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Since things are turning a bit chilly in these parts, my mind has turned towards staying warm. Our home does not have a fireplace, so we would need some sort of free-standing indoor variety. I ran across this unique fireplace concept from industrial [Read More]

I stumbled across Johannes Heuckeroth’s architectural photography portfolio and thought its beauty and awesomeness were too great not to share! He has such an incredible eye – the black and white photos are particularly stunning. More: [Read More]

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It’s been a long while since we have been looking at strollers. Our Bob Revolution is still a strong performer and will only be retired when we move up to the double. That being said, if we were in the market, this Japanese stroller from Curio [Read More]

“Modern” and “porch swing” are two words that you don’t typically hear used together. If you’ve ever thought about getting a porch swing for your modern house, you know that the choices are pretty few and far betw [Read More]

I ran across Fung + Blatt while I was off foraging for some eye candies. I dare say I hit the jackpot! While their whole portfolio is impressive, I was struck particularly by the Rome Residence in Los Angeles. A few of my favorite features are the [Read More]

The Wilton Pool House by Hariri & Hariri Architecture is truly something to behold. I think if I were the lucky owner, I’d take up temporary residency here for the whole summer. I’d never leave! Project Description: This 1200 squar [Read More]

   The Stage House is a sublimely minimal ‘weekend home’ with a distinct Japanese aesthetic. Every element of the house has such a sense of balanced energy. I especially love the way it relates to the surrounding landscape, its [Read More]

The Jodlowa House is definitely an eye-catcher with its seemingly endless glass walls. I would love such an uninterrupted view - and an indoor pool! Designed by PCKO Architects, the home somehow manages to find privacy in one of Poland’s larg [Read More]

Really beautiful home from Australian architecture firm Jackson Clements Burrows. The Armadale House was an alterations and additions project to an existing Victorian home that had been previously renovated in the 80s. The project involved a comple [Read More]

Usually I save Friday’s for a “Way Back When” video that features some great mid century architecture or product design, but as a couple people pointed out in the Ultimate Modern Architecture Roadtrip discussion there is a lot of g [Read More]

I saw this on Blue Ant Studio the other day and instantly felt the sting of landscape-envy. I love it - the water feature, the simple plantings, the staggered geometric pathway - everything. It’s perfect. I don’t know anything else abou [Read More]

Wow!  Marc Koehler, a Dutch architect currently based in Amsterdam, has a pretty great portfolio that looks a bit like one of those giant boxes of Crayola crayons. It’s just full of wild colors! Not sure how many people could live [Read More]

I ran across the work of Swedish photographer Åke E:son Lindman the other day and was blown away. Åke has been photographing architecture since 1986 and has the portfolio to prove it. Take a whirl around his site and get inspired by the depth and [Read More]

The April 09 issue of Dwell arrived in my mailbox this week and I’ve been poring over all the great before and after photos. It never ceases to amaze me how a building can be so completely transformed. Take this home in Toronto, for instance. [Read More]

Well, Spring is almost here and I have to admit that I’m a little unprepared for all those landscaping projects I wanted to do. There are so many different ideas floating around in my head, I’m having a hard time narrowing it down! Each [Read More]

Some more inspirational architecture and interior photography for your viewing pleasure! Today’s photographer is Richard Powers, who currently lives and works in France (by way of Australia, originally from the UK). This self-taught photogra [Read More]

Jens Passoth is a German photographer with an absolutely stunning portfolio. His architectural work is truly inspiring! You may recognize some of his work from Dwell as well as from the 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award finalists - he had the good fortu [Read More]

p id="top" /The five finalists for the a href="http://www.miesbcn.com/en/award.html"2009 Mies van der Rohe Award/a in architecture have been announced, and boy, that will be some tough judging! I#8217;m having a hard time choosing a favorite, especia [Read More]

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