard.

Steve Kuhl : Ultimate Pirate Ship Bedroom.

Are you serious right now? Where was this house when I was growing up? "Designer Steve Kuhl fulfills every boy's (hello?) fantasy with this insanely cool pirate ship bedroom. The six-year-old occupant from Minnesota chose between a space ship, race car, castle, and pirate ship. Most of us would probably agree, he made an excellent decision."

Opus 5 Architects.

Paris studio Opus 5 Architects have completed this island house in Brittany, France, featuring a glazed façade with sections covered by stone screens.Called Belle Iloise House, the long building is divided in two by a glazed walkway. The walkway houses a glazed footbridge, which connects the bedrooms to the rest of the house. I really do like the design of this house, because it looks cool and makes sense. Plus, it's good to see something so simple and beautiful.

Wilkinson Tree House Residence.

A few photos of the Wilkinson Tree House Residence in Portland, Oregon designed by architect Robert Harvey Oshatz. Located on a flag lot, a steep sloping grade provided the opportunity to bring the main level of the house into the tree canopy to evoke the feeling of being in a tree house. A lover of music, the client wanted a house that not only became part of the natural landscape but also addressed the flow of music.

JAJA Architects.

Here's a project by JAJA Architects that explores fourteen architectural based scenarios of how people and pixies aka 'Nisse' (Scandinavian elfs) co-exist. All in the form of snow globes! This is TOO COOL.

Federal Cafe.

Visitors to this cafe in Barcelona by architect Barbara Appolloni are led up this concrete staircase to the second floor. Called Federal Cafe, the project involved opening the interior to the street with retractable steel shutters on the ground floor and the addition of a bench clad in black ceramic tiles marking the boundary.

Willow Palace.

Started in 1999 by architect Marcel Kalberer and a group of 300 volunteers, the Auerworld Willow Palace is a canopy of strategically-placed trees woven together. The project was based on ancient techniques used in both Mesopotamian and European structures.

Just a Pile of Firewood Cabin.

Designed and implemented by Dutch firm Thomas Mayer, the log shack was requested by musician Hans Liberg. Liberg wanted a small building on his property where he could go to write and record music. Thomas Mayer had the perfect solution: a pre-fabricated shack disguised to look like nothing more than a pile of wood in the owner’s field.

Svendborg Architects.

Copenhagen firm Svendborg Architects have built a studio for a Danish artist inside an existing stable building in Denmark. The project is both contextual and innovative. I love it!

Whitney Downtown.

Amazing architect Axis Mundi has re-imagined the Whitney Downtown Museum with a self-initiated proposal that is raw and provocative and as bold in spirit as the original Breuer building on Madison Avenue.

The Land of Giants.

The Land of Giants design transforms mundane electrical pylons into statues on the Icelandic landscape by making only small alterations to existing pylon design. These iconic pylon-figures created by Choi + Shine Architects will become monuments in the landscape.