London-based website, Modernist Estates, connects "owners of modernist homes directly with people who care about design and architecture." Long-term and short-term available.
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Hannah Levesque makes very detailed custom paper architectural models.
Many more photos on Levesque's site, including close-ups and interior details. Wonderful stuff. There, you can order a custom job, or even purchase a DIY kit.
Folly offers off-grid sanctuaries for the discerning traveler. They've locations in the Mojave Desert (where these pics are from), as well as Joshua Tree and a farm in New York state.
See all their properties on the Folly Collection website.
"Why are buildings today simple and austere, while buildings of the past were ornate and elaborately ornamented? The answer is not the cost of labor."
Samuel Hughes' piece for Work In Progress explores this idea.
Breathtaking home in Jakarta, designed by StudioRK.
Everything is spot on, from the design, to the flooring and railings, door handles and fixtures. The tapestries and artwork, the plants... stunning space.
Here's the full tour:
If you saw Wim Wenders' most recent film, and are not someone who has visited Japan, I'm guessing you were impressed with the public bathrooms of Tokyo.
These photos were gathered by EastEast for their piece, In Praise of Shadows, Ruminations on the aesthetics of a Japanese toilet.
Wallpaper*'s put up a sort of FLW101:
Frank Lloyd Wright, hailed among the 20th century's greatest architects, has left a rich legacy that inspires to this day; here, we invite you to dive into his world.
Frank Lloyd Wright architecture: from Prairie House to Guggenheim New York
Frank Lloyd Wright, hailed among the 20th century’s greatest architects, has left a rich legacy that inspires to this day; here, we invite you to dive into his world
Ellie Stathaki
The Geographics YouTube channel has a documentary on Kowloon Walled City, the once extraordinary and ungoverned enclave in Hong Kong.
Click the image below and then use the magnifying glass to zoom in on a cross-section of the city. Simply incredible.
More details on the image on Spoon + Tomago's site.
Via Metafilter.
Never Too Small's latest episode highlights a Paris apartment belonging to a screenwriter. As always with NTS, the video is pithy, direct, and full of charm.
You can explore other NTS videos on their channel or their website. They also have a magazine. Have to make a note to myself to see if Issues is carrying it.
Never Too Small
Showcasing the best design ideas and solutions for small format living.
Nice to see the Cabin Porn blog is still active.
And here's one of my own cabin photos, from Paradise Cove, Vanuatu:
Hundreds more cabins on Cabin Porn's blog.
