It’s time for more house porn. First, from the blog of House and Home Design, a modern lake house by Hutchison & Maul Architects.
I love how the perspective of the living room draws you to the horizon:
There are more pictures on the architect’s site.
And some ranting on not-so-beautiful McMansions by architect Jerry Gropp on Rain City Guide. He’s a man of few but scathing words: “Mercer Island and a lot of other nice places are being overrun by “Spec Builders” madly producing these oversize boxes with their wide white trim. Other tell-tale touches of their indifferent computer-driven drafting (don’t call it “design”) are the tapered posts with pasted on faux river rock.”
A study in contrasts.
2 responses so far ↓
Jared // September 20, 2009 at 8:41 am
Screw you class-conscious pigs. You have a house, NOT a home–and how pompous to despise and look down upon “draft-design” houses when that is what some can only afford. Don’t reply with some arrogant retort; let it sink in so your ugly ego may heal, please.
mercerislandblogger // September 20, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Sorry you’re bent out of shape, Jared. I still don’t like those houses, but I’m sure some people do or they wouldn’t buy them. I’m interested in architecture and how our common aesthetic is evolving, and I find it interesting to blog on it sometimes. WordPress offers a free blogging platform– feel free to start your own anytime.