Specht Harpman is all over the place which isn’t surprising considering their innovative take on energy efficient living with the zeroHouse. I adore the zeroHouse but beyond this home even, I think that any architect firm listing “Impractical” as a design category is worth a good look.
If you haven’t heard of the zeroHouse I’d be […]
There’s been some nice happenings at Architectural Digest lately. They have a fun video up with their latest open auditions for architects and designers — sort of like a mini reality show but architect based. I thought the video was interesting. You can vote for your favorites. There’s also information on how to RSVP for […]
The new Harley Davidson headquarters was obviously not just going to be any old structure and architects Tony Owen NDM didn’t allow it to be. The Harley is a classic and deserves an amazing structure to house it’s headquarters and I personally really enjoy how it turned out.
The new building earned it’s shape from the […]
If you’re thinking this is going to be some sort of eco-homework assignment where I give you detailed instructions about how to turn paper into a livable offbeat house; well, it’s not. It’s also (sadly so) not a post about an edible spam house.
Did I just use edible and spam in the same sentence? Shudder.
In […]
Is Offbeat Homes really my favorite blog?
As in blogs I write; not read because that would be a whole other discussion. I think about this a lot because most professional bloggers I know do have more than one blog. I think that there are some pros and cons to playing favorites.
Is it even fair […]
Design Star news:
Yup folks the end of HGTV Design Star is drawing to an end. Will it be Kim or Todd? Who knows. It’s won’t be Sparkle Josh so it’s hard to care but still he is supposed to be on the final show so that’s exciting. I did vote and you should too. I […]
This is a quickie post because frankly, you have to go watch the slides of this amazing cube home by Werner Aisslinger to appreciate the full Loftcube Project experience.
Here are a few photos to wet your inner cube appetite. It’s an impressively wide open floor plan so imagine flow from every direction.
Bath area
Rest […]
Not truly candy but yummy all the same; this new Single Hauz designed by Poland based front architects comes on a stick.
It mainly reminds me of an interactive billboard or maybe a travel case without the handle.
Beat that pesky shark issue that comes with life on the water.
Here’s what I’m thinking. A home like this […]
I’ve been putting off this post because I’m slightly upset that my boy sparkle Josh was eliminated from this Sunday’s HGTV Design Star challenge. As previously mentioned Josh Johnson is the Offbeat official choice for the next HGTV Design Star.
Notice I said “is.” The elimination doesn’t change Offbeat’s decision — our new stance is that […]
At Morimoto, New York, you’ll find great food and plenty of water, or at least water bottles. Tadao Ando Architect and Stephanie Goto Design Group made sure of that when they designed the beautiful Morimoto.
LedLightRay has a great explanation about what’s happinging at Morimoto:
“Budgeted at $12 million, the interior of Morimoto features Ando’s trademark […]
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