Maximizing Luxury in Minimal Spaces: Indoor-Outdoor Living Under 10,000 Square Feet
Luxury resort style living doesn’t require an enormous home or modern estate, it can be enjoyed in as little as 5,000-10,000 square feet.
The Gravity of Art: Richard Serra’s Modern Vision in Steel
Imposing and intimate, dangerous and beautiful, abstract and expressive, Richard Serra’s otherworldly steel sculptures, bent into gracefully curving shapes and modernist planes, stand in delicate balance, tilted against one another, or simply against the air, paused in movement by the forces of gravity.
Harnessing Water’s Aesthetic Power - Part III
As we continue to explore the aesthetic power of water in architecture, we look here at its use in our own modern designs.
Harnessing Water’s Aesthetic Power - Part II
From the Bauhaus era of architecture (1920s - 30s) on into the present day, the great modernist architects have often integrated water into their architectural designs.
Harnessing Water’s Aesthetic Power - Part I
Water has long been incorporated into the architectural design of cities and homes around the world, as both a necessity and sensory pleasure.
The Genius of Oscar Niemeyer - Part III
Oscar Niemeyer, the modernist architect who brought curves to concrete and a sense of sculpture to public design, famously worked until the end of his life, continuing to go into the office daily, well into his hundreds.
The Genius of Oscar Niemeyer - Part II
Oscar Niemeyer, modernist architect of the curved line, fled Brazil’s right wing military dictatorship in 1965, and set out on a self-imposed exile, which lasted nearly twenty years. During this time, he opened up an office on the Champs Élysées in Paris, and began taking international commissions.
The Genius of Oscar Niemeyer - Part I
Oscar Niemeyer, one of Brazil’s most celebrated architects, and an internationally recognized titan of 20th century modern design, introduced curves to a modernist style that almost exclusively celebrated straight lines and angles.
Skylights & Volumes: A Modern Power Couple
Open volumes add spaciousness to a home, and skylights bring in floods of natural light. Together these signature design elements create a bright and modern living environment.
Creating Bundy Drive
We are excited to introduce our Bundy Drive house in Brentwood, Los Angeles. A modern home for resort style living.
Residential HVAC: Using New Tech
People naturally tend to focus on the visual beauty, symmetry, and textural elements of a home’s design, and clients of course are also interested in space sizes, usability, ease of movement, and other practical elements of their daily lives in the house.
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