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Richard Schulman
I met photographer Richard Schulman and his wife, Barbara, a few years back and instantly developed a friendship with them. Their love of design and architecture is infectious—they eat…
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Richard Rogers
The architecture of Richard Rogers weds the best of high-tech design with the outer limits of the architect’s imagination, creating soaring, sustainable spaces that enrich everyday urban life.
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Life by Keith Richards
The autobiography by celebrated (and famously hard-living) guitar legend Keith Richards.
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Design Icon: Michael Graves
Dwell visits renowned architect and designer Michael Graves at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, to discuss his thoughts on his career, his practice, and universal design.
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Meier 75
Meier 75 celebrates Richard Meier's promised gift of two architectural drawings of the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles. Meier is presenting the works to Cooper-Hewitt on the occasion of his…
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Clearly inspired by Le Corbusier, Meier managed to combine the clarity of LC's earlier work with the complexity of LC's later works. Homage to the people who cared to bring the house back to the state it deserves.
Many thanks for restoring one of the houses I most admire. I've admired it from the road as I bicycle by and from the water as we take our kids skiing. One of these days I may get the nerve to knock on the door!
Wow--beautiful restoration! Kudos to the saviours. I am surprised and disappointed that it was in a state of disrepair.
Wonderful to see this house from my home town restored and enjoyed, And it's even better to see from the water, as I do every summer when we're sailing.
A worthy restoration on a landmark home!
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful . . . . . . . . light and space . .. . . .beautiful
well done...kudos to this remarkable owner taking true ownership of a master work...
When I was in undergraduate architecture school, and Richard Meier was considered hot stuff, the Douglas House was shown to us, and we immediately asked, " All that glass facing.......west???" It was immediately apparent that we were looking at a solar cooker. You can't double glaze your way out of an design gaffe like that, and there are no shades in evidence to combat the late afternoon glare. Lord knows how big the new HVAC system is. If you want to do puff pieces on Modernist design, that's your choice, but when you don't tell the whole story, it's basically dishonest.
I've driven by this place many times. My beautiful wife and I were married (29 wonderful years ago) just north of this spot in Good Hart. Always wondered what was down the cliff. No prettier place in the world during the summer and fall. I was inspired by the den and bedrooms. We have a much smaller place in Charlevoix so if I look north and east I can just make out this wonder on the horizon. Lake Michigan is a treasure. I remember a for sale sign several years ago stating "Will trade for a boat". This home has the best of both worlds, a lake view and no heaving and hauling.
Yo, Bob T., you obviously know nothing about current technologies in architectural glass. Double glazed, Low-E toned glass is used on west facing aspects to dramatically reduce summer heat gain and winter heat loss. If there's a will in architecture, there's a way to an elegant solution. JTM
I give architecture tours at the Getty Center. I LOVED this story
Over 2011 Labor Day weekend I was on a bicycle tour that takes 1500 of us along the road of this spectacular home. The owner happened to be standing in the back yard, and told me about this forthcoming article. She's as nice as you would not imagine! It is wonderful to know the rest of their home's story...thank you, Dwell
While Mr. Theis's concerns about the glass are valid, they are not a fair criticism of the Douglas House. Times were different when this house was designed and built. Besides, sun shades or other environmental system efficiencies don't alone make good architecture. The real issue here is that this house is the masterful manifestation of an idea, opaque to transparent, and a very basic architectural concept. It offers a dynamic set of experiences for the residents and visitors and fits eloquently into the site. As an architect, I put sustainability and environmental efficiency on the forefront of my projects, but those issues alone are not enough to drive good design. Over the last year, Dwell has shown some great projects that offered thoughtful placement of materials, elegant manipulation of light, space and color, but not a single one of these projects embodied such a diverse range of experiences all working together to create such a cohesive design as the Douglas House does. This project should serve to inspire us all and remind us of the long lasting value of good design.
It truly has been a thrill to work with the owners and McBride Construction on the restoration of this landmark of architectural history. The challenge of preserving the original design while incorporating the required structural modifications, has really made this a memorable project. I appreciate the opportunity to have been a part of the work. Thank you.
As a neighbor I have walked by this beauty so many times and never failed to admire it. Spectacular!
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