Design Intervention - Modern/Contemporary Design and Architecture

Louis Kahn’s Esherick house located just outside of Philadelphia will be auctioned off to the highest bidder on May 18th. The house stands as one of the most important houses realized by Kahn throughout his career, and is the first residence to illustrate his mature architectural ideals. The house will be offered in Wright’s Important Design sale with an estimate of $2-3 million.

(from Design Addict, where there are more pictures.)

Alexander Gorlin Architects has a WONDERFUL online portfolio of project photos. If you’re like me, this is like crack cocaine. Can’t get enough of the photo-y goodness! I heard of this firm in connection to a 20,000 square foot Mediterranean-style project underway in Houston for NBA player Juwan Howard.

The first two photos are of a project in Genessee, Colorado

The second two are from Santa Fe, NM.

From their website: The firm was established in 1987 after Mr. Gorlin returned from a Rome Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. A graduate of the Cooper Union School of Architecture and The Yale School of Architecture, where he taught as a critic from 1980-92, Mr. Gorlin became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2005.

The firm has won numerous awards, most notably AIA Design Awards for House in the Rocky Mountains, Ruskin Place townhouse, and North Shore Hebrew Academy. In 2005, Architectural Digest recognized Mr. Gorlin as one of the country’s 30 Deans of Design.

(from Gorlin Architects)

Below are some nice photos of bedroom designs by Italian furniture maker Tomasella. Some very nice interior design choices, and some very nice materials choices in the (albeit likely fake) surrounding areas as well. I’m a fan of varied surface materials choices, and there are some nice ones here: concrete, brick, whitewash drywall/plaster, warm woods mixed with cool colors, etc. See if you agree.

From their website: Tomasella Industria Mobili is a company that spreads out over 100,0000 m2. Always staying at the forefront of technological and creative innovation, and perfectly in tune with the tastes of our times, Tomasella has led Italian furniture, both classic and modern, for the daytime or night-time area, to write an important chapter in its history.

(from Tomasella Compas via freshome)