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Yellow Accents Brighten The Stacked White Volumes Of Pino Street House By Oscar Gutiérrez

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Architect Oscar Gutiérrez employed bright yellow paintwork to pick out frequently-overlooked details on the clean white facade of this courtyard house in Mexico.

Gutiérrez chose to highlight railings, guttering and doorways with vibrant paintwork at Pino Street House – a house with a courtyard at its centre, designed for a family living in the suburbs of Jalisco, México.

Pino Street House by Oscar Gutierrez

The 165-square-metre developing comprises a series of stacked white blocks, with glazed living spaces facing the brick patio that cuts into 1 side of the plan.

Associated story: 3archlab’s concrete courtyard house is positioned against a cliff

“The property is divided by a courtyard that creates parallel paths among social and household life, although also generating a feeling of amplitude,” said the architects.

Pino Street House by Oscar Gutierrez

The floor region decreases on the upper floor to make way for two roof terraces that overlook this outside space. There are also small gardens at the front and back of the plot.

Pino Street House by Oscar Gutierrez

Behind a solid yellow perimeter fence, stepping stones lead up to a yellow doorway recessed into the white facade. Red bricks had been arranged at angles to give a textured basket-weave pattern to the walls on either side of the entrance.

The door opens straight into the dining space, which leads through to each the courtyard and a living space at the back of the house.

Pino Street House by Oscar Gutierrez

The ground floor has a split-level floor that follows the natural slope of the terrain. This puts every single room at a slightly different height.

“The house is concentrated towards the southeast boundary, making access to the most eye-catching landscapes and appropriate sun exposure,” said the architect.

Pino Street House by Oscar Gutierrez

Upstairs, two bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms are situated at either end of the creating and connected by a extended corridor.

“The style method was to assign most of the built area to the ground level allowing the existence of uncovered locations in the upper level,” added the architect.

Pino Street House by Oscar Gutierrez

The two roof terraces adjoin the master bedroom and hallway, offering views of the rural landscape beyond the perimeter fence.

“The widespread terrace and balcony establish a connection with the garden and courtyard on the ground floor, collectively forming a linear sequence of open spaces,” said Gutiérrez.

Pino Street House by Oscar Gutierrez

A cylindrical chimney for the living room fire rises above the flat rooftops, while the vibrant yellow water trenches spout water straight onto the patio and gardens below.

Pino Street House by Oscar Gutierrez

Photography is by Vanessa Guízar.

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Caruso St John To "restructure" Asplund's Stockholm City Library

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News: British architecture studio Caruso St John has won a competition to restore and expand one particular of Sweden’s most significant 20th century buildings – the Stockholm City Library by Swedish architect Erik Gunnar Asplund.

Caruso St John will pick up the baton for the library project, which has been on hold since 2009, right after becoming selected as “the most certified” firm for the activity of building 1 of Sweden’s most important public buildings.

Unlike the previous scheme – which was scrapped following funding issues and protests from heritage groups – Caruso St John’s design and style is being pitched as a “restoration and restructure”, rather than an completely new extension.

Associated story: Tate Britain Millbank renovation by Caruso St John completed

The studio’s proposal focuses on the reorganisation of the building’s internal spaces, which will be re-planned to assist the library adapt to contemporary demands.

“The project will involve function to the annex and bazaars as effectively as to the principal developing, and will be carried out in collaboration with Scheiwiller Svensson Arkitektkontor,” stated a statement from Caruso St John.

Perform is anticipated to start on the constructing in 2017, and be completed by 2019.

Stockholm Public Library by Gunnar Asplund This image: photograph by Peter Guthrie. Top image: image courtesy of Shutterstock

Inaugurated in 1928, Stockholm City Library was created by Erik Gunnar Asplund to be one particular of the world’s most modern day and accessible libraries and was the first in the country to provide public access to the stacks.

The orange structure is considered an exemplar of Nordic Classicism – a pre-war movement that was instrumental in the development of Modernism in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

The style was influenced by Asplund’s study tour of America’s public libraries. The principal lending library is housed in a cylinder in the middle of the building, accessed by way of a grand staircase, and is surrounded by three wings with flat roofs.

The building has remained well-liked with residents but has struggled to maintain up with the altering behaviours of library customers and an improve in footfall from the nearby Odenplan plaza. It is now also in require of significant upkeep perform, according to the city.

Stockholm Public Library by Gunnar Asplund Photograph by Wojtek Gurak

In 2007, German architect Heike Hanada won one particular of the biggest ever open architecture competitions to style an extension to the library – a project that then had an estimated price range of £60 million.

Hanada, an architecture teacher at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, was chosen from 1,160 entries by a jury that incorporated Adam Caruso, co-founder of Caruso St John. But the scheme was scrapped in 2009.

“The politicians say that it is too pricey. That is the official cause. But there is discussion on whether this is accurate,” Annika Jensfelt, an editor of the Swedish Association of Architects’ magazine Arkitekten told architecture newspaper BD in 2009. “Essential cultural men and women have debated it, saying it is spitting on Asplund. Maybe this is the correct reason.”

Caruso St John has established a name for itself as 1 of the UK’s ideal firms for designing pubic institutions. Final year it completed a £45 million renovation of London’s Tate Britain art gallery and the firm is presently operating on a new gallery to home the collection of British artist Damien Hirst.

“Caruso St John Architects is most qualified for the activity. They have a recognised knowledge in operating with cultural and historical buildings and public buildings containing cultural activities,” mentioned Juan Copovi-Mena, Stockholm City’s house director.

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HGTV 2015 Dream House: A Classic Cape On Martha's Vineyard

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This year’s HGTV Dream House is positioned on Martha’s Vineyard at 15 Crocker Drive in Edgartown.

The home was developed by the amazing neighborhood architect Patrick Ahearn who has offices in Boston and MV and constructed by Timothy McHugh Builders of Martha’s Vineyard.

Ahearn’s projects feature a beautiful choice of quintessential New England style houses, including:


Beach Style Exterior by Boston Architects &amp Creating Designers Patrick Ahearn Architectphoto by Greg Premru

Beach Style Exterior by Boston Architects &amp Building Designers Patrick Ahearn Architectphoto by Greg Premru

Beach Style Pool by Boston Architects &amp Creating Designers Patrick Ahearn Architect

As with all HGTV Dream Properties, the Property Planner was Chuck Thomasson and the Interior Designer was Linda Woodrum. &nbspI met Chuck and Linda when I toured the HGTV Green Property in Plymouth a handful of years ago. &nbspI did like that residence (though I had numerous troubles with it as effectively) but I have to say that I really like this year’s Dream Residence. &nbspTheir selection of Mr. Ahearn as architect was a home run correct out of the gate – for me at least.

Here’s the floor program:

The property is 3200 sq. feet and is constructed around a central open plan fantastic area/dining space and kitchen. The wings (meant to appear as if they were all separate cottages that have been sooner or later joined together) residence the 3 bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry rooms and one particular-auto garage.


They have even integrated a small matching dog house that is also totally beautiful. Note the weathervane on the cupola. The dog house also conveniently hides a utility access drum of some sort from the house.
photo by Sydney Bender for The Vineyard Gazette
The front door opens correct into the open major living space – which is a single of my quite couple of complaints of the house. I do wish the entry had some kind of foyer space.


I believe the door and trim are Ben Moore’s Essex Green – the very same as my front door here at Nook Cottage! Constantly a classic.

The wonderful area as viewed from the back doors towards the front door. The dining region is to the left and the kitchen is beyond that.


And the view towards the back doors from the front door. The fireplace, with enclosed television set above, is flanked by bookcases. The vaulted ceiling features lots of vibrant windows and antique beams.&nbsp

The vaulted and beamed ceiling with the windows has type of church effect, which I adore.

The dining table with the kitchen beyond.


Yet another view towards the rear French doors. There is quite a “Something’s Gotta Give” home high quality to this space, no?

The kitchen is fine – pretty modest in size for a three,200 sq. ft. house. I do like that it’s at least slightly apart from the principal living/dining space.

I consider as a space it could use a little far more interest – possibly more intriguing cabinet hardware or a a lot more colorful center island – either painted base cabinets or a bright blue quartz counter prime.


For the 2010 Green Home in Plymouth, MA, designer Linda Woodrum utilised a red quartz counter prime that was spectacular:

photo by Linda Merrill
1 of the side hall views looking from the guest suite past the kitchen, the fantastic space towards the master suite.&nbsp

The master bedroom suite attributes a coordinated colour palette of blue green, white and gray. This space also characteristics a vaulted ceiling with antique beams.


The master suite consists of a dressing space along with a massive walk in closet.&nbsp

These side-by-side spaces could be his ‘n hers stroll-ins, or the dressing room may well be turned into a nursery.&nbsp

The master bathroom is really spectacular full with coved ceiling and stroll-out private patio.&nbsp

I would undoubtedly have place half-shutters on the reduced portions of the windows behind the bathtub for privacy. Otherwise, the curtains would have to be fully closed, or shades pulled totally down. This is a one particular-story residence resulting in absolutely no privacy in the bathrooms.

And now, onto the other wing, which consists of the guest area beneath. It is funny, possibly it really is just I don’t care that much for the colour palettes, but I really feel like the decor of these spaces isn’t really as intriguing as the rest of the property. Also, is it just me, or is any individual else getting sick of seeing window remedies hanging so high more than windows? Whilst I agree with the “higher and wide” philosophy, there is a entire lot of blank space more than these windows. Also, I would have gone wider with the window treatment options all the way to the side walls behind the bed. The wonderful heigh makes them appear a little as well thin.


And the guest bathroom:

The “children’s” bedroom is accomplished up for a small girl or two. Pretty, but a little cacophonous for a space with a vaulted ceiling.


And the kid’s bathroom:

The laundry room is standard.


The back porch is quite fantastic with a complete dining table to the left and an outdoor shower on the far proper. Love that!

Someone in some comments section noted that there is no basement in this home, which I thought strange. In fact, there is one thing of a basement – accessible by way of a bulkhead just outside the master suite.


On the floor strategy, you can see it is outside the master closet and here’s a pic from the outside. This is also exactly where the a/c compressors are positioned. I assume the windows have sound proofing given that this would be quite loud proper close to the master bedroom.


What I never know is how massive the basement is – does it stretch the entire length of the residence (which would make for an huge basement) or only beneath this wing? I would believe it way a lot more hassle-free to have the basement access nearer the garage – or even via a staircase from within the garage. &nbspBut then, I personally hate bulkheads – I am quite positive I’d fall in in no way to be heard from once again – haha. As an aside – my Grandparent’s residence on Cape Cod had a trap door on their porch for access to their basement – which was a little space dug out of the crawl space to residence their washer/dryer. That factor would freak me out when I was tiny!!!

The Dream House Show premiers on HGTV on Thursday, January 1st. Two entries a day can be logged in and the deadline is February 15th. &nbspI study somewhere that the prize total is about \$2 Million dollars. The home alone sold for about \$650,000. Add to that the residence and all furnishings, landscaping, a new auto and 1 -year membership to the regional homeowners membership club, the price tag seems about proper. Average Edgartown property values are around the \$2M dollar mark, and other homes on the street seem valued around \$700,000-\$900,000 per Zillow Trulia and other web sites. The true estate tax price is very low in Edgartown at \$three.70 as opposed to West Tilbury at \$8.79. &nbspThe winner would be paying earnings tax on the total winning package of \$2 Million. Absolutely nothing comes for cost-free! But, aside from that, it would be fun to be the winner, would not it?

What do you believe of the architecture and decor – would you alter considerably?


If you’re searching to generate the property of your dreams, speak to me to go over the possibilities!
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Biggest Changes In 2014!

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Hello there my friends! I hope your holiday was wonderful!! Ours was fantastic and we’re totally enjoying the entire break so far. I read one book cover to cover in one day, we’ve seen Night at the Museum 3 (loved it) and hope to see Into the Woods tonight. I’ve done equal parts sitting on my butt and cleaning/decrapifying/organizing as well. 🙂

Since we are nearly the end of 2014 I like to look back at the biggest projects I completed throughout the year. If you haven’t noticed before and after pictures are pretty much my favorite thing ever, so I’m including pics of how they looked at the start of the year as well as the final result (which is often not the end result cause everything takes me forever).

First up, the mud room. Ohhhh yes. The mud room! When we had the basement finished a few years ago we moved our laundry down there and it’s seriously one of the best things we’ve ever done. We lived with it as it was for quite a while and then at the beginning of this year I got started. This is how it looked to start:

What’s funny is I was so tired of the bright yellow I had in there for years I felt like the blank white looked a ton better:

laundry room turned mud room

I love that you can see where I painted around the washer and dryer way back when. At least I used tape to get a straight line!

So anyway, I got busy installing the rest of the beadboard and painting it, building a bench (out of kitchen cabinets), DIYing a cushion out of a rug and then adding the sconces:

diy bench in mud room

Um…we LOVE it. Love love love. Seriously, I’m so happy to have an actual landing zone when we walk in now.

I still have a lot I want to do in here – I’ve been wanting to build the upper storage for a year now and just haven’t gotten to it. The ceiling needs to be patched and painted (due to some water issues) and I will add crown molding too:

beadboard in mud room

I changed out the overhead light in the space recently and still need to show you that too (it created some new holes in the ceiling as well).

Funny thing, seeing our big cat in these photos – this bench is his absolute favorite spot in the house. The furnace is in here so I think it’s probably the toastiest room:

bench made out of cabinets

On a side note – if you’ve ever wanted to spray paint your door knobs be sure to check out my experience with it in this room here.

We didn’t do much in the basement this year (although I still have some fun plans in mind) but I did make some progress on the little kitchenette down there. This is how we started at the beginning of the year:

simple kitchenette

I installed the (super cheap!) countertops and painted the cabinets. Then I added a little bling to that wall with a stencil I found at Hobby Lobby:

stenciled wall

We’ve since installed the sink down there and I’ve had the shelves to hang for probably six months. Hoping to get those up over break.

I also shared the details of how we had our basement finished for (what I think) a great price:

finished basement costs

Basically we used small business contractors, spread it out over time and I did the finish work myself. But I share all of the costs and break down in that post.

Our master bedroom got some updates as well. I’ve been working on this room for over a year now and may finish it next year…we’ll see. 😉

I couldn’t decide if I wanted our room to be bright and light or dark and comfy…so I went halfway. I started painting the room the lighter color I picked out:

DIY tufted headboard

And then decided I was craving some drama. So I added it in the form of some trim and a dark gray color called Peppercorn:

gray accent wall with trimI also beefed up the baseboards (without taking off the old ones!), added craftsman trim around the doors, and changed out the light (from the old dining room). It is becoming a truly beautiful space and we love it!!

(To see how I made the tufted headboard for less than \$100, go here.)

I worked my tail off on one of the biggest transformations in our house this year that no one sees but us – our master closet. It’s b
ig and we weren’t using it well. This before photo was the closet on a really, really good day:

closet makeover

I mean…really. This was nothing compared to the usual mess.

I purged big time, installed more kitchen cabinets (yes, I have a problem. Yes, they work and they are cheap!) and then painted everything in purple tones – my one girly room the house! 🙂

It kind of changed our lives:

closet makevover with cabinets

You can see more of the final reveal here. A functional, clean closet it highly underrated. I still have more plans for the space but so far it’s working SO MUCH better than what we had before.

And finally, the spaces I got some help on. We had dreamed and planned to potentially add on to the back of our home – our family room and kitchen were open to each other but very tight and awkward due to the layout of the fireplace and windows.

We had saved up a chunk of change do a renovation but we realized pretty quickly it wasn’t going to happen. Getting contractors to respond was impossibly hard (only a few even responded) and the costs we were getting from those who did respond were astronomical.

Along the way a reader put an idea in my head and we went with it. Here’s an old photo of the wall that we took down:

knocking down a wall

We knocked down the wall between my office and the family room and reconfigured the fireplace. We gained 100 square feet in doing so:

fireplace with built ins

The biggest part of the room is the new fireplace placement and built ins. They looked like this to start:

fireplace with built ins for electronics

That white chunk of wall is where the old corner fireplace was. So happy that is gone!!

After I trimmed it out and painted, added some new doors to the cabinets (so we could hide the electronics in there), tiled the surround and then planked the wall above, it turned out like this: gray fireplace marble tile

That’s the Christmas version. 😉

Here’s another view of the room before (a more recent one):

corner fireplace

And now from the same general area: gray fireplace The changes made a bigger impact to the kitchen than we anticipated too, so we went ahead with our second phase sooner than planned. Here’s the view into the family room before:        

And here it is now (as a kitchen!) with the new doors:

double atrium doors

Those doors? Easily top five best things we’ve done in the almost 11 years here. They are amazing and completely changed how we function in these rooms. Absolutely love:

transom above french doors

You can see the entire renovation process (over five months) here.

It’s been a GREAT year! I am so happy with the changes we’ve made and so thankful we were able to make them!

Onto 2015…I’ll share my plans for that next! Did you do anything fun to your house this year? We did a lot but it’s kind of my job. 😉 And it’s my passion – I love it!! 

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Luzinterruptus Creates "weird And Sinister" Lighting Installation Using Floating Latex Gloves

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Over 1000 inflated and illuminated latex gloves appeared to reach out from the surface of a French lake in this installation by Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus .

Coming Afloat by Luzinterruptus

Created for multi-disciplinary arts festival Bienalle Panoramas, the installation by Luzinterruptus comprised 700 pairs of gloves containing air and autonomous LED lights that floated on the water.

Associated story: Sensual Wave installation illuminates an empty dock at La Grande-Motte harbour

“With such murky water and the fact that it was fully forbidden to get in the water, we thought it virtually our duty to recommend that some thing weird and sinister was going on in its depths,” the designers told Dezeen.

Coming Afloat by Luzinterruptus

Referencing “mysterious lake dwellers” and “film scenes of bodies that sank in tragic circumstances,” the gloves had been tied with each other in pairs to hint at bodies below the water’s surface.

Coming Afloat by Luzinterruptus

“Beings of light would be trying to come afloat or would be sinking, based on one’s life experience,” explained the designers.

Coming Afloat by Luzinterruptus

“We believed that in such a all-natural and bucolic setting where everything looked so impeccably perfect, we weren’t going to be in a position to add any far more beauty with our lights, so that’s why we chose to aim for mystery and darkness in our style.”

Coming Afloat by Luzinterruptus

Once pumped full of air and filled with lights, the pairs of gloves were released, from which point flocks of ducks and natural currents arranged them across the lake.

The idea deviated slightly from the initial program, which was to suspend complete bodies under the surface of the water.

Coming Afloat by Luzinterruptus

When it became clear that this wouldn’t perform due to the opaqueness of the lake, the white clothing currently purchased had been distributed amongst guests to wear on the launch night.

The show stayed on the lake in Parcs des Iris et de l’Ermitage in Lormont near Bordeaux for many days and then all the material was collected and recycled.

Coming Afloat by Luzinterruptus

Prior installations from Luzinterruptus consist of two skips filled with glowing plastic bags at the entrance to the Gewerbemuseum in Switzerland, 10,000 glowing books strewn across the ground at Federation Square in Melbourne, and 400 illuminated silicone nipples covertly attached to statues outdoors the Public Art Museum in Madrid in the dead of night.

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