Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, designed by E. Fay Jones and constructed in 1980.
the void between the two cottages became the central stairwell enclosed in glass.
i love this home partly because of its setting in connemara, ireland but also because architects at peter legge associates took two degraded cottages and reconstructed them into one beautiful single family residence.
Japanese Poster: Degree Show. Synnoske Matsumi. 2012
janelle monae is one cool cat.
I really like this theater in Rome. It’s outside of the city a little ways and I ALMOST dragged Grace, Whitney and Megan to it. In the end we opted for an evening spent at the Spanish Steps. I’m wondering if it was the right decision.
(Source: simplypi)
Being remembrance day today, it seems somewhat appropriate to be posting images of the war museum in Dresden, Germany which reopened last month. New York architect Daniel Libeskind did an outstanding job of “boldly interrupting” the existing building. Concrete and steel cuts the classical building creating a unique and what I believe is a beautiful juxtaposition. It is now Germany’s largest museum.
snøhetta: norwegian wild reindeer centre pavilion in norway. the structure provides transient visitors with panoramic vistas of the prominent snøhetta mountain range.
designboom.com
I can’t wait to see this.
maurizio cattelan “all” retrospective, Guggenheim Museum, New York City.
see more about the installation here on designboom.
Textile Field at the V&A, London Design Week, Kvadrat and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec Design.
Timber Wave at the V&A, London Design Week, Amanda Levete Architects.
