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Mid Century Modern in California via Scandinavia

New Home!

Kategori: Architecture

It has been an exciting couple of months. Refurbishing has started. All I seem to do these days is drawing and eating, eating and drawing. 

 
Thus far, we are still re-arranging furniture and have managed to kit out the basics for the master room and bathroom (laminated floors, painted walls/ceiling). Onto the next project!

 

 

itHouse - Pioneer Town, CA

Kategori: Off-Grid

This off-grid house in the high Mojave Desert has been extensively covered. I was very lucky (photo credits: Yours truly) to join my friend Caroline Ryder, who is writing an article about the lessons learned since the first itHouse was born and how these new designs have been applied to the newer blueprints.
 
Architects Linda Taalman and Alan Koch, of Taalman Koch Architects, prove to be more than understanding about the needs of desert living. The itHouses are self powered and seamlessly join the beauty of their surroundings with the beauty of the dwellings.
 
More homes like this please!
 
This house is available for $350 per night.
 Palm Springs Life Full Article

PreFab Modern - Blue Sky Homes

Kategori: MCM Architecture

A few days ago I was ever so lucky to visit a High Desert PreFab construction in Yucca Valley. My friend Caroline Ryder is writing an article about it for California Homes and knowing I have a little obsession for MCM, she invited me along. 
Let me just say, wow! I can imagine this is not for everybody, but I am definitely not one of those people. I love the idea of being in the middle of what seems to be Nowhere, the only reminder of neighbours a tilted roofline behind some stone formation or another. To wake up and face the rocky hills, take my morning coffee up a giant boulder and shower outdoors just off my bathroom? It is supposed to be a holiday home, but I am pretty sure I could live there every day of the year. 
 
Thank you Ryder.
B.
 
Architects Blue Sky - Graham Residence Project.
(Fantastic!) Interior Design by Christopher Kennedy.
Foto credits yours truly.
 
 
 
Further information and specs available at Blue Sky Homes.