The Stone House reinvented


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In the montains of Fafe, Portugal.

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Pixar Up house engagement ring box


Image by themodelmaker
Custom engagement ring box in shape of Carl’s house from Disney Pixar animation Up

Roy Hotchkiss House (1914)


Image by ChicagoGeek
516 S. Euclid
Oak Park, IL
Architect: Roy Hotchkiss

I’m on another "Architect’s House" kick, so expect more postings soon. Hotchkiss is most famous for designing the 1929 Medical Arts building in Oak Park: www.flickr.com/photos/repowers/4807231232/
For a time, he apprenticed with Oak Park’s most prolific architect E.E. Roberts (sorry Frank), which explains why he worked in a number of styles. From European-style apartment buildings to stylish brick and stucco bungalows, he also designed churches in Elmhurst and Morris as well as Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at East and Randolph in Oak Park.

Art deco houses on Whiteway Drive


Image by sickmouthy
Again. I must go and photograph these in more detail; some of them are breathtaking. Some, though, are not well looked after at all. I’d like to live in one. As I was driving by, I saw Trevor, an ex work colleague, with his Sunday paper, walking towards them, and stopped for a chat – the normal-roofed 1930s semi on the far left is his house! Turns out he kind of rues not buying one of the art deco ones, but flat-roof paranoia put him off. The final art deco house on the left belongs to Trevor’s friend, and is in beautiful condition.

“Christina’s World” house


Image by bobtravis
The Olson House, Cushing, Maine. This old house is the subject of numerous works of art by Andrew Wyeth, including the very famous "Christina’s World". Started as a simple cabin in the mid 1700′s, enhanced to a (smaller than this) frame house in the late 1700′s, further modified to more-or-less its present form in 1871. Wyeth was a frequent visitor and guest from 1939 to 1968, during which time he used it and the Olsons and the surroundings frequently in his sketches, paintings and other works.

William Mason House (1957-60)


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Kenosha, Wisconsin
Architect: William Mason

Structural engineer/architect Mason still lives in the house he designed. Using the principles of organic architecture, the house is constructed of natural materials. The front is private, while the backyard has large expanses of glass to create views of the wooded lot and take advantage of natural lighting.

Mosaics in the House of Dionysus (VII)


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AWIB-ISAW: Mosaics in the House of Dionysus (VII)
A mosaic floor in the House of Dionysus at Paphos in Cyprus, depicting Apollo and Daphne. by Roger Bagnall
copyright: Roger Bagnall (used with permission)
photographed place: Paphos (New Paphos) [http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707586]

Published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World as part of the Ancient World Image Bank (AWIB). Further information: [http://www.nyu.edu/isaw/awib.htm].

Mosaics in the House of Dionysus (VI)


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AWIB-ISAW: Mosaics in the House of Dionysus (VI)
A mosaic floor in the House of Dionysus at Paphos in Cyprus, depicting the four seasons. by Roger Bagnall
copyright: Roger Bagnall (used with permission)
photographed place: Paphos (New Paphos) [http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707586]

Published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World as part of the Ancient World Image Bank (AWIB). Further information: [http://www.nyu.edu/isaw/awib.htm].

House Near Galesville


Image by George L Smyth
I used to show some of my prints at a small art gallery in Galesville, Maryland, and each time I traveled there, I passed a house that was in a continual state of falling apart. I finally decided to capture an instant of its decay and print it using the Van Dyke process. Years later the house had completely collapsed and remained simply as a pile of rubble on the ground.

E.E. Ayer house from HABS (demolished)


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Edward E. Ayer House, 2 East Banks Street, Chicago.Designed by John Wellborn Root, demolished many years ago.
Harold Allen, Photographer 5 June 1964 WEST AND SOUTH (FRONT) SIDES
HABS ILL,16-CHIG,37-1 photo from Historic American Building Survey at the Library of Congress