This modern steel and glass house was designed for a sculptor from Paris by Wiedemann Architects, perched on a limestone quarry with sweeping views over the Potomac River in West Virginia. The goal of this project was to create a simple structure that was simultaneously separate from and intertwined with nature. Two simple cast concrete volumes […]
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Family home in Mill Valley provides welcoming living spaces
This lovely 3,200 square foot residence features a main home as well as an artists studio, the imagination of YamaMar Design in Mill Valley, Marin County, California. Two opposing roofs help to define the public and private zones of this tranquil dwelling built for a filmmaker and painter couple and their two small children. The design team took […]
Charming artist’s studio with unique design details in London
This impressive historical two bedroom artist’s studio is located in the heart of Chelsea, in London, England, United Kingdom, showcasing soaring ceilings and inviting lateral living space. With stunning decorative details, this property is spread out on two levels, both with mezzanines. The high vaulted ceilings and tall windows allow plenty of natural light to penetrate […]
Brooklyn Artist Loft filled with natural light
This dramatic conversion by BWArchitects of a light manufacturing warehouse to an artist live/work loft studio in Brooklyn New York juxtaposes the gritty, industrial character of the building exterior with warm, expansive interior spaces flooded by natural light. A retractable translucent wall divides the living and working areas. When closed, its translucency directs filtered light […]
Contemporary art barn designed for artists
Designed for a pair of artists in Greenwich, Connecticut, this 10,000-square-foot “Art Barn” features a “green screen” that creates a living skin over the majority of the concrete-block structure. Designed by Robert Young Architects, the home is comprised of metal mesh planted with white wisteria vines, the screen supports greenery that overlaps windows, frames views […]
Astounding warehouse conversion with garden oasis
This original South Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia artist’s warehouse conversion has been the longtime home and studio to a renowned painter. This rare stand alone Victorian warehouse is the perfect place to live and work on the city fringe. The property has retained not just original soaring ceiling heights and Oregon beams but the true spirit […]
18th century horse stable converted into artist’s loft
T House is the combination of sophisticated elegance of an eighteenth century loft in Milan, Italy and depth of a Japanese house. The design of T House by Takane Ezoe and Modourbano was born from the needs of the client, an artist who prefers free spaces, rooms without a real dividing line between the public […]
The magical ice hotel in Quebec City
We just received these amazing photos of the Hotel de Glace, located just outside of downtown Quebec City in Quebec, Canada. This is the only ice hotel in North America composed entirely of ice and snow; that is 500 tons of ice and 15,000 tons of snow! The interior architecture covers a surface of 32,000 […]
Artist channels his dark side through art
Canadian-born artist Ben Tour channels a dark, often haunting sense of humanism in his work. His observations deftly inform his paintings, enabling him to capture the essence of a character, and then distort that view any way he desires. Frenetic lines, swaths of color, and intimate angles all convey a sense that Tour may not […]
Modern home gets a stunning renovation
The creative designers from Johnston Architects have made a variety of modern renovation updates to a 1936 building perched on the border of Washington between Ballard and Phinney Ridge, to suit the aspirations of artist Gary Faigin, his wife and their two children. The building was accompanied by a new three story, 1600 square feet […]