Esse Ist Percipi

I’m gonna change my answer, in fact. This is my real job. Scout master, Troop 55. I’m a math teacher on the side.

DM: “I guess? Make a strength check”

Barbarian: “Nat 20!!”

DM:

A nat 20 does not guarantee success when the impossible is attempted.

Fallingwater House

Frank Lloyd Wright

Mill Run, Pennsylvania

Robie House, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1910       

THE ROBIE HOUSE (2012)

Remarkable Japanese Timber Structures

House of Japanese Cedar by Suga Shotaro / Suga Atelier 

Center Pompidou-Metz by Shigeru Ban Architects Europe

Kitazawa Kenchiku Factor by Fumiko Misawa + Masahiro Inayama

Sea-Folk Museum by Naito Architect & Associates

Church Sun-pu by Taira Nishizawa

Sumika Pavilion by Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

Final Wooden House by Sou Fujimoto Architects

Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum by Kengo Kuma and Associates 

Woods Of Net by Takaharu + Yui Tezuka / Tezuka Architects 

Adamo Faiden, Casa Blas, Buenos Aires, 2015

Cube House in Ithaca

Cube House by Simon Ungers is set within a secluded area of upstate New York, the Cube House is constructed from precast concrete blockwork. The regularity of the facade is contrasted by the apparently random arrangement of windows and the metal staircase which runs up one side.

Jomini Zimmermann - Nguyen House renovation, Belmont-sur-Lausanne 2014. Photos © Geoffrey Cottenceau.

Chapter Living Kings Cross in London

From the architects:

Tigg + Coll Architects were appointed to reimagine 20,000 sq ft of extensive common spaces that exist within and throughout the Chapter Kings Cross site for Greystar. The project delivers a more inclusive reception space and arrivals hall, new communal study and social areas, a new gym, screening room and ancillary facilities. 

The design for the refurbishment was conceived from the contextual history and local character of the area, drawing on the Industrial heritage and language of the iconic Kings Cross Station. The main arrival hall has been stripped back to reveal the original concrete and steel structure, layered with premium finishes and furniture including ceramic wall tiles, wall paneling and mosaic flooring. Bespoke joinery is central to the design of the scheme, including carriage-style booth seating and study benches, and a curved solid oak station-style bench that runs through the arrivals hall leading to the main lift core to the student rooms, which dramatically increases the sense of arrival to the property.

Paolo Zermani - The architect’s house, Varano 1997. Via, photos © Renzo Chiesa, Mauro Davoli.

Pino Pizzigoni - House for artist Claudio Nani, Parre 1964. Photos © Gianluca Gelmini.