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Douglas House by @richardmeierpartners in Harbor Springs, Michigan, 1973 | From the architect: Hovering over the shores of Lake Michigan, the Douglas House was built by Richard Meier in 1971-1973 for Jim and Jean Douglas. The house is gently placed on a steep slope over the water, almost as if it is floating amongst the trees. As Meier stated about the house, "So steep is the slope to the water that the house appears to have been dropped into the site, a machine-crafted object that has landed in a natural world. The dramatic dialogue between the whiteness of the house and the primary blues and greens of the water, trees, and sky allows the house not only to assert its own presence but to enhance, by contrast, the beauty of its natural environment as well." by _roomonfire | https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd3WH6whaXd/

Travertine bathroom in BC House in Leuven, Belgium, designed by @vandervelpen. by _roomonfire | https://www.instagram.com/p/BcIZWbTBgvS/

The Factory by @bofillarquitectura, Sant Just Desvern, Espanya | From the architect. In 1973 Ricardo Bofill found a disused cement factory, an industrial complex from the turn of the century consisting of over 30 silos, subterranean galleries and huge machine rooms, and he decided to transform it into the head office of Taller de Arquitectura. Remodelling work lasted two years. The factory, abandoned and partially in ruins, was a compendium of surrealist elements: stairs that climbed up to nowhere, mighty reinforced concrete structures that sustained nothing, pieces of iron hanging in the air, huge empty spaces filled nonetheless with magic. The transformation process began with the demolition of part of the old structure to leave hitherto concealed forms visible, as if the concrete had been sculpted. Once the spaces had been defined, cleaned of cement and encompassed by new greenery, the process began of adaptation to the new programme. Eight silos remained, which became offices, a models laboratory, archives, a library, a projections room and a gigantic space known as "The Cathedral", used for exhibitions, concerts and a whole range of cultural functions linked to the professional activities of the architect. The complex stands in the midst of gardens with eucalyptus, palms, olive trees and cypresses. by _roomonfire | https://www.instagram.com/p/BY9EuTtgj5a/

Gota Dam Residence in Kenya by Sforza Seilern Architects. by _roomonfire | https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb_mO9RBEDQ/

French architect Joseph Dirand's bedroom in Bellechasse, Paris. by _roomonfire | https://www.instagram.com/p/BZzLECLh1CS/

Gota Dam Residence in Kenya by Sforza Seilern Architects. by _roomonfire | https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb9BlwmBcKv/

Kanye West’s Kanye 2,000-square-foot loft on West Houston Street in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood designed by Italian architect Claudio Silvestrin. by _roomonfire | https://www.instagram.com/p/Bbyz6hyhdD7/

Traveling to Queenstown, New Zealand in January. Any accommodation/ travel tips would be greatly appreciated! Pictured above is Mountain Retreat by @fearonhay, a small structure set within a high country station, adjacent Lake Wakatipu, Central Otago. The colours and textures of the cladding integrate the building into the gravel tracks, exposed rock faces and scree slopes of the alpine environment. by _roomonfire | https://www.instagram.com/p/BcYBRDMAR0e/