As The Mother Road revs up for its centennial, demand for sculptor Mark Cline’s Muffler Man statues is soaring, transforming a fading folk art into a pop-culture revival.
Built for Bill Moggridge, the designer of the first laptop, and his wife Karin, the property provided a reprieve from the couple’s intercontinental life.
The all-electric home by OPAL Architecture pairs a striking charred timber exterior with bright interiors to create a forest retreat for a family of four on the coast of Maine.
“For people who don’t like to entertain a lot, there’s not that much we have to do because it’s just so pleasant being in the space,” says Kirsten. “That’s the gift.
A Texas couple built their own home, clad it
in corrugated metal and wood, and gave it
a roofline tracing the site’s topography and
windows framing the landscape.