Beaucoup de Travail: July 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Leafy Green Exterior

I think I'm just a sucker for pretty, vine covered houses. I would do the interior quite differently, but isn't the outside lovely?

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Boat House, Germany.

"Susanne Nobis has the enviable privilege of living in this gorgeous, tranquil house in Berg by Lake Starnberg (Starnberger See), a popular southern Bavarian recreation area for the residents of the nearby city of Munich.

As both the client and the designer, engineer/architect Nobis designed the home and office for her own four-member family and for her architectural practice.

It is a beautifully minimalist, modern take on a traditional twin wooden boathouse, popular by the lake. While the boathouses are on stilts over the water, Nobis’s house is on 60-centimeter high illuminated legs.
This gives the house its wonderful, impermanent, hovering feel but it was in fact a necessity in this location where the ground water rises very high. This also meant that everything must fit in the space above ground — no basement or cellar possible.

The structure, mainly of wood and glass, includes two separate but connected houses. House one includes living, eating and cooking functions on the ground floor, and the “gallery” above it.

In the second house, two offices and guest room are on the ground floor, bedrooms and bathrooms above it.

Nobis’s goals were to provide ample views of the lake, to let as much natural light in as possible and to not interfere with the surrounding nature or old trees.

She also wanted to use materials sparingly and economically, and to reduce everything to its essential beauty, purpose and function. Shelving and stairs of metal and wood, open storage, minimal furniture — all give the house its clarity and lightness.

The structure is long and narrow, but thanks to the use of glass and wooden slats, it appears almost transparent.
Nobis says that in essence, the house is nothing more than a shelter from the climate, a space where one can move as freely as possible. We envyingly agree."

By Tuija Seipell for The Cool Hunter

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Kitchen, Australia

Its just nice to look at. I want a chalk board now.

Happy Friday!

It's the last day of the week!

This weekend I'm doing NOTHING!

Ok so that is a lie. I wish I was doing nothing, but there are things that need to be done.

Tonight: Eat. Relax. Read (need to finish this book) and Sleep.
Saturday: Pole Dancing followed by bartending at Newlands for WP vs Bulls
Sunday: Lunch, DVD's and good company with my mates, Frank & Rich.

Pretty quiet weekend huh? I'm so excited!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Apartment with a View, Sweden.

Wouldn't you just love the opportunity to do something like this too?

A House in Glasgow

Big house. Bold colours. LOTS more potential.

I would do things differently.

Monday, July 25, 2011

New York Library Coffee Shop

Good Morning Monday!

Hello Monday, good to see you again!

Its Monday, time for a busy week of work and dancing and films and friends. What did you do this weekend? What are you getting up to this week?

This week past:

Dinner at Buena Vista with the most surprising waiter who remembered EVERYONE'S order without writing them down and split the bills perfectly.
Hair cut on Saturday morning - it is SO short! I think I had about 25cm cut off.
Pringle Bay! It rained the whole time we were there, we must have counted at least 10 rainbows. We played the longest funnies game of Pictionary and had the yummiest lunch, dinner and breakfast
Sushi & Tapas at Wasabi for Sunday night dinner and followed by me not making it even 20 minutes into the 8pm movie before falling asleep

This week coming: