"Close to heaven" The Olnick Spanu House by Alberto Campo Baeza

 

The Olnick Spanu House has a very special design, One could say a place that is very close to heaven. A place where the air is clean and calm, and mild. After a day of rain and fog an intense light reflects in the stilled mirror of the majestic Hudson River´s deep waters.

A large long box is thus built, 122 feet long by 54 feet wide by 12 feet high, with sturdy concrete walls that accentuate its relationship to the land. The roof of this box is flat, paved in stone, travertine, so that we may use it.

Classics Design By Wingspread / Frank Lloyd Wright

Designed for Herbert Johnson of the Johnson Wax Company, the house was built only a year before their renown corporate headquarters in Racine. The basic layout of the house is centered around the core living room space, referred to as The Great Hall on the floorplans, with four wings extended forming zones for the family. These include the master’s bedroom, children’s rooms, kitchen and servants quarters and the guestrooms and garage.

The Sunlight Residence from Proto Homes

The Sunlight Residence

Sitting on a knoll in the peaceful neighborhood of Baldwin Vista, this single family home has views of Century City, the Hollywood Hills, Baldwin Hills and much of the city between. Located just 5 minutes from Culver City, this Proto Home is a modern escape from the day-to-day worries of life in the city, with spaces that are light and open and full of life. The oversize living and dining area has the feeling of a tree house and can be both a small intimate space for meals, but also transform into a larger open venue for entertaining larger groups.

Ruotutorppa Social Housing Apartment Concept By Arkkitehdit Hannunkari & Mäkipaja Architects

 

This Apartment is an innovative and sustainable approach was required by the Helsinki Housing Production Bureau to ensure the design quality on the city owned lot.

The Mad Park Residence a Prestigious Neighborhood by Vandeventer + Carlander Architects

Existing site conditions include neighbors to the west and north, a busy arterial below, and a residential street to the east. Though the existing residence was demolished, the previous daylight basement level and existing retaining walls established the datum for the new house.

‘the work of my life’ Fez House By Alvaro Leite Siza Vieira

Fez House By Alvaro Leite Siza Vieira

Fez House ‘the work of my life’ Designed and built by Alvaro Leite Siza Vieira. This home and studio space, ‘the work of my life’ according to Siza, took 12 years to complete, assembling the site, designing the house, and then building it. The home’s size is almost statuesque with its lines and angles.

Northwest Modernism Design of The Nuler-Cudahy Residence by David Coleman Architecture

Northwest Modernism Design of The Nuler-Cudahy Residence

This decoration challenges the conventions of point modernism. The "bones" of the groundbreaking mid-century contemporary antiquity were philosophized to thin constituent cost and environmental enfeeble, overhangs were minimized to allot the footloose motion of short and sight, actress beams and added stylistic conventions were dropped in see of taught finishes and halal imperatives resulted in a many expressive housewifely environment and greater utilization of tract opportunities.