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Architecture + Interiors

The HemLoft: A Modern Tree House!

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
The HemLoft: A Modern Tree House!

The origin of this modern tree house starts out in quite the unique way, well, actually, we’ll let the builder, Joel Allen, say it in his own words: “I’m just going to come out and say it. I tried to retire at the age of 26 and failed. What does this — Continue reading

Austin-based Sway’s Modern, Exotic Design

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Austin-based Sway’s Modern, Exotic Design

Austin’s newest edition to the culinary scene is a dark and cozy modern Australian-influenced Thai restaurant with a sleek graphic brand identity, good food and a slew of enviable (and potentially steal-able) architectural details: Sway. The large-scale, black caned over-table lighting seems to grab your attention first. Warm, cherry-esque, wide — Continue reading

New Year, Fresh Color Start: Go Bold or Subtle

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
New Year, Fresh Color Start: Go Bold or Subtle

Feeling like your home needs a little je ne said quoi? Mainly in the form of some fresh color on those walls? Good for you: wall paint is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to add some personality and color to your home, but don’t be paralyzed by — Continue reading

Atelier ST’s Waldhaus in Leipzig, Germany

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Atelier ST’s Waldhaus in Leipzig, Germany

What do a small cabin in the woods, white floors, white walls, a clean interior and pops of color have to do with the house of our dreams? EVERYTHING. But seriously, isn’t Atelier ST hitting it out of the ball park with their gorgeous little architectural ditty in Leipzig, Germany known — Continue reading

Save a Piece of Eames History!

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Save a Piece of Eames History!

Who doesn’t love the amazing work of that creative couple Charles and Ray Eames? Their countless contributions to the world of design reverberate through contemporary designs long after their death, and just about everything they’ve ever done is worthy of remembrance and conservation — including their architecture! Especially a specific — Continue reading

2012′s Best Modern Interiors

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
2012′s Best Modern Interiors

What is it about our home that makes us want to spend so much time and money on it? Well, the fact that it’s where we eat, sleep, enjoy friends and family and be ourselves means it’s worth the investment. So where does one get inspiration? From the year’s most — Continue reading

Abstract Christmas Tree: 1024 Architecture

Categories: Architecture + Interiors, Art + Graphics, Sustainability
1024 Architecture

Much of abstract art begs the question: “What is it?”  This abstract public installation of 1024 Architecture’s representation of a Christmas Tree was erected for the Plaisirs d’Hiver event in the city of Brussels (Belgium).       It has blinking led lights of red, green, white, blue and gold — Continue reading

Spotted: Reclaimed Wood Sunburst Ceiling

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Spotted: Reclaimed Wood Sunburst Ceiling

There’s a new place to get all your (bicycle) commuter needs satisfied on the East Side of Austin, Texas, and that is the brother and sister-owned Windmill Bicycles. Quirky and obviously full of bicycle-encouraging products, it’s not the goods that have us excited, it’s their stunningly simple yet sweet reclaimed-wood — Continue reading

Peddle.com’s New Office Digs

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Peddle.com’s New Office Digs

The PEDDLE.COM offices were designed by architecture firm Alterstudio and the interiors by Joel Mozersky of One Eleven Design. With a team like that, it’s absolutely no surprise this puppy is stunning, modern, dramatic and fun. From Alterstudio’s website: “Originally built in the 19th century as a general store with — Continue reading

Classic Modern: Austin’s The Goodnight

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Classic Modern: Austin’s The Goodnight

The Goodnight is a new bar and restaurant in Austin, Texas, with a pretty hip interior design thing going on inside. Along with good food and yummy cocktails, visitors to the space will also be able to bowl, play ping pong, billards and more—they have it all. This 17,000 square — Continue reading

Lake|Flato Architects’ Leon Springs Residence

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Lake|Flato Architects’ Leon Springs Residence

San Antonio-based Lake|Flato Architects are a great, modern firm that focuses on creating beautiful spaces, whether for public, commercial or residential use. This 3,600 square-foot LEED Platinum-certified residence is the home of a hip, modern-minded professional couple in Leon Springs, Texas, which is located near San Antonio. The clients had — Continue reading

Tiled and Minimal Modern Renovation

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Tiled and Minimal Modern Renovation

Located in the heart of the historical area of Baixa, Lisbon, Portugal, the building that this home is in, sits at the corner of Rua dos Fanqueiros and Rua da Conceição. The minimal design of this refurbished space is really a gem…there aren’t a lot of colors, and when colors — Continue reading

Michael Jantzen’s Stair Scape Bridge

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Michael Jantzen’s Stair Scape Bridge

We don’t usually post about designs that don’t exist yet, but when Michael Jantzen (who you may remember from earlier this week’s post about his Interactive Segmented Tables) emailed us his design for a conceptual project he’s come up with…well, we just had to post about it! It’s like a — Continue reading

Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading

I love this concept from Austin TX based, Trout Studios,  furniture makers.  A novel idea to use a seat on a chain instead of a ladder to get to those out of reach books.  Their system of L shaped shelving can be used to stack books in various configurations gaining — Continue reading

Werkstatt Schwarz’s Delicious Design Details

Categories: Architecture + Interiors, Modern Decor + Objects
Werkstatt Schwarz’s Delicious Design Details

Werkstatt Schwarz is helmed by Germany-based carpenter Florian Schwarz, and boy are we loving the completely unique details to his work. Looks like he specializes in artisan, hand-made skis, but we don’t do much skiing ourselves. We’re more interested instead in his custom kitchen and storage cabinets, with exceptional details — Continue reading

Favorite Pins of the Week

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Favorite Pins of the Week

Color color color! Color caught our eyes this week on Pinterest, from bold green stairs, to red red lips to rainbow architecture to more! Patterns always plays an important to our eyeballs, ans as always we love art, architecture, texture, pattern and more is important to us. What caught your — Continue reading

Dream Space: Spray Architecture’s Plongeoir

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Dream Space: Spray Architecture’s Plongeoir

Check out this minimal and modern hut located in the middle of nature in Eastern France. A dreamy sort of thing, it’s a module of a small size that you cross into through a stepwell. Meeting the basic needs of life, it also meets other simple needs, like:shelter, room to — Continue reading

A Creative Poster For Your Kids

Categories: Architecture + Interiors, Art + Graphics, Kids + Baby, Modern Decor + Objects
A Creative Poster For Your Kids

I can’t tell you how much I love this coloring poster by Roxy Marj.  It’s creative and stylish.  It’s one of those pieces that looks great when it becomes vandalized by kiddos and also looks great untouched.  Jennifer from A Merry Mishap hung her Roxy Marj poster in her son’s — Continue reading

Restaurant Höst Kopenhagen in Denmark

Categories: Architecture + Interiors, Local + Travel
Restaurant Höst Kopenhagen in Denmark

Boy if you ever needed proof that lighting can make or break a space, you need only look at the newly revealed Restaurant Höst Kopenhagen in Denmark, that sports an exciting array of lighting options from that Amsterdam-based vintage industrial lighting store resource we’ve posted about before, 360Volt. As you can see, — Continue reading

Dream Nature Modern: Juvet Landscape Hotel

Categories: Architecture + Interiors
Dream Nature Modern: Juvet Landscape Hotel

“The Juvet Landscape Hotel is located at Valldal, near the town of Åndalsnes in north-western Norway. Passing tourists are attracted by a spectacular waterfall in a deep gorge near the road, ”Gudbrandsjuvet”. The idea emerged as an opportunity to exploit breathtaking scenery with minimal intervention, allowing locations which would otherwise — Continue reading