Search Results for 'Modern'

Robust & Modern Family Apartment in Melbourne by dKO Archite...

dKO Architecture have completed the “Prahbu Apartment” in Melbourne CBD, Victoria, Australia. The official project description goes like this: “A quiet retreat nestled above the fracas of its inner-urban environment, th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

A modern world in a period shell

From the outside, Carrick Villa looks like a perfect neighbour for the rest of the architecture fringing Regent’s Park in central London. The villa may be just two storeys, detached and with four bedrooms, but it is at one with the [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Sunday's Open Houses: Mediterranean Two-Story, Modern Archit...

The Sunday will be the first time 334 Angus Ave. will be open for viewing. This meticulously maintained home opens onto the street with a front lawn and bay window. It features a remodeled bath, hardwood floors, and new paint inside and [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Bespoke buildings from modern Japan

Say you want to live in a library, or in the forest, or in a library in the forest, but you would prefer to maintain your high living standards. There is one architecture studio that has the skills and vision to build the house of your d [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

A post-modern strategy for city building

Toronto architect Stephen Teeple’s scheme for the Gansevoort boutique hotel and condominium tower on Richmond Street West is the most original and striking residential tall-building design to come forward in Hogtown in several year [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

David Brussat: A modernist Manhattan tower I like

A work of modern architecture I like? By über-modernist Frank “O!” Gehry to boot? Can this be so? If so, then it qualifies as a teaching moment. The 76-story apartment building at 8 Spruce St., in Lower Manhattan, k [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

From Leandro Locsin to Modern Glam, landmark from the ’60s g...

SEXY.” THAT’S one of the adjectives that design duo Ivy and Cynthia Almario use when they describe their projects. Their renovation of the Midas Hotel and Casino is an example of their signature Modern Glam style, a combinati [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

For Toronto architect, a detour to modern

Toronto architect Gordon Ridgely is best known for the elegant, intelligent Georgian mansions he has been creating here in Hogtown since the early 1970s. During an interview a couple of years ago, he told me the reasons for his long-runn [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Richmond's Ford Point Melds Modern Architecture with a Rich ...

In the time since the renovation of Ford Point—originally the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant—was completed in 2009, the site has won a string of awards that have helped return the historic landmark to its former stature. T [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Warm Modern Montrose House in Virginia

Latitude 38, a design-build firm out of Charlottesville, started this home on spec until the current owners, Mark Hampton and Jay Alexander, fell in love, according to local magazine Abode. Montrose House has three bedrooms, two-an [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Ford Point melds sharp, modern architecture with a rich hist...

In the time since the renovation of Ford Point--originally the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant--was completed in 2009, the site has won a string of awards that have helped return the historic landmark to its former stature. The buildin [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Seeing Things | Donald Wexler, Desert Modernist

This weekend marks the kickoff of Modernism Week, Palm Springs’s annual celebration of all things midcentury modern. One of its highlights is “Steel and Shade: The Architecture of Donald Wexler,” an exhibition at the Pa [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Charlotte's Oldest Mid-Century Modern House Faces Demolition

The Lassiter House, the oldest identified Modernist house in Charlotte, and one of the few designed by architect A.G. Odell still standing, will be torn down if not sold by June. The house’s only owners put their three-bedroom [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

La Rioja's wineries embrace modern architecture

The region of La Rioja in Spain is synonymous with wine as its warm but often wet climate creates the perfect environment for growing grapes. An economic boom in the area has turned many of the wineries into works of modern art, becoming [...]