once again “gorgeous”… and once again i don’t understand a single word.

via plataformaarquitectura.cl.

“The first impression of the house emphasizes its horizontal arrangement and suggests a long view to the east. One enters from behind on the uphill side, away from the suggested view. If expectations promise a horizontal and outward experience, the first reality is an inward-focussed, strongly vertical entry space where the owner’s pottery is on display. This space has a 22′ curving, torqued steel wall on one side and a curved staircase and wall on the other. Only after venturing through this space, up the stairs and across a bridge does the long exterior view of the Valley of the Moon reveal itself.”

via sander-architects.

wow… wouldn’t you love this place? i guess it would depend on how bad the canal stinks? i would love to hear from anyone that knows the truth. please feel free to answer via the comments.

gorgeous, nonetheless.

via sander-architects.

“Floating Boathouse and Sleeping Cottage, on an island in Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada.”

via materialicio.us.

“A stream runs around the house, and because of certain restrictions of the Army Corps of Engineers and because of the potential for flooding, the buildable area is quite small. This induced us to design a vertical house, with raised Living Room and Master Suite. These spaces give one the feeling of being in the trees.”

via sander-architects.

now that’s just purdy!

“THIS ELEGANT yet simple and habitable work of art is itself an embodiment of Wright’s design principles. It has been described as having “more architecture per square foot than any other building (he) ever designed.” Balanced on the edge of a wooded bluff overlooking picturesque Mirror Lake, the Seth Peterson Cottage, a 1958 design, is one of Wright’s last commissions.”

via sethpeterson.org