Tuesday
Nov182014
Sweet dreams
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
I'm crawling through the computer monitor and snuggling into both these rooms. Light and dark and dark and light. Photography by Kristofer Johnsson.
Entries in black (170)
Tuesday
Oct212014
Lakeside classic
I was going to write about the juxtaposition of the drama of a site and the mundane of everyday living but then I read the architect's descriprtion and it was just so right ...
Holidays beside the waters edge, water skiing and trout fishing, are wonderful memories for families. The bach is a keeper of these memories, which are at stake when work is done to preserve and update it.
It was a process of saving and improving, of folding in another layer of history in a way that would not obliterate the past. The result is a nest of humble kiwi buildings, some parts new some original, that will now cope admirably with the demands of the future.
Lakeside classic, Tarawera, New Zealand by Mercer and Mercer Architects.
Wednesday
Oct152014
A favourite bedroom
Gawd I love this. I need streaky matte black walls somewhere. Such gorgeous subtle texture. Via Derek Swalwell.
Tuesday
Oct072014
Beauty reworked
Harbour Edge House c.1910 reworked and extended by Fearon Hay Architects. An ethereal beauty. White floors, white walls, floating white drapes stirred by the breeze from the water beyond. Simplified and sensual. It's love at first sight for me.
