We chat with two Penn scholars who are leading the study of alumnus-architect Louis Kahn's residential designs.

Part of the attraction and romance of great books is the ability of transporting us to another dimensions and different epochs. They hid treasures and mysterious stories that subtly transform our minds and our thoughts and make us travel without even moving a leg. Tower bookcase is the perfect match for your home décor. This luxury decorative piece of furniture transmits a mix of tradition and technology, perfect for your entrance hall or your modern living room. Base and interior shelving crafted from mahogany, this exclusive design piece is encased in smoked glass. Any literature lover would be wise to consider getting a customizable bookcase like the exceptional Tower to house the most important books of their lives.

There are a rare few in this world who are unaffected by wanderlust, but we do not consider ourselves amongst them. Traveling to faraway lands offers not only a break from the doldrums of daily life, but also an intimate peek at another culture’s aesthetic. Spend a week in one country and it won’t be long before you start to notice the same design components over and over again, whether at the flea market, local restaurant, or boutique hotel.

Author: Penny Craswell Bricks can be cleaned, timber hardens with age and metal develops a pleasing patina without deteriorating, making them all perfect for reuse. Yet every day more building materials are being manufactured from virgin resources. This inspiring book focuses on contemporary homes made with reused components or materials that might once have been considered waste. Divided into four key categories - brick, timber, metal and a range of materials constituted from waste - every home showcases design ingenuity and award-winning architecture. Featuring 24 unique houses and apartments, from a barn-inspired house made entirely with reclaimed bricks to a semi-detached Edwardian with recycled benchtops and cabinets made from plastic chopping boards and bottle tops, every project shows what can be achieved with creativity and flair as clever design becomes more closely aligned with ethics and sustainability. With advice on how to source existing resources and support a circular economy, Reclaimed is a valuable guide for anyone planning to build or renovate a stylish new home.

October 21, 2018In 2008, a magazine asked me to write about a new house in Marin County, California. The architect, Dirk Denison, was in Africa, so I went to see the residence without him. It reminded me of the Farnsworth House — Mies van der Rohe’s Plano, Illinois, tour de force — turned inside out. […]

A great quote by Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1888), on books. I though some of you might appreciate it. "Books are not made for furniture, but there is

BLOOMINGDALE'S BOOK OF HOME DECORATING (1973) BLOOMINGDALE'S BOOK OF HOME DECORATING. COPYRIGHT 1973, FIRST EDITION, HARDCOVER. MEAS 9X10.25". 271 PAGES. AUTHOR BARBARA D'ARCY WAS THE INTERIOR DESIGNER WHO CREATED THE WILD, PSYCHEDELIC STORE ENVIRONMENTS FOR BLOOMINGDALE'S , NY. THIS FABULOUS VINTAGE BOOK CONTAINS AMAZING PHOTOS OF AN ECLECTIC MIX OF DESIGN STYLES FROM TRADITIONAL TO HIPPIE BOHEMIAN. FEATURES SOME OF THE MOST FAR OUT, SPACE AGE MOD, WILD PSYCHEDELIC INTERIORS! INSIDE THE BOOK , YOU WILL FIND THE MOST MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS OF THE EAMES MODERN ERA. FEATURES: LUCITE CHAIRS, SHAG RUGS, CORROGATED CARDBOARD FURNITURE, CONVERSATION PITS, FREE FORM SOFAS, CHROME PLEXIGLASS, MIRRORED ROOMS, BALL LAMPS, PLASTIC BLOW UP CHAIRS, LIGHT UP DISCO FLOOR, ZEBRA PRINTS, SUPERGRAPHICS, PROJECTION WALL IMAGES. PLASTIC FURNITURE BY KARTELL, VERNER PANTON, AND JOE COLOMBO. LIGHTING BY ISAMU NOGUCHI ARTEMIDE, CASTIGLIONI, AND LAUREL. CHAIRS BY MIES VAN DER ROHE, GEORGE NELSON, FRANK GEHRY, AND PIERRE PAULIN

Ah, the joys of maternity leave — all that uninterrupted free time for quiet introspection and a much-needed break from the daily grind of work. Wait,

The open living areas with high ceilings of this small home create the illusion of a much larger home. French doors, transoms and large windows further enhance the open feeling of the main living spaces. The master suite is cleverly designed to combine the sleeping area with a sitting area. The master bedroom will accommodate a king size bed arrangement plus a sofa and cocktail table in the sitting area. The utility room offers built-in storage and cabinets plus a laundry sink and there is outside access for convenience as a mud room. There is a floor to ceiling book cabinet conveniently located in the hallway and perfect for a students reference library. Kitchen features include a raised eating bar, broom closet, pantry and double ovens. There are numerous energy saving features designed to cut the heating and cooling cost in half without adding significant building cost.

Kunstoffhaus FG 2000 Design by Wolfgang Feierbach in 1968 scan from "Prefab Houses" Taschen book Outside view of the first house in 1968 It still exists... without ever having to be renovated... She is currently the designer Office more about the house: www.feierbach.com/03HausE.html

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Small and compact, this home has all of the amenities of luxury homes making it perfect for those empty nesters that want to scale back. The living, dining and kitchen areas are very open and bright creating the sense of a much larger space. The raised ceiling in the living room adds to that open feeling and the light of the French doors further enhances the space. The built in book shelves on each side of the fireplace will provide you with tons of space for all the books and photographs that you have collected over a lifetime. Typical ceiling heights are 9’ and more typical of larger homes. The kitchen overlooks the living and dining area and it has a large island with an eating bar. Double French doors open from the dining room and right into the large rear covered porch and entertainment area. The outdoor kitchen provides the finishing touch for entertaining your guest. Now that you have plenty of time to play golf, there is a golf cart storage area in the garage or it can be used for lawn tractors or other storage. The master suite has double French doors for easy access to the rear covered porch. The bath is exceptional for this size home and features twin vanities, spa tub, separate shower and a giant walk-in closet. A large painted glass window located above the spa tub bathes the bath with soft lighting from the outside. With its charming exterior styling and its thoroughly modern interior, this is a great starter home too. The small foot print will fit well on smaller lots and the low square footage combines to make this a very affordable home. This is a super energy saving home designed to slash heating and cooling cost by 50% but without increasing the cost of building. Regardless if you are looking to downsize or if you’re looking for that perfect first home, this plan has it all.

Perfect Imperfect takes as its founding principle the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, advocating the beauty to be found in imperfection, impermanence and the authentic. Importantly this is done without losing sight of the benefits of living in the 21st century, where designers are merging digital technology with the handmade to produce items that combine the best of both worlds. This beautiful, inspirational book, with thought-provoking text by Karen McCartney and stunning visuals by Sharyn Cairns and Glen Proebstel, is a celebration of accident, curation, collection, hesitation, collaboration, reuse, reimagining and true originality. It explores an established aesthetic in a new way, as illustrated by the homes and studios of international and Australian creatives. It embraces current design objects alongside well-worn ones, and features interior settings that mix comfort, design and an off-beat beauty.

“A house without books is like a room without windows..." .Horace Mann quotes I love books, I love Cape Cods, I love bay windows. My love of Americana architecture I believe is centered around the...

The recent works of talented interior designers at twenty Decorator Showhouse events around the country revealed in 330 striking color photos. Interior designers, assisted by avid volunteers, transform rooms at historical houses into works of art. Created to astound the public and contribute to charitable causes, these designers create masterworks of interior design. In this volume, you will tour the showhouses without the crowds, moving methodically through the showhouses room-by-room, lingering over every detail just as long as you like. Once your head is full of inspiration, you may turn to the lists of participating designers and additional Showhouse events taking place across the nation. For anyone passionate about interior design, this is one book that will be returned to again and again.

I wanted to put a few thoughts out there about the realities of your survival location. To read what is out there in terms of opinion and advice, it appears that to survive any coming apocalypse you need to be in a fortified self-sustaining retreat somewhere out in the boonies,…

This set of interior design coloring pages is perfect for adults and teens. There is a total of 4 high-definition PDF and JPG coloring pages. The pages include: 1. Living room 2. Bedroom 3. Kitchen 4. Dining room FILES & PRINTING: Includes 1 high-resolution PDF with all 4 coloring pages that can be printed on letter-size paper. Also includes individual JPG files that can be used for digital coloring on your iPad or tablet. **Please note this is an "Instant Download" item. Print at home as many times as you like or take to a printer of your choice. Keep in mind that each monitor/computer has its own color settings; due to this, colors may vary slightly. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me! TERMS OF USE: *All designs are the original work of Printstractions and are not to be retouched, reproduced and/or resold without permission. Only for personal use in the context of which it is sold*

This spectacular home plan won 17 out of 22 awards in a Street of Dreams including Best in Show. From the wrap-around covered porch to the arresting features inside, it is easy to see why! Both the formal living and dining rooms boast special ceiling treatments and overlook the covered porch. A large den with fireplace provides a quiet place to work at home or relax with a book. The magnificent rotunda rises up two stories and highlights an elaborate curved staircase. In the informal family area, all the rooms are open to each other and there is plenty of room for family and friends. Double doors open to the rear porch inviting you to enjoy the outdoor space. On the second floor, the master bedroom is truly a luxurious retreat. An octagonal sitting room surrounds you with light from 5 windows, perfect for reading. A romantic fireplace and vaulted ceiling add to the ambiance. A step-up spa tub is also set in a bay and two large walk-in closets will house your clothes in style. Each of the three other bedrooms has either a vaulted or tray ceiling and a large walk-in closet. An open rail in the circular hall overlooks the rotunda below and a balcony overlooks the family room below. A huge media room with tray ceiling and fireplace will keep everyone entertained. Related Plans: For a related plan without the outside turret, see house plan 23203JD. Get a second stair leading to the second floor with house plan 23357JD. Get an octagonal rotunda with house plan 23187JD. NOTE: Additional fees apply when building in the State of Washington. Contact us for more information.

Hughes’ collection of hundreds of books is stored on a vertiginous two story bookcase, which takes up the whole of the northern wall of the living room.

We chat with two Penn scholars who are leading the study of alumnus-architect Louis Kahn's residential designs.

thegoldensieve.com Into the breach, meatbags. Previously, we took a tour through the first part of southern Wisconsin's The House on the Rock. Here we continue to descend into the oddities and creepiness with the second part of the tour, which I like to call "The Dark Carnival." By the pricking of my thumbs ... ... something wicked this way comes. -The Second Witch, Macbeth. As a kid, I grew up reading dog-eared copies of my father's Ray Bradbury books. One of my favorite was "Something Wicked This Way Comes," which portrays a young protagonist's struggle, alongside his father, against Mr. Dark's evil traveling carnival. Were the House on the Rock to tour the country, I imagine someone very like Mr. Dark would be the one to run the show. Bradbury's earlier stories contain elements that are fleshed out in greater detail in this novel but that share the same theme - that the line between happy and creepy is razor thin at the carnival. I happen to think he's right. Look no further than The Day of the Dead for your proof. Celebration and macabre are joined here in more honest fashion than in any other cultural event of which I know. But back to the tour. After the wandering through the "house" portion of the House on the Rock, one comes to the streets of yesterday (photographs of which can be seen on the post linked above) and finally arrives to find a single rose inside a small ticketbooth at the outside of and old-time movie theater. The music from the rooms beyond rattles down the hallways and out the doors behind the marquee in uneasy, broken cadence. You have the distinct feeling that what lies beyond is whimsical and subtly menacing. This is precisely how I imagine the ticektbooth from "Something Wicked ..." to look. For my money, the second tour of the house is the best of the three. It is, effectually, room after room of derelict, mechanized and out-of-tune instruments playing loudly in stuffy air. When you enter the tour and pay your fee, you're given a set of tokens "for the machines." First-time visitors are likely baffled by this, as though they were headed to some arcade; and if not confused, certainly unable to imagine what strange machines await their little golden tokens. The instruments themselves are arranged within ornate rooms meant to complement the music and amplify its effect. The experience reaches it's crescendo after the last of these musical rooms and a few other oddities (including an ode to maritime exploits and case after case of bed-pans and ash-trays and cigarette rollers) when one finds himself walking down a long corridor to the steady and deafening beat of a timpani drum to find The Carousel. Here is the gateway to Gaiman's Gods, the only way out into the mind of the diety or through the maw on the left and into the third tour.

Picture a cozy corner, a quiet escape, a personal retreat where you can dive into the pages of your favorite book without any disturbances - sounds inviting,

This is a stunning elegant, colourful and textured oil painting. Ekaterina Popova's intimate bedroom and interior series capture the light subtleties and feelings of romantic contentment. Artist Statement For the past few years, I have been exploring interiors in my work. The interest started as a way for me to reflect on my upbringing in Russia, but eventually progressed to exploring the overall idea of “home” and what it means me now. The work has slowly evolved from being reflective and sentimental to being mindful and present in my current environment. I repeatedly paint my own bedroom, visit other people’s houses, and use reference photos submitted to me by others online. My paintings include messy rooms, intimate items, and objects that refer to human presence without including the figure. I pick up on the subtle tones, lighting, and mood of each location in order to capture the emotion I associate with the space and then exaggerate the color to create a dream-like image. Ekaterina Popova was born in Vladimir, Russia. After moving to the United States, she fell in love with painting and received a BFA from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including The Painting Center in New York, Art Miami Fairs, The Trenton City Museum, Delaware Contemporary, Uforge Gallery, The Painted Bride Center, The Boxheart Gallery, A.I.R. Gallery and more. She has been featured in multiple blogs and publications, including Aesthetica, The Jealous Curator, Professional Artist Magazine, Studio Visit Magazine, Iceview and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Ekaterina works out of her studio in Philadelphia, PA.

This simple linear home plan has all the space necessary for comfortable daily living, without costly wasted areas.  From the covered expansive front porch you are welcomed into the foyer, which offers views directly into the core of the home ahead and flanks the dining room and office.  The kitchen and sitting area are separated from the living room by a two way fireplace. Off the kitchen is a breakfast nook and screen porch for enjoying the outdoors.  A master suite is privately tucked off to one site of the home and offers his and her vanities and walk in closet.  Located on the upper level you find two additional bedrooms sharing a bath, as well as a small counter for homework or reading a book. The optional lower level finishes the home off with a family room, billiards, wet bar, and guest suite.

Visit the world's most comprehensive and compelling museum in a single book - the ultimate gallery in your own home Housing the finest art collection ever assembled, this classic format of Phaidon's bestselling The Art Museum offers the ultimate museum experience without the boundaries of space and time. The rooms and galleries that live within this volume display more than 1,600 artworks, expertly selected from the original collection, including paintings, sculpture, textiles, photographs, installations, performances, videos, prints, ceramics, manuscripts, metalwork, and jewelwork. The artworks included were carefully selected by a team of 28 curators, critics, art historians and artists who contributed their expertise to create this revolutionary 'virtual' museum. These experts came from such institutions as: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The British Museum, London; the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu; the University of California, Berkley; LaTrobe University, Melbourne; the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London; and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Works originate from the Palaeolithic era to the present and come from all around the globe and include both iconic and lesser-known pieces. This extraordinary book takes the reader on a tour around the world and through the ages, presenting the finest examples of human creativity within its covers - a dream museum without the boundaries of walls.

"Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life" -Charlotte Mason This is a print of my original watercolor painting of Charlotte Mason's P.N.E.U. motto. I use this as my motto and goal as the teacher of my children, and I am excited to share this print with you! It would make a great addition to your homeschool room, school classroom, children's room, or anywhere in your home. This motto is a great reminder for anyone, not just homeschoolers! I also have a listing for a set of three Charlotte Mason Quotes available here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/707142139/set-of-three-charlotte-mason-quote?ref=shop_home_feat_3&frs=1 And I have a listing for the digital downloads available here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/720374110/digital-download-charlotte-mason-quote?ref=shop_home_active_1 ***These are my original illustrations, and I retain the copyright on each of them. They may not be duplicated without my permission.