Land of Plenty 1.17.07
In the past few years I have started to turn to the internet for almost all my "need to know" questions. Phone numbers, definitions of words, a speedy search for an obscure fact (that I can use to belittle my family and closest friends during a trivial pop culture conversation). This has also proven to be my outlet for everything I want or desire from a modern design perspective. Many many ventures into the world of the web has left me to one glaringly obvious discovery, Australia is truly the land of plenty when it comes to modern design. In America when I refer to the term modern home design I am as likely to find anything built in the past 10 years featuring indoor plumbing as I am to anything who's attributes actually reflect the modern design movement. However in Australia these ideas seem to be one in the same. Modern design (the conceptual movement) and modern housing (those built in the past decade) seem to be synonymous. Inevitably when I find a cool product (that is not sold on some highly over priced design driven site aimed at the upper 1% of home buyers) It's from — You guessed it — Australia.
There even appear to be entire neighborhoods filled with highly thoughtful modern contemporary houses. It's almost as if you were to plop down a two-story craftsman in the middle of Australia the people there would stare at as if it were the landing of some alien craft.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Massing Studies
Going in a Good Direction 1.03.07
The first few phases of the architectural process went really, really fast and easy. I think it's a combination of a good architect who listens (and my experience is they don't all do that) and us having really thought about what we want. Anyhow we did some early exterior studies and from there we basically narrowed down. So at the end of September we landed on where we are at today. This is a massing study of the exterior, there are interior drawings as well but they are less solid than these so I'm holding those for later. This exterior looks strikingly similar to one of the first three rough sketches that Michael showed us.
Withdrawal
Since September we haven't done anything with the plans. A combination of busy schedules and trying to do some research to ensure we're within our budget have made the time past quickly.However the lull in progress has been driving me crazy. I find myself thinking about the house every free moment I have. It's an obsession. I'm going through some sort of creative progress withdrawal at this point. I find myself watching every episode of any HGTV or FineLiving show that may have a hint of modern design. Paging through back issues of Dwell and Metropolitan Home hoping to cure my craving but nothing is working. hopefully tonights meeting with Michael is the antidote.
The first few phases of the architectural process went really, really fast and easy. I think it's a combination of a good architect who listens (and my experience is they don't all do that) and us having really thought about what we want. Anyhow we did some early exterior studies and from there we basically narrowed down. So at the end of September we landed on where we are at today. This is a massing study of the exterior, there are interior drawings as well but they are less solid than these so I'm holding those for later. This exterior looks strikingly similar to one of the first three rough sketches that Michael showed us.
Withdrawal
Since September we haven't done anything with the plans. A combination of busy schedules and trying to do some research to ensure we're within our budget have made the time past quickly.However the lull in progress has been driving me crazy. I find myself thinking about the house every free moment I have. It's an obsession. I'm going through some sort of creative progress withdrawal at this point. I find myself watching every episode of any HGTV or FineLiving show that may have a hint of modern design. Paging through back issues of Dwell and Metropolitan Home hoping to cure my craving but nothing is working. hopefully tonights meeting with Michael is the antidote.
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