The New Year & The Crepain Spaens House

After a month of blogging hiatus (and holiday and moving madness) I am back to share this amazing House in Antwerp, Belgium by CSD Architecten. I love when a modern project is squeezed in between two older buildings (especially of the townhouse variety). I'm not sure why exactly... I could go on and talk about juxtaposition, the interesting contrast between eras or materials, but really, it's just a truly beautiful project.

The photographs are by Luc Roymans, Tom Peeters, and Lize van Schoor.







(via: ArchDaily)

The Julliard School

Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects by Iwan Baan

Atherton Residence by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop

If only those door and window frames were dark gray/black... Still lovely.

Archdaily
David Wakely Photography
Turnbull Griffin Haesloop

Zecc Architects

I remember seeing this spread in Interior Design Magazine  early last year, but ArchDaily reposted it yesterday. I think this project is so fantastic. It fulfills my needs of all things modern & holy.







Architect: Zecc Architecten
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Project Architects: Rolf Bruggink, Marnix van der Meer
Collaborators: René de Korte, Marc Brummelhuis, Thijs Toxopeus
Project area: 250 sqm
Project year: 2006-2007
Photographs: Cornbread Works

V23K16 by Pasel.Kuenzel

After a whirlwind weekend of running around San Francisco with Christopher and his mom in this Indian summer, I am ready for this week's temperature drop to ensue.





Architects: Pasel.Kuenzel Architects
Location: Leiden, The Netherlands
Project Area: 170 sqm
Project year: 2004-2009
Photographer: Marcel van der Burg

Images: ArchDaily

How To Deal With Tiny Spaces

This apartment is just over 400square feet and uses a concrete "ribbon" as a connecting architectural element.

Designed by Alan Y.L. Chan

Source: Dwell

Pink

Image: Sweet Home Style

FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects

I love these incredibly minimalistic homes by Japanese architecture firm FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects.

Little House

House of Inclusion

House of Depth

Images: Takumi Ota

Unity Temple Turns 100

Frank Lloyd Wright's Unitarian Universalist church in Oak Park, Illinois turns 100 this month.

Source: Interior Design

Granary to Living Spaces

Arch Daily has an interesting article on a former granary in Gliwice, Poland that was recently converted into living spaces by Medusa Group.

Aubrey & New York - The Photos, Part One

As I mentioned in this post, Aubrey is off in New York working on the Ace Hotel & working on the sight-seeing list I made her (and is adding to it) and documenting it all in photographs.

The Madison Square Buildings

The Chrysler Building
1928-1930
405 Lexington Avenue

The Empire State Building
1931
350 Fifth Avenue

Gilsey House
1869
1200 Broadway
Opened in 1871 as the Gilsey Hotel and was converted to housing in 1979.