The Architecture Thread

[StephenHero]

Realrich Sjarief
Home & Office for Himself
Jakarka, Indonesia
2015

This thing is a bit overdesigned, but it's nonetheless pretty damn ambitious.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

That is gorgeous, and WRT the dining table/chairs....I concur!

 

[idfnl]



That is gorgeous, and WRT the dining table/chairs....I concur!

Maybe its their safe space.

 

[Journeyman]

That is gorgeous, and WRT the dining table/chairs....I concur!

I guess it's the dining equivalent of the Pio-chair - not stylish but comfy?

 

[brokencycle]

Anyone have good examples or a website for more traditional style houses? I love a lot of the stuff posted here, but the reality is I'm not going to be building a modern or contemporary style home anytime soon.

 

[Piobaire]



I guess it's the dining equivalent of the Pio-chair - not stylish but comfy?

The Piob Chair is internationally recognized.

Sat in mine today, reading wine books, sipping coffee in front of the fireplace. What a great morning.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]



Anyone have good examples or a website for more traditional style houses?  I love a lot of the stuff posted here, but the reality is I'm not going to be building a modern or contemporary style home anytime soon.

Traditional is a bit ambiguous, anymore I think it basically refers to a home-builder house? I think there are a few gents working on either traditional or period houses in the home-ownership thread.

I guess it's the dining equivalent of the Pio-chair - not stylish but comfy?

I always find those really heavily padded seats to be uncomfortable.

 

[StephenHero]



Anyone have good examples or a website for more traditional style houses?  I love a lot of the stuff posted here, but the reality is I'm not going to be building a modern or contemporary style home anytime soon.

Try Robert Stern's website. He's still one of the better traditional home architects practicing today, and all the home exteriors are pretty true to historical standards. His interiors can get a little too bastardized with contemporary "traditional" fare, but it's not a terrible place to start.

http://www.ramsa.com/projects.php?project_type=HOUSES&c=ALL&s=ALL&lang=en

 

[Journeyman]

Try Robert Stern's website. He's still one of the better traditional home architects practicing today, and all the home exteriors are pretty true to historical standards. His interiors can get a little too bastardized with contemporary "traditional" fare, but it's not a terrible place to start.

http://www.ramsa.com/projects.php?project_type=HOUSES&c=ALL&s=ALL&lang=en

Thanks for that link - there are some truly beautiful houses there.

Some of them are a bit overdone, but it's great to see that it's still possible to - albeit for a very large sum of money - have lovely stone, timber or brick houses built as they were built a hundred years ago or more, with wide, heavy wooden floorboards, great finishing and great attention to detail.

 

[StephenHero]

The problem with new classical architecture is that it always pales in comparison with prewar efforts. If you have the money and want classical architecture, you just buy the existing stuff, because it's ******* gorgeous, intricate, and formally-literate in the way new construction can't be (due to codes and labor/material costs) and the chance to inherit the patina of an older home is priceless. When it comes to the value of a dollar, great modern architecture is cheaper than great classical architecture. There are some great new classical homes, but they've mostly come about when rich clients need something for a particular plot of land or a city without as much stock of existing classical architecture. You can find lots of impressive efforts in Dallas, Atlanta, and various parts of Florida for this reason. I don't keep stock of too many of these specialist architects that do it, but here are a few names to check out:

Allan Greenberg
Quinlan and Francis Terry
John Simpson
Ferguson Shamamian
Peter Pennoyer

 

[brokencycle]

The problem with new classical architecture is that it always pales in comparison with prewar efforts. If you have the money and want classical architecture, you just buy the existing stuff, because it's ******* gorgeous, intricate, and formally-literate in the way new construction can't be (due to codes and labor/material costs) and the chance to inherit the patina of an older home is priceless. When it comes to the value of a dollar, great modern architecture is cheaper than great classical architecture. There are some great new classical homes, but they've mostly come about when rich clients need something for a particular plot of land or a city without as much stock of existing classical architecture. You can find lots of impressive efforts in Dallas, Atlanta, and various parts of Florida for this reason. I don't keep stock of too many of these specialist architects that do it, but here are a few names to check out:

Allan Greenberg
Quinlan and Francis Terry
John Simpson
Ferguson Shamamian
Peter Pennoyer

You're the man. The site was great, and I agree with what you're saying about prewar homes and the patina that can't really be duplicated.

 

[Journeyman]

The problem with new classical architecture is that it always pales in comparison with prewar efforts. If you have the money and want classical architecture, you just buy the existing stuff, because it's ******* gorgeous, intricate, and formally-literate in the way new construction can't be (due to codes and labor/material costs) and the chance to inherit the patina of an older home is priceless.

I agree, and not coincidentally, that's what I did earlier this year, when I bought a 100-year-old house. It's got hardwood floorboards that are 6" wide and 10-foot-high ceilings. More maintenance than a new house but I know that it will still be standing and still look great in another thirty, forty, fifty years whereas a lot of modern houses will be ready to be knocked down by that time.

Interestingly, a few decades ago, hardly anyone wanted these older houses (a style known as a "Queenslander") and at that time, they were being knocked down all over the place and being replaced with ugly, brick boxes.

Thankfully, a couple of decades ago, the tide began to turn, people began to value Queenslander-style houses, and heritage coding was introduced to protect many houses built prior to WWII in my city.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

In Aus, I wouldn't be surprised if there are some incredibly precious woods in that house. One of my fellow furniture makers uses jarrah ex-roofing timbers (he's in Aus) for his work. Really beautiful wood. The American equivalent would be a house made with walnut timbers, in respect to how precious the wood is.

 

[StephenHero]

Luis Barragan
Casa Pedregal
Somewhere, Mexico
1949

 

[UserName84]



Luis Barragan
Casa Pedregal
Somewhere, Mexico
1949

Wow this house is gorgeous. Thanks for always posting interesting stuff SH