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Modern Phoenix Week
This year's event spotlights the urgent need to discuss and document the Valley's endangered pool of world-class midcentury modern architecture. The central event of the week, the Founding Fathers…
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Return to Paradise–The 6th Annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour and Expo 2010
For the sixth year in a row ModernPhoenix.net will host its popular annual Modern Home Tour and Expo in collaboration with the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA). The weeklong series of…
exquisite!
Absolutely stunning! I don't suppose you considered extending this philosophy to a climate like Colorado?
Nice idea, but it seems that interior glare is still an issue.
Very interesting, thoughtful and well executed & seems it would accept furnishings well. Crafting so much of the interior finish - especially well done.
It does seem from some of those photos that glare is an issue. Would a darker color shade alleviate the problem?
Excellent structure, from design through execution. Bravo! But, a floorplan would have been helpful. VERY helpful. Or did I miss something?
Absolutely stunning. This project truly exemplifies innovative uses of inexpensive materials and unexpected detailing. Kudos.
Clever, clean, and ingenious design. Four pages do not make justice to this project. There is a little more info on the Web but not enough. Brilliant! Where is the floor plan?
All of us at Buddy Rhodes are happy that you enjoyed using our Mix for you spartan and spiffy kitchen. What a success. Bravo!
One of the qualities that makes your publication exemplary is that you almost always provide a floorplan. Note that I said ALMOST ! Add one to the slideshow, please.
Yes, would be helpful if Dwell included floor plans and specs on materials in every article printed. Would also like to see detail on the structure and how the screen is affixed. Also, would like more detail on how the kitchen countertop turned out, how the pieces of the concrete fit together and how the kitchen sink was installed. Is the house airconditioned? Are there operable windows? Are the screens an effective substitute for all interior curtains/blinds?
This project is clearly a thoughtful, interesting piece of work, and the lack of floor plans is a real injustice, making it difficult to understand the whole. Haphazard inclusion of plans has always been my biggest complaint about Dwell.
Sorry, I didn't notice the slideshow before. I was relying only on the photos in the magazine article. Still, I would like to know more about the structure, especially where the sails/screen are affixed, and the layout with fenestration details. Is there/will there be an outbuilding for storage? (I have never seen upper cabinets directly over a cooktop unless there is a vent-hood. Is that safe/code-compliant?)
Thanks for the input, all. We hear you loud and clear on the floor plans. While we can't always include them in the magazine, we'll make every effort to include them online. For your reference, we added a floor plan into the slideshow. You can jump straight to it here : http://www.dwell.com/slideshows/startin-spartan.html?slide=24
I lived like that once. Then I got a job that allowed me to buy some furniture.
what is the backsplash made of?
The silver finish on the ceiling does a nice job of drawing light further inside. On a side note, I think personally I'd compromise the minimalism a little bit for a couch :)
Real tight... But dang it I want to see that wood tub or shower pan!!??.. I tryed looking online but couldn't find nothing,, No pics of their bathroom, come on!?!.... Marine grade plywood for basin/tub,etc. in order not to mess with a skilled concrete process is Kool.
There are some fantastic ideas here. But, honestly, would anyone really live like that for long? That spartan aesthetic is striking photographically, but it really only works for magazine spreads. People have stuff.
This is a great first project to start a business from. I don't mind sitting on the floor but if the only surface to lean back on is a white wall, that is going to get pretty grungy over time. I think that the reveal/minimalist trim approach suits the overall uncluttered esthetics of the house. I would have liked to see more of the bathroom.
Liked the idea of this in terms of minimalism, but this is minimalism to an extreme. A bed (mattress on the floor) and some desk tables appear to be the only pieces of furniture in this Phoenix home. Smart that they bought a vacant lot and used concrete as their building material. They can keep it cooler that way during the 110 degree heat. 110 degrees and they are both wearing dark colored clothing...okay...I feel sorry for the dogs paws...ouch! So it is a big, white shoebox. Could double as a storage-facility from the outside. Suddenly the interior shot of him sitting on the bed on the floor is now gone...okay, well prior to the edit, the man sat on the bed which sat on concrete. Not sure why they don`t get a table and chairs for dining purposes, but they want the extreme minimalist experience. Concrete is a good, solid, cheap building material. Long-lasting. A bit challenging for colder climates, but not impossible. One could take the concrete floor idea and then insulate it on top of that for cooler climates. Overall a nice concept, but more suited to a storage facility than a home.
To each his own. Great job guys it's very inspiring to see how you built it all from scratch. It looks awesome.
whoa i love minimalism buy these guys go a little too hard even for me. awesome trees tho.
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