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Re: Graeme Williamson Architects creates Twin House for blended family in London

kemarino — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:32:19 -0000

I agree with you about it being a normal family. The context in which I encounter it usually as shorthand to convey that there are more than two parents and more than one household involved in the raising of the children.

Re: Graeme Williamson Architects creates Twin House for blended family in London

kemarino — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:08:26 -0000

In the US, it's a term usually used for a family that has children from previous relationships/marriages, like the Brady Bunch.

Re: Stepped volumes create panoramic terraces for Villa 95 by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

kemarino — Thu, 15 May 2025 16:30:30 -0000

The arrangement and amount of furniture on that terrace is really something. They have four loungers by the pool and then seating for 50 on the terrace.

Re: MVRDV unveils design for Holy Water swimming pool in former Dutch church

kemarino — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:33:56 -0000

Religion and brewing go way back. That place is fun -- mediocre beer and food, but a cute space.

Re: DeDraft contrasts concrete with rough Cotswold stone for parkland home

kemarino — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:40:04 -0000

For a home with such a dramatic entrance and formal layout of rooms in the adjacent wing, it feels weird to then have guests walk through the kitchen to get to the dining room space.

Re: Cooke Fawcett adds timber-clad extensions to Hampshire mill house

kemarino — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:08:02 -0000

Counterpoint: tin roofs can be meditatively percussive when it rains. Maybe that was their motivation?

Re: Studio Merlin adds extension with wildflower meadow roof to London home

kemarino — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:54:56 -0000

Maybe this is done often and I'm just not aware of it, but I think it's clever that the stairs from the entry lead directly to the dining space -- great for entertaining to route guests away from the kitchen.

Re: Adrian James Architects wraps Copper Bottom house in origami-like shell

kemarino — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:02:54 -0000

Man, I love this place. The building itself looks like a child's drawing of a space bunker rendered life-sized, plopped down in a bucolic setting. The interior feels familiar and cozy. Maybe the pattern on the drapes is doing a lot of heavy lifting for me, but it's giving Brady Bunch house, and I'm inspired to make curtains for my own rumpus room in a similar print. A++ would Airbnb

Re: Glass walls immerse inhabitants of Chilean home in surrounding forest

kemarino — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:36:56 -0000

When I was a kid, some family friends had a cabin at a nearby lake that had a very similar circulation scheme, but with ladders instead of staircases, to access the bunk spaces. At the time, I considered it the height of interior design – a cubby that only my sister and I were meant to access by ladder felt like being in our own little treehouse.

A handful of years ago, just before the pandemic, our two families met up at their cabin again. I will say that the bunk cubbies lost their charm when it was time to access them in my 30s after a day on the lake and a night of drinks around the fire.

Re: Studio Bua creates "elemental look" for black cabin overlooking Icelandic fjord

kemarino — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:07:01 -0000

The window with blue curtains and sheers is in the guest portion.

Re: Malý Chmel divides Czech home across seven concrete floors

kemarino — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 20:52:31 -0000

This is a home, not a public outdoor space. Homes in cities often have floors covered in wood or carpet.

Re: Malý Chmel divides Czech home across seven concrete floors

kemarino — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:52:14 -0000

Imagine conceiving of a space for children to play entirely in materials as unyielding as concrete and steel.

Re: Group Projects Architecture clads Catskills house in corrugated metal

kemarino — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:52:35 -0000

There's a lot I like here: the site is lovely, the decision to place the house parallel to and lower than the ridge was a good one, the millwork is nice, the plan is very efficient. There's something about it, though, which I can't quite put my finger on, that I wish was different. The interior wall render, maybe? A light color is a fine choice, but I wish it was perhaps lime wash or plaster. Maybe I wish for a couple of skylights in the kitchen? Like I said, I can't put my finger on it, but the interior isn't hitting for me.

Re: KLG Architects uses thick walls for coastal "sanctuary" in South Africa

kemarino — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:31:23 -0000

Perfect house

Re: Emergentes Architectures Sàrl creates trapezoidal beach house on Chilean coast

kemarino — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:41:33 -0000

The decision to totally close the facade that faces one neighbor while completely glazing the facade that currently faces two empty lots and will eventually face another neighbor is odd.

Like, yes, the western facade technically "faces" the sea, but the plot is far enough inland (and among other houses) that they may as well have said they glazed it to capture afternoon sun.

Re: Airy Group and Andrea McLean open Vancouver beach house with folding facade

kemarino — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:03:28 -0000

I wish the built-in in the living room was made of the same walnut as the kitchen cabinetry to warm up that wall.

Re: VATRAA uses reclaimed bricks for London house extension

kemarino — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:44:33 -0000

The number of shots of the four people sitting around the table feels a bit voyeuristic (although I think some of them are repeated).

Re: Donaldson + Partners creates arched house "for the twenty-first century"

kemarino — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 17:30:38 -0000

I had the same thought about skateboarding, though I don't partake myself. I've been really fascinated by this project since I saw it here a few days ago, and I'm so jealous that you were on site! It really looks like an incredible space – I would have a hard time living there day-to-day because it looks like it should always be teeming with people having a good time, but I would be first in line to take a tour.

Re: Donaldson + Partners creates arched house "for the twenty-first century"

kemarino — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:36:39 -0000

I don't much like it as a home, but it's a near-perfect party venue.

Re: Kadre Architects creates colourful transitional housing in California desert

kemarino — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:49:50 -0000

I agree completely with the tone of your questions. This particular site is not actually very far from a commercial strip, despite the photos making it look remote (the photog is standing on the commercial strip to take the photo with the planned neighborhoods in the background), plus there are about twice as many parking spaces as there are units, suggesting car ownership among tenants, so I'm willing to concede that there's a plan to get folks to work, whether public or individual.

The other thing I know (from a friend of mine who works as a counselor for this program) is that the aim is for folks to be placed according to their transportation access. This doesn't always work out because of timing, filing, etc, but the goal is that they won't displace folks from resources, even if that means they end up not placing them.

Re: Mary Arnold-Forster Architects extends Applecross Schoolhouse in Scotland

kemarino — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:53:33 -0000

If only the resources were always available for extensions to be completed with the material of the original build!

Re: Zuzana & Nicholas transforms Brisbane cottage into own home and studio

kemarino — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:06:01 -0000

The living room feels like a waiting room to the office of a professional who commands a very high hourly rate. I am guessing they are fond of hosting dinner parties and less fond of hosting salons.

Re: Moke Architecten crowns wooden home in Muiden with greenhouse

kemarino — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:10:38 -0000

In the plan, there's what appears to be a tub in the corner of the bedroom, but the photo of that location shows just a faucet fixture on the wall. What's going on there?

Re: Studio Gang wraps San Francisco skyscraper in green ceramic tiles

kemarino — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:38:35 -0000

Something about this reminds me of clay projects I made in grade school art class.

Re: Neil M Denari Architects aims for "immediate singularity" with purple LA office building

kemarino — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 18:25:07 -0000

Right? Just admit the color is for Lakers fans and call it a day ;)