Built: 1945-1951The Farnsworth House built for Dr. Edith Farnsworth as a weekend retreat, is a platonic perfection of order gent...

Completed in 2017 in Geebung, Australia. Images by Christopher Frederick Jones. The wish list of Brisbane empty nesters Peter and Jacquelyn was simple. They wanted an affordable new home with plenty of room to accommodate their...

a.k.a. the Butterfly or McCraith House. Built in 1956. Designed by David Chancellor who you'd have to agree, certainly met his client's brief: "create something wild and crazy" I rediscovered this awesome modernist beach house while I was flicking through a pile of old interior design magazines. I flick, then I ditch. The ditching is inspired by William Morris who famously said: "If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful" (in other words, while I was having a bit of a tidy-up) Anyway in the case of this issue of Inside Out, (issue 71 Jan-Feb 2008) I flicked, scanned and then ditched (the scanning made me feel better about the ditching) Sharing these images with you guys should make me feel better still... all photographs Michael Wee The really cool thing about the Butterfly House (apart from the obvious) is that it remains exactly as it was when it was originally built. Same (gorgeous) interior (and exterior) wall colours, same furniture, same crockery, same bed linen! Pretty special eh? Larrakeyah (I love houses with names, Larrakeyah is an inner suburb of Darwin and also the name of an Aboriginal tribe) is in Dromana on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. You can read more about it here Speaking of beach houses, one of the reasons we have decided to d.i.y. instead of going for a full-on profesh (expensive) reno is to increase our chances of owning our own. One day. I've got my eye on this little gem, in Albany in W.A's south-west... check the view and the fire place these pics and more via What did Blondie say about dreaming?

Modell des Runden Platzes, Entwurf von Albert Speer, Strassendurchblick zum Haus des Deutschen Fremdenverkehrs- 1938

Sir Norman Foster and his lovely bride Elena Ochoa Foster of Ivorypress have released a new "book" on Jean Prouvé. It coincides with the ex...

Source: Bilt Well Mill Work c. 1920 Image from the Antique Home Style collection.

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BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS LANDSCAPE PLANNING COPYRIGHT 1963, HARDCOVER BOOK. MEASURES 8X10.25". 192 PAGES LOADED WITH HUNDREDS OF COLOR AND B&W PHOTOS OF AMAZING MID CENTURY MODERN HOMES WITH GORGEOUS LANDSCAPING . FABULOUS 1950'S MODERN EICHLER RANCH STYLE HOMES. RETRO MODERN LANDSCAPING. NIFTY RETRO EAMES ERA OUTDOOR FURNISHINGS. FEATURES: ROOFS, OVERHEADS, SHELTERS, FENCES, GATES, WALLS, JAPANESE SHOJI SCREENS, COLORBLOCK SCREENS, SURFACES, PAVING, STEPS, CONCRETE BLOCKS, ROUNDS, PLANTING FOR OUTDOOR LIVING, SEASONAL BEAUTY, BONSAI, BOULDERS, BAMBOO, FURNITURE, BENCH SEATING, ENTRANCES, DRIVEWAYS, CARPORTS, SWIMMING POOLS, GARDEN PONDS, AND MORE! DESIGNS BY FAMOUS ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS SUCH AS: DOUGLAS BAYLIS, THOMAS CHURCH, ECKBO ROYSTON AND WILLIAMS, DOUGLAS BAYLIS, AND MORE. GORGEOUS PHOTOS BY (EICHLER HOMES OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER ) ERNEST BRAUN AS WELL AS PIAGET, RICHARD FISH, AND OTHERS. CONTENTS: WHAT IS LANDSCAPE DESIGN, WHAT DO YOU HAVE, HOME LANDSCAPES, WHAT DO YOU NEED, HOW TO MAKE A PLAN, CONSTRUCTION IN YOUR LANDSCAPE, PLANTING IDEAS, PLANTING TECHNIQUES, PLANTS WE RECOMMEND, INDEX