Tag Archives: inspiration
Boat house
I love this Norwegian boat house for the beauty it possesses, not just from its setting but also from its sublime balance of form and function. Those outward opening walls and the way that the building sits upon the rocks rather than destroying them are lovely features. Might steal the idea of those doors for [...]
Mudgee Permanent Camping project
The Mudgee Permanent Camping project has spawned an inspirational structure. Part campsite, part stage, part fortress – I particularly like the fortress bit… The lower story panels are clad in copper and can be raised to create instant verandas. The small interior is open on three sides and features massive floor-to-ceiling windows and double doors [...]
A tower of my own
I seem to keep on finding inspiration in ‘castley‘ structures such as this one. Maison L – French Site & inhabitat.com – a French house that is a grandly and imaginatively extended 18th century orangery. Whilst I find the interiors industrial and cold, yet beguiling in the scarcity of furnishings and in their sense of [...]
Horizontals
I recently stayed in a lovely chalet on an estuary in Brittany. It was basically a log cabin, but well disguised as something far more sophisticated. It was built in the late 60′s with some great design features such as these wide horizontal windows that give an irresistible framed letter box view of the landscape [...]
Books about cob building