House O, designed by Jun Igarashi, forgoes hallways and interior doors in favor of casually interconnected rooms.
Braun KF 21 Aromaster designed by Florian Seiffert and Hartwig Hahlcke (1976), in white or orange.
"In the dining nook adjacent to the kitchen, there is a Bocci 21 light and a vintage table. I love thinking about how these things will travel with us for many years, like companions. Aileen and I have a strong relationship to objects: They are a tactile diary of our lives. The interesting thing about our home is not the structure itself, but the way it has become an intimate part of us. The most sustainable thing we can do as architects and designers is to make spaces and objects worthy of a lifetime commitment. Then [the objects] can have five, six, ten lives instead of half a life."
Future site view. Overgrown 21+ acre forested site.
In the suburb on the mountain’s lower slopes, Michael O’Sullivan and his sons Seamus and Finbar exchange motorcycle tips outside the compact, innovative home O’Sullivan designed.
A sheer curtain screens the living room from the outside.
O Table by Half 13 $2,800 This curvy powder-coated stainless steel outdoor table, fabricated by Damian Velasquez in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is available in nine vibrant colors.
Also from DWR, the Ø chair by designer Asher Israelow. A cantilevered seat encourages relaxation by creating a floating feeling for its occupant.
Building for the Emprezas Gráficas O Cruzeiro, Oscar Niemeyer, 1949. Photo by Pat McElnea. Images provided courtesy The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive of The Cooper Union.
Kid O Airplane, $19 at Walker.
The black-painted volumes are positioned to jut out and away from on another, enhancing a sense of privacy in the wings.
Stephen Shore: Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, California, June 21, 1974 (1974)
"Knot 2," Anni Albers, 1947. Both Anni and Josef Albers pushed students to consider how line, color, and form could communicate ideas to the viewer, and pursued these concepts in their own work.
Nine slender, 100 x 100 millimeter square steel columns that are held in place by crossed braces on all four sides hold the small weekend house 6.5 meters in midair.
The addition’s two stories of cedar-framed sliding doors and window provide generous views of the house’s prized jacaranda tree. The addition’s polished concrete floor and white cladding extend into the garden, drawing occupants to the serene rear porch. There, they can relax on stools designed by Alvar Aalto and Charles Wilson while admiring the luscious greenery.
These bunk beds are located just past the wall shown in the previous slide.
The desk was designed by H2O and has a prime view of the snowy alps.
Here's the room with the partitions closed.