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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.

  Jeremy 09/07/2009

• Thanks for letting us know, Jeremy. We updated the story.

  Amanda 09/07/2009

• No slide show for this one?

  M2 09/07/2009

• Voila! Thanks! (the slideshow)

  M2 09/08/2009

• 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....

  John 09/08/2009

• 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?

  Jeremy 09/08/2009

• 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?

  Anne Jones Nieman 09/10/2009

• 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

  Aaron Britt 09/17/2009

• 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

  David Lawrence 09/20/2009

• 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

  Aaron Britt 09/24/2009

• Wow - I thought I was looking at a scene from "A Clockwork Orange". Impressive and fantastic design.

  Bob Recny 10/01/2009

• 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.

  MS 10/09/2009

• Hey. I was wondering what the red kind of organizer thing was and where it was available for purchase if anyone knows. Thanks!

  Patrick 10/27/2009

• 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.

  Dereck 11/10/2009

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