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Dry Design – converted garage

LB — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:26:16 +0000

In this area of Los Angeles. two-car garages are mandated on each lot, by code. This garage was converted by Dry Design as a studio and possible living space in West L.A.

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Artists and architects for Sawaya & Moroni

LB — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:52:54 +0000

The Italian design firm Sawaya & Moroni often commissions new furniture pieces by guest designers who are primarily artists or architects. Many design firms follow this strategy, but for some reason most of the really original design commissions come out of Sawaya & Moroni.

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Unplugged eco-barn in Normandy, from the Eco House Book

LB — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:05:29 +0000

These photos are from an an article by Terence Conran in UK’s Telegraph online, based on his new Eco House Book(Octopus, 2009). This house is completely off the grid, and was built by one man alone over an 18-month period.

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Florida House by Gene Leedy

LB — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:13:54 +0000

This midcentury modern house is for sale – or was – according to the Paul Rudolph Foundation website, which links to this great set of photos from ECOHUSET on Flickr.

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Plywood in Paris loft

LB — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:48:21 +0000

This Paris loft was renovated by architects Karine Chartier and Thomas Corbasson who trained in the studio of Jean Nouvel (last year’s Pritzker Award winner). The space is an old industrial laboratory – you can see the building’s original freight elevator below.

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DIY: paint your linoleum floor white

LB — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:41:47 +0000

When I moved into this typical 1930s apartment in Vancouver’s east side in 1999, the first thing I did was paint over the kitchen’s dingy gold linoleum flooring. The linoleum was the worst thing about that apartment.

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More Furniture in 24 Hours, part 1 – Space Bench

LB — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:53:51 +0000

Some of these designs are actually pretty good. I’ll post some more if anyone wants them! I don’t know if that’s Spiros on the cover there, sitting on this Space Bench, or if it’s George Thomopolos, but whoever he is, he’s… groovy.

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