When Rob and Mary Lubera started pulling threads to uncover the origins of their new home—the lone midcentury house amid rows of Tudor Revivals in suburban Detroit—not even architecture scholars could have anticipated what they would find. Theirs is the last surviving residence by Alexander Girard (1907–1993), a modernist visionary who made his name in textiles but tried his hand at virtually everything, architecture included. The shoji-like laminate screens, seen in the entryway, are characteristic of his Japanese-influenced work.
A photo of Verner Panton from 1993
Products from Rudy’s Barbershop, which started in Seattle in 1993, are available in the shower.
An aerial view of Washington, DC, circa 1993.
The dining space houses crystal chairs and an alligator embossed table both made by FENDI CASA. There's an Italian Murano glass chandelier that appears to be melting above the table.
1993
Stefano Giovannoni designs Merdolino toilet brush for Alessi.
LIVING ROOM - Flooring in Bianco Lasa marble by Antolini; lighting by iGuzzini; windows by MQ; window drapery by Rubelli; coffered ceiling: custom designed by ORA Studio NYC; sofa by Fendi.
Orgone Stretch and Lounge, 1993. Photo by Fabrice Gousset/Courtesy of Galerie Kreo.
In 1993, the students designed a temple consisting of an eight-by-eight- foot cube perched on a floating platform beneath a canopy.
After it was completed in 1993, the Experimental House received several awards, including recognition from the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architecture.
Designed in 1993 by architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, the two-level home comprises a wooden volume placed inside a metal structure inspired by an agricultural shed.
The earlier house on this site was built in the late 1960s, but was destroyed in the 1993 Kinneloa Fire. With approval from the county, it's concrete foundation was reused for the new house.