Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
New house in an old neighbourhood of Wroclaw, Poland, in the NYT today. Spruce on the outside, particle board on the inside, and the whole thing cost US$80,000 to build. It will fade to grey. This seems equivalent to laneway housing in Vancouver – and memo to Vancouver: modern mixes well with traditional architecture. Take a chance! I just hope they used non-formaldehyde particle board in the interior, because if not that’s a lot of off-gassing. Photos: Olo Rutkowski. See more current Polish architecture here.
Tags: architecture, chipboard, DIY, favourite, house, laneway housing, mixed, modern, particle board, Poland, Polish, spruce, traditional, wooden, Wroclaw
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Photos via inside (photo above is at insideinside.tumblr.com), one of the best curated tumblelogs on tumblr. Well-named, also. And see its sister site, outside, which is equally good.
My apologies for not knowing the name of the photographers, owners or designers behind these photos. It’s tumblr, so all bets are off. It’s a zone of 100% copyright infringement and rampant decontextualization. I feel a little funny reposting anything I find there, for that reason.
Tags: bolster, conversation pit, copyright infringement, dining, dutch, fireplace, indoor swing, inside, insideinside, lounging, mixed, moroccan, outside, pillows, platform, seating, seating area, seating platform, sunken living room, tumblelog, tumblr
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