David Ling - Videos

Text: Kathryn Schulz
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Date: Jun 20, 2008

Architect David Ling lives in a Manhattan loft equipped with a waterfall, a bridge, and a bed cantilevered 10 feet over a moat. This is no home for the faint of heart.

I think its a very nice film

Posted by on 10/28/08 07:01PM PDT

I have never laughed so much; Watching this film and reading everyone's 5 cents worth is hilarious! Everyone thinks they are right!

Posted by matt on 10/16/08 06:18PM PDT

this director has captured such beauty in the space but the way he presented this man is remarkable. i think that the mr. ling must be very happy the way he was potrayed.

Posted by michel on 08/31/08 04:20PM PDT

Very cool, I like this video so much I added it to my blog stuyvesantheights.blogspot.com

Posted by chris on 08/21/08 05:58PM PDT

no harm intended , he's talented & well intentioned

Posted by cnevs on 08/15/08 10:00PM PDT

no harm intended , he's talented & well intentioned

Posted by cnevs on 08/15/08 10:00PM PDT

Beautiful AND Inspiring.

Posted by on 08/05/08 07:54PM PDT

Why don't your lame hurtful comments over to some other forum.

Posted by on 08/05/08 07:53PM PDT

yes, he does look like Ayn Rand , if Ayn Rand were a late 40 's asian man they woudl be identical twins REINCARNATION ? YES ?

Posted by cnevins on 08/04/08 08:41PM PDT

yes, he does look like Ayn Rand , if Ayn Rand were a late 40 's asian man they woudl be identical twins REINCARNATION ? YES ?

Posted by cnevins on 08/04/08 08:41PM PDT

anyone taking bets on this guys orientation ?

Posted by cnevins on 08/04/08 08:35PM PDT

anyone taking bets on this guys orientation ?

Posted by cnevins on 08/04/08 08:35PM PDT

I keep expecting Danny Devito to waddle down the stairs in his Penguin mufti.

Posted by constance on 07/31/08 08:16PM PDT

This house is missing a baked potato bar! Corn?! When did eat corn??

Posted by Carol Channing on 07/31/08 07:39PM PDT

See Ya Later, Decorator!

Posted by Jonathan Adler on 07/30/08 12:00AM PDT

Architecture is all about what works for the individual. If it works for him, I praise him!

Posted by on 07/29/08 07:34AM PDT

I have a bad feeling about this....

Posted by Obi-Wan Kenobi on 07/28/08 05:14PM PDT

data lounge eh? That should be a pleasant exchange of ideas.

Posted by on 07/28/08 10:28AM PDT

This fiasco is being discussed in depth at http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/forum/thread/gossip/6764045/page-1.html

Posted by Michael on 07/27/08 08:13PM PDT

Considering his radiator fiasco, I would be a little afraid of sitting on that cantilevered bed. Beautiful yes, but can you trust someone short-sighted enough to get rid of the heat in his loft to design safe structures?

Posted by whereismikeyfl on 07/27/08 04:19PM PDT

An architect who removed radiators for cosmetic reasons without considering that he needed heat? Does he not realize how incompetent that makes him sound? Architecture is not a fine art--there are practical issues.

Posted by whereismikeyfl on 07/27/08 04:13PM PDT

This is amazing....it really seems as though he found his "home" in the falling apart of it...i love it.

Posted by Caleb Spicer on 07/27/08 02:51PM PDT

What a dump.

Posted by on 07/26/08 09:11PM PDT

If Mr. Ling chooses to live the way he does -- I applaud him. If he wants to risk sinus infections and mold spores - that his choice after all. Isn't it? I think it's cool he takes those risks (e.g. bed) even though I wouldn't.

Posted by on 07/26/08 08:05PM PDT

oh, MARY!

Posted by Ms. Ling's Boyfriend on 07/26/08 07:25PM PDT

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

Posted by on 07/26/08 06:43PM PDT

It's a breeding ground for mold and sinus infections. Seriously.

Posted by Steve Reed on 07/26/08 11:35AM PDT

Love it! I think it's a great way to live in a city.

Posted by Jordi on 07/26/08 08:34AM PDT

I think it takes courage to live like this. What a beautiful work in process...

Posted by Ashley B. on 07/25/08 07:14PM PDT

I didn't know an Asian man could look like Ayn Rand

Posted by Mike on 07/25/08 07:43AM PDT

wow what a GREAT WORK OF ART

Posted by calvino on 07/25/08 01:36AM PDT

Oh, and he was surprised when the paint on his blue wall started peeling? Did a thing called humidity ever cross his mind? Geez.

Posted by Steve Reed on 07/24/08 11:21PM PDT

Sorry. . .That was one of THE most pretentious pieces I have ever seen.

Posted by Steve Reed on 07/24/08 10:57PM PDT

love the blue, love the water, love the space. do you swim in the pool? the bed seems a little scary.

Posted by sherry on 07/12/08 11:23AM PDT

loving that spectacles !! trademark for architects.

Posted by on 07/11/08 09:50PM PDT

loving that spectacles !! trademark for architects.

Posted by on 07/11/08 09:50PM PDT

this guy needs a safehouse away from his home to get away from his work...

Posted by zach on 07/09/08 03:23PM PDT

I think he should repaint the blue wall a forest green

Posted by Shpongle on 07/09/08 12:17PM PDT

I really admire his acceptance and celebration of the impermanent nature of building materials.

Posted by "Rain" on 07/07/08 02:12PM PDT

beautiful

Posted by llll on 07/04/08 12:43PM PDT

I really enjoyed visiting David Ling at home. Very nice presentation and feel. thanks

Posted by Nicksta on 07/03/08 08:43PM PDT

Anyone with a strong point of view, like Ling, tends to be A-OK in my book. The waterfall/bed/work/live combo would drive me nuts but I would sure like to visit a space like Ling's.

Posted by Jim Franco on 07/03/08 06:50PM PDT

The loft is past amazing, though that piano music was very distracting and a little funny.

Posted by KileyBracco on 07/03/08 02:16PM PDT

a truly entertaining and lovely industrial, yet whimsical home.....very inspiring!!!

Posted by Noelle NIkas on 07/01/08 09:45PM PDT

another example of "wabi sabi"

Posted by on 06/26/08 11:16AM PDT

oh he sleeps on it - and he also "plays" on it. It's beautiful.

Posted by on 06/26/08 06:54AM PDT

I doubt very much that the cantilevered bed is for sleeping. Probably more for... shall we say.... play. ;-)

Posted by Robert Evans on 06/26/08 05:53AM PDT

I've attempted a bed in the center of a room before and it was awful; our pillows kept falling off the bed. I wonder how many of his pillows have ended up in the water?

Posted by Dana on 06/26/08 05:32AM PDT

he.. if i lived there the pool downstairs would be filled with my pillows and blankets ;)

Posted by monica on 06/25/08 10:51PM PDT

I love the blue of the wall. I used to have a room painted that same color (no waterfall tho).

Posted by Scott on 06/25/08 06:47PM PDT

the bed is insane, i love it.

Posted by chr on 06/25/08 12:50PM PDT

I wonder if he showers under the waterfall? Nice show.

Posted by on 06/24/08 04:51PM PDT

Awesome!

Posted by on 06/24/08 04:21PM PDT

Fue una experiencia mistica llena de sencibilidad por un espacio tan unico. Gracias por mostrarlo.

Posted by Ivan L. Ocasio on 06/24/08 05:30AM PDT

very cool!

Posted by on 06/23/08 08:28AM PDT

David Ling is filled with courage.

Posted by Audrey on 06/23/08 12:51AM PDT

breathtaking

Posted by elizabeth on 06/22/08 09:20PM PDT

you did, so I can

Posted by "max" monarch on 06/22/08 04:04PM PDT

"I feel you"

Posted by alicia Griffin on 06/22/08 10:54AM PDT

... marvelous.

Posted by -- rezeski on 06/21/08 07:04PM PDT