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Craving not just a home but a proper piece of architecture, a handful of design- and business-savvy Dutch families banded together, hired an architect, and set about forming the community that…
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101 Being Green
Even for sustainability's greatest proponents, going green isn't necessarily a walk in the park. Dwell explores what it takes to be truly environmental.
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Referendum on High Speed Rail
In these tumultuous economic times, California voters will soon have a chance to drop a cool $9.95 billion on a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Louis I Kahn
When charting architectural development, it generally follows that architects build upon the generation that preceded them—from modernism to postmodernism to deconstruction and so on. Not so…
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RAIL Door Pull
This clever, simple design with hidden fasteners allows for flexible and easy installation. Suitable for a wide variety of panels. Sliding doors make an impact in any environment, and are a great…
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Architect Peter Cohen's Floor Plans
In addition to the wonderful letters architect Peter Cohen sent to Editor Aaron Britt while he was working on a feature story on his home, Maison Amtrak, he also sent in drawings of the four other…
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Building Green in Harlem: A Green Brownstone?
In this video series, Dwell follows a New York couple with a passion for building green through the challenges—and triumphs—of renovation, from finding the design-build team to…
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Go for SIPs Over Concrete Flooring
When Leo Marmol built his company's prototypical Desert House, he found that concrete was too heavy, to slow to install, and tended to crack. From that point forward, he decided to use…
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Louis I Kahn
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I have to bring this to your attention, but the link you included goes to a Peter Cohen who is an architect of a different generation & is based out of LA. At first I thought my mind was playing tricks on me.
Thanks for letting us know, Jeremy. We updated the story.
No slide show for this one?
Voila! Thanks! (the slideshow)
Is there ANY way to get a notional floorplan for the Maison Amtrak? I am planning to build an eco-friendly home on some land in Park County, CO and the design both shown and described would lend itself well to what we are trying to do...any help you can provide would be great....
Just a superb house & a real work of art from one end to the other. It must be a real source of pride of ownership. I love how the windows take adavantage of the natural light & show the beautiful trees outside. I was reading that being able to see green outside of a dwelling actually lowers people's stress levels. I think their cat has the best spot in the house! I agree about people tending to give the car the best spot in the house, which coincides with society giving the car center stage for everything unfortunatley. The planters holding the geraniums are nice, anyone familiar with where these can be obtained?
This is spooky. This house is remarkably similar to the house my father, architect Harvie Jones, designed for our family in Huntsville, AL. Construction began around 1962 and evolved in plan over the span of four children. Even the color of the wood siding is the same. Dad had his Womb Chair parked in the huge picture window of his "quiet reading space" overlooking the mountain and valley views. Our deck had a movable railing that was "to code" when the inspector came around, and could then be lowered so as not to obstruct the views from the Butterfly Chair. Our house was full of Scandinavian Modern furniture, which mostly survived all us kids and is still in use. I can't imagine that Dad and Mr. Cohen have crossed professional paths - Dad would be age 80 and graduated from Georgia Tech, then went straight back to Huntsville, Alabama - but the similarities are astounding. Great minds?
Jeremy, Hang tight for floorplans on this house. We're actually putting together a slideshow of drawings of Peter Cohen's other spine and module houses over the last several decades. He draws as well as he designs so it should all look great. -Aaron
How might I know when plans and slide show will be available? I am a designer/builder in New Mexico and Peter Cohen's designs really hit a nerve with me, as well as with my wife. Much of the mid century design philosophy is evident in Mr. Cohen's design. Yet there is an unpretentious warmth to his thoughtful layout and detailing. I grew up in the 50's and 60's and was heavily influenced by the giants of mid century design. Mr Cohen's library would fit nicely with my own. I would love to see more of his work. Very impressive. Thank you once again, Dwell. David Lawrence
I promised that a slideshow of Peter Cohen's floorplans would show up soon on dwell.com and they just went live today. Check them out, they're pretty amazing. http://www.dwell.com/slideshows/floor-plans-by-architect-peter-cohen.html
Wow - I thought I was looking at a scene from "A Clockwork Orange". Impressive and fantastic design.
Hello. Thanks for the great article! One question though: The print article included a picture of Mr. Cohen sitting at a drafting table in his office. Is that picture available somewhere on your website? Thank you. -MS P.S. By the way, the slideshow does not appear to work when I navigate to that page.
Hey. I was wondering what the red kind of organizer thing was and where it was available for purchase if anyone knows. Thanks!
Great article, but there are a few living architects that have met the masters of Le Corbusier and FLW. Alfred Browning Parker from Coconut Grove, Miami is 93 years old and designed many buildings. His first house to be published in House Beautiful 1954 was visited by Le Corbusier and multiple times by Frank Lloyd Wright. He's still alive in Gainesville, FL. William Morgan from Jacksonville, FL is another that met these architects. He also met Kahn a and Neutra.
Architect Earl S. Swensson is still alive and, like Browning Parker, met FLW as well as BUCKY.
What a beautiful house, I love how he is able to make classic look sheek. Also sounds like a very interesting man. thanks for sharing
Thank you for sharing - I am inspired! - Martie
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