LIEB HOUSE ///
Robert Venturi’s 1969 Lieb House is being relocated from Barnegat Light, NJ to Glen Cove, NY on Long Island. More about it here.
LE CORBUSIER’S VACATION HOME ///
Whoa. Cassina produced a 1:1 replica of Le Corbusier’s vacation home for an exhibit by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Le Corbusier built the Cabanon in 1952 for his holidays at Cap-Martin on the Cote D’Azure, retreating there every summer for more than ten years.
MOLESKINE x THE GLASS HOUSE
Yes, as in Philip Johnson’s Glass House. The Glass House Moleskine® sketchbook features sketches by 29 architects, designers, and artists inspired by the home, quotes by Philip Johnson, and blank pages for notes or sketching. A limited edition notebook, the proceeds from it go to support the preservation and maintenance of Johnson’s famous architectural masterpiece,...
TINY HOUSES ///
I’ve been meaning to post this for months now. I love these teeny-tiny little houses by Tumbleweed that were covered in the NY Times.
QUOTE ///
While doing some browsing at Labyrinth Books the other day I came across this spectacular quote, above, in Counterpoint, a great book on Daniel Libeskind‘s work designed by Pentagram.
Spam Architecture
The images from the Spam Architecture series are generated by a computer program that accepts as input, junk email. Various patterns, keywords and rhythms found in the text are translated into three-dimensional modeling gestures. Via Design Observer
