Irish designer Martin Gallagher, has created Cascade, a chest of drawers that features hand-sculpted elements inspired by the sea — via CONTEMPORIST
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Avery Coonley House in Riverside, Illinois is back on the market. But the price ensures that only affluent fans of the iconic architect will be seriously considering this place as their next home.
This prairie-style property was built between 1908 and 1912 and is said to be one of the largest houses designed by Wright, coming in at around 560m² and sat in one acre of land (down from the 10 acres that originally surrounded it).
It has been totally restored in the last 15 years, with many of the key design features saved and maintained, including the low hanging ceilings, art glass windows, mural and long, flat rooflines.
However, as we mentioned earlier, it doesn’t come cheap. You’ll need around $2,100,000 to own this slice of architectural history — via WowHaus
Who doesn’t love a retro ceramic to brighten up their kitchen? These Swedish bird pots, available from Pedlars, have got both colour and charm a plenty.
There’s no designer credited, but these birds have got masses of retro appeal and are reminiscent of some of Hannah Turner’s popular designs. Available in two colours — green and yellow — these ceramic birds have spotted bodies and stripy tails.
The birds are useful as well. Take off their head to reveal room to stash away sugar or salt or the like — the pots are also bigger than you think at 10cm high.
They’re priced at £39.50 each — via Retro To Go
You don’t often see these around, so we’re very pleased that the Mid-Century Turned Leg Planters have just landed at West Elm.
It also helps that very look incredibly stylish. Take your pick from large or small, although both have a similar design, specifically tapered legs in walnut and a glazed ceramic bowl.
White, red and black are the colours and prices are either £109 or £129, depending on your choice of size — via Retro To Go
3ndy Studio designed these wedge-shaped stairs made of corian for this home in Italy — via CONTEMPORIST
Notre-Dame des Neiges, a church in the resort town of L’Alpe d’Huez in the French Alps, has this unusual pipe organ. Jean Guillou, a master organist, designed it in 1978. The German organ builder Detlef Kleuker built it. Appropriately for a church, the shape of the organ is supposed to represent the hand of God. You can hear recordings of performances made on the organ at Pleasure of the Pipes and American Public Media — via Neatorama
Photo: Peter Atkinson
Here’s another reissue from Kay Bojesen’s wooden menagerie — a rather handsome zebra.
This is actually a slightly older design, first made in 1935. The zebra has been lovingly crafted from beech, which has then been hand painted to add those all-important identifying stripes.
Like all the designs, it will add a touch of charm to your shelves. However, they’re not the cheapest pieces. This one is priced at £85. Order it from Hus & Hem — via Retro To Go
Do you or someone you know love chameleons and lizards? Have one as a pet? Then this is a must-have for your cabinet drawers! Fully 3-dimensional, this striped chameleon is accurately reproduced from nature and is painstakingly hand carved and cast in genuine pewter. An unusual and beautiful piece of hardware sure to last — via Etsy
ok.
i was doing some tv stuff at universal and i found myself wandering around with some time to kill and lo and behold i was in ye olde timey western land. and that’s architecture, isn’t it?
it is. and specifically southern californian architecture, as i don’t know if other cities have plywood ghost towns in their midst(s).
so, plywood ghost towns. and a plywood mexican village. to be fair, there’s plaster, too. plywood and plaster.
it’s like a grad student thesis on architectural semiotics and the folly of follies.
i hope you get a chance to wander around plywood ghost towns some day.
it’s odd — via moby
Rex and Water Valve originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Rex had a run-in with a car
Zenya Adderley is a house builder who worked with Zugai Strudwick Architects to create these stairs for his own home in Sydney, Australia. Two of the stairs have pull-tabs that when pulled, reveal drawers hidden inside the stairs — via CONTEMPORIST
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Ingalls House in River Forest, Illinois, USA is on the market. This prairie-style house dates from 1909 and although (as you would expect) it isn’t in entirely original condition, the house still has an air of originality about it.
But changes have been made since the original build, not least with the sympathetic addition
of an expanded kitchen, new family room and deck area. That was apparently undertaken by a local architect who purchased the house back in 1977.
$1,325,000 is the asking price if you want to own a classic — via WowHaus
If you love vintage VWs, you’ll probably like the look of this Campervan Doormat at Urban Outfitters. What you see is effectively what you get here, with the mat based on a vintage van, with welcome
sneaking in on the number plate and red being the colour. It’s sized at 68.5 x 48cm and is selling for £20 — via Retro To Go
Making Friends originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Wooden Cloth by Nathalie Dackelid from Nathalie Dackelid on Vimeo
Nathalie Dackelid‘s table, the Wooden Cloth, is inspired by compact living furniture and a tablecloth that you can easily roll up and down
In the small Spanish town of Molins de Rei lives Pere Tarragó, a motorcycle builder of quite extraordinary skill. His bikes are completely unrideable — but that’s only because they’re 1:5 and 1:6 scale models. These motorcycle models are nothing like the Revell or Tamiya kits you played with back in the 70s. In photographs, Tarragó’s creations are virtually impossible to separate from the real thing. In many ways, Tarragó’s process is similar to that of a regular custom builder: it involves lathes, milling and welding. But normal tools are often useless for this kind of detail work, so Tarragó has made his own — via Bike EXIF
The Italian fashion designer Elsa Peretti purchased an old watchtower on the coast of Tuscany as a vacation home. It was called La Torre. The Sixteenth Century structure was built for military purposes, so Peretti had to have it redesigned with comfort in mind. So she hired architect Renzo Mongiardino to renovate it. Mongiardino took the old fort and turned it into a fairytale castle by covering the walls with three-dimensional images of fantasy scenes, including this stunning fireplace that looks like a giant’s mouth — via Neatorama
Photo: Fritz von der Schulenburg
Maker of boats, kitchens, lighting and more, woodworker Reed Hansuld creates sculptural furniture pieces with a monk-like reverence for their functionality and longevity. Though utility-focused, his pieces are also works of art. With a steel skeleton and graceful wooden curves, his modern Rocking Chair No. 1 breaks any stereotypes you had about the classic rocker — via Cool Hunting
The original Atari console was the inspiration for the Gaming Joystick Coat Hook. Attach it to your wall and you’ll have three small metal hooks for keys and other small items, an inner compartment for money, letters and so on, along with the large joystick itself for your coat or coats. Note that it needs to be self-assembled (but you’ll get everything you need for the finished design), with the price at £16 — Retro To Go
RSS – Posts