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Tim Girvin on Resort Design, Lautner, Las Brisas Et Alia

6 September 2008

Visual and intellectual boundary-breaker, Tim Girvin has begun blogging his brilliance in a series of essays which pierce like bright rays from a distant star, shining through the disparate galaxies of fragrance, film, fashion, architecture, TV, branding, identity, and thought as it is thunk. Girvin is more than a designer, … Continue reading →

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Tagged on : graphic design , hotels , interior designers , john lautner , las brisas , modern architecture , tim girvin , villas

Prowl Singapore Architects’ Studios by Night (without risking arrest)

17 August 2008

Singapore is the main stopover on Bali flights from Europe and America, and it’s the top shopping destination for Bali residents. Should you have plans to be in Singapore this October, schedule your trip to coincide with this amazing archi-tour, part of the city’s 2008 Archifest. The tour trawls through … Continue reading →

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Tagged on : modern architecture

Tropical Modern Master : Ossipoff

15 August 2008

Tropical residential design for a changing world is a topic we pursue with a passion. In this pursuit it has been impossible to overlook Vladimir Ossipoff, hailed as the master of Hawaii modernism. His principles and programs for creating homes that manifest an enlightened approach to appropriateness, aesthetics and comfort … Continue reading →

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Tagged on : modern architecture , residential architecture , tropical homes , villas

Simple Affordable Tropical Home?

14 August 2008

Residential architecture, particularly for the tropics, is a matter of great importance to the Sleeping Tiger on the Island of Bali. Here is a simple, efficient, affordable home design which has been getting a great deal of buzz. Built in the non-tropical region of Santiago, Chile, the Biehl House by … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the Dubai Death Star

30 July 2008

It’s not often that a vision of its destruction precedes the construction of a large high profile building. Poor Rem Koolhaas. His master scheme for developing Dubai includes an ominous orb that has been blogged to bits as the “Dubai Death Star”. Images of Darth Vader’s devastated Death Star are … Continue reading →

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Tagged on : modern architecture , overdevelopment

Barragan Fountain Found in LA

26 July 2008

The LA Times reports that a courtyard fountain by Louis Barragan has been “found” at a 1927 house in Beverley Crest. The house was built in 1927, and fifty years later when the swimming pool was re-concepted, Barragan was commissioned to create a dramatic waterfall-fountain flowing into it. The house … Continue reading →

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MOMA vs TOMA: Comparing Prefab Tropical House Concepts

24 July 2008

There is buzz aplenty about the prefab housing show at MOMA (Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, 20 July to 20 October). So much buzz that there’s no point in buzzing more here, except where there are elements that touch on tropical design and living. And there are. Among them, the reappearance … Continue reading →

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Tagged on : Bali style , museums , residential architecture , tropical homes

World’s Coolest Houses and We’re Not Talking Arctic Here

24 July 2008

The Coolhunter, a wildly-popular design blog, is at this very moment compiling its second book, The World’s Coolest Houses for December release. It’s sure to be a dizzying compendium of highly unusual homes.  Says Bill Tikos (the Coolhunter himself), “The houses we want must think like Zaha Hadid who said … Continue reading →

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