Offbeat Homes

August 6th, 2008

Zigloo Lego Designs

At first I was a little confused by Zigloo. I couldn’t quite figure out what the site was up to. Now I’m pretty sure that it’s a real architect site, headed up by Keith Dewey. There are some impressive designs happening at Zigloo, but what drew me to the site was the Lego work, which […]

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June 1st, 2008

The Best of Offbeat Homes: June 2007

It’s my year anniversary week here at Offbeat, so we’ll be looking back at my top four favorite posts from each of the last 12 months. Starting with June of course. I limited myself to only four posts, so we’ll see if I can pull it off. Also, keep in mind, these are my favorite […]

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August 29th, 2007

Got Offbeat Architect Kids?

I write for a living so me and my six year old son Cedar can hang out but does that impress Cedar. In a word, no.
He could care less what I do but he loves Offbeat, he likes the houses and the furniture; he really wants an extravagant treehouse I can’t possible afford.
Him and I […]

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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 -- 11 comments