Offbeat Homes

February 11th, 2008

How Would You Redesign the White House?

If ideas popped into your head when you saw the post title, then today is your lucky day!
Storefront for Art and Architecture, in association with Control Group is holding a little competition called the White House Redux.
The basics:
You ponder, you design, you send your idea for a spankin’ new White House in.
“The best ideas, designs, […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments

June 24th, 2007

And We Have A Winner!

Well, a very close winner. Paticus thinks that both homes are made out of Lego blocks and he is close by golly (see below). We had some great guesses for yesterday’s game. And now let’s find out what the structures actually have in common.

This home recently featured in North Shore Magazine, is owned by John […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 10 comments

June 22nd, 2007

Spontaneous Me

So, I’ve been thinking that it might be cool to do something a little different for Fridays. Add a bit of zing to the end of the week. Maybe “Fake” Fridays, “Fun” Fridays, or… well you get the picture. I’ve had some interesting ideas and actually had a little something all planned out for […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 5 comments

June 21st, 2007

Spread The Love

At times, when one is under the weather, (like a certain Offbeat blogger I know) that’s all we can do. So, let’s see what the rest of my b5 pals are up to…
Noel over at Unplugged Living has a cool post about how one of the biggest offbeat cities on the planet is doing their […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 9 comments

June 17th, 2007

Offbeat Hot: Q&A With Architect Bart Prince (part two)

Technical status wise — things are much calmer today. That’s good news for us folks who like to proceed in a somewhat orderly fashion, (like me). Yesterday I brought you some Q&A with the very cool Bart Prince. Today I’ve got a little more of that and some more neat examples of his work. Plus […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 13 comments

June 16th, 2007

Offbeat Hot: Q&A With Architect Bart Prince

First off, so sorry about the late posting today; technical difficulties way beyond my control. Hopefully it’s all good now.
This week there is an “Offbeat Hot” but there will be no “Offbeat Not,” because when Bart Prince is in the house how can you possibly complain?
My house is full of architectural books and magazines […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 8 comments

June 14th, 2007

The Spider Web Chalet

The name alone pretty much implies that a certain Offbeat blogger won’t be shacking up here anytime soon. When I first heard about this hotel in Dalat, (in Vietnam - for the non-geography buffs), all I could picture were cobwebs floating across my face as I slept and hobos or other terrifying eight-legged creatures scampering […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 6 comments

June 14th, 2007

Presenting… My New House

Okay, it’s not my new house. But it’s pretty interesting. Not sure what happened here. Maybe they just weren’t being very good neighbors and one neighbor with a particularly large gun decided to… Nope, this story’s going nowhere. I must stop.
For more pictures and information check out mirage.studio.7.
And in “contests you never knew existed” news: […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 5 comments

June 12th, 2007

Not Enough Alone Time?

Well, now you can have even less!
Thanks to FAT, a hip architectural practice you can share even your most unsharable moments with your partner, kids, maybe even some friends…

Yikes! From the FAT site:
“This installation, commissioned by the British Council for its Hometime Exhibition in China, uses customized standard bathroom products to create a bathroom retreat […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

June 11th, 2007

Green Is The New Black

Or so that’s what I hear. Heard, to be exact, last night on the Red, Hot, & Green special on HGTV. I’d like to take this moment to point out that I did list this show as an “Offbeat Hot” last week. Turns out I was right. This show was very cool.
I felt that the […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments