materialicious posted this home back in August and I’ve been pretty much drooling over it. It’s not even my style but one, it’s so unique. Two, it’s an amazing use of space when you think about it. Build up not out, conserve land, and make use of old standing material.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately […]
Here at Offbeat we see square homes, circle homes, and home of many theme shapes but a common shape for homes of the past was the octagon. Back in the day it was unique but not really considered so offbeat. There are a handful of nicely preserved octagon homes out there and a few neat […]
[vid via youtube found Google Blog]
If you are like me, I found a great reason why to (re)download Google Earth. They have added an architecture layer. In association with and help the AIA celebrate it’s 150th Birthday they released two layers of Americas Favorite Architecture and Blueprint America. The video explains all it’s geeky coolness. […]
Taliesin West, located in Scottsdale, AZ is the only Frank Lloyd Wright creation I have been able to visit. Although it is not his most popular work, I am glad I got the chance.
Approaching the site, you are not hit by it’s grandeur, but by it’s minimal impact. All the buildings are low lying and […]
Last Wednesday I raised the question, “Is a budget, and the architects (Frank Lloyd Wright) ability to meet it, a reasonable criticism of their abilities?”
I know if FLW was alive, and knew me (not an architect), he would be furious I would be questioning him at all. All true, however I am a practicing “home […]
What makes a great architect great?
Everyone agrees that a structure that stirs the emotions of anyone who experiences it is what good architecture is. Is that emotion the influence that makes a great architect. Well I don’t! It is the majority, but I think the architect still needs to be responsible. That is the conflict […]
For the month of March we will be focusing our “Wed Arch” on Frank Lloyd Wright. This is also the month Chicago celebrates the famous architect. PrairieMod has dubbed it the “Wright-apalooza”.
This month I hope to learn more about FLW, but I want to learn from YOU! I would like to hear about your experiences […]
[picture via Pritzker Prize]
I’m not sure what it is about the glasses, but those thick framed round glass are worn by another favorite architect of mine. Can you guess who the other is? Today we are talking about Phillip Johnson AIA. His “Glass House” is the definition of Off Beat Homes. This […]
CONTEST ALERT!
The first TEN people who can name the President, who was also an Architect, I will send you the monetary amount his face also graces.
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Arguably the most bizarre home in Sydney (they say), Loggan Rock was built by an equally bizarre architect named Alexander Stewart Jolly in 1929.
Aside from building bizarre abodes, Jolly was a part-time poet and writer of children’s fiction, whom allegedly cut off his own finger in punishment for his bad drinking habits.
So really, what could […]
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