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Le Portelet House by MOOARC

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 01:38 PM PDT

MOOARC have recently completed Le Portelet house on the island of Guernsey.

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Description from the designers:

Portelet House is an experimental house in Guernsey by MOOHUS, MOOARC's design research lab.

Le Portelet is a new family home, which sits within the wooded escarpment overlooking Portelet Harbour. The project was conceived as three timber blocks nestled into the hillside allowing views of the surrounding landscape from all principle rooms. The palette of materials blends with the beach setting and mediates between water, earth and sky.

Completed in October 2011.

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Visit the MOOARC website – here.

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Dry Creek House by Brian Dillard Architecture

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:52 AM PDT

Brian Dillard Architecture have sent us images of the Dry Creek House in Austin, Texas.

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Description from the architect:

The Dry Creek House was designed for a couple looking to build a new home that reflected their appreciation for simple, restrained design.  It is located on an urban lot in Austin, TX with a dry creek running behind the house.  The house is 2,700 square feet which includes two bedrooms, three baths and an additional, detached cabana space to serve the pool.

The C-shaped plan focuses your attention towards the natural landscape afforded by the creek while shielding your view from the otherwise familiar neighborhood that surrounds the house.  Constant views into the courtyard from the house make the project feel larger than it is with the exterior spaces functioning as extensions of the house.

The use of warm materials such as ipe, white oak, and lueders limestone contribute to giving the house a sense of warmth to balance the use of colder materials such as concrete, glass, and steel.  The open plan is arranged to maintain a sense of privacy for the necessary portions of the house when entertaining guests in the main living spaces.

Overworked details that tend to call attention to themselves are avoided in the design.  Instead, the house finds elegance in its simplicity, sometimes acting as a quiet backdrop for the thoughtfully considered landscape (D-Crain Design & Construction), furniture (Tracy Overbeck Stead), and artwork of the house.

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Visit the Brian Dillard Architecture website – here.

Photography by Paul Bardagjy and Casey Dunn

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The Fly Installation by rAndom International

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 12:41 AM PDT

rAndom International have created “The Fly,” an interactive art installation featuring an abstract representation of a fly held captive inside a glass box. Centrally ensnared by eight cables, and controlled by 8 synchronised motors the fly reacts to the movement of anyone nearby.

Watch a video of “The Fly” in action – here.

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The Fly installation is on show at the Moscow Biennale in the ArtPlay Centre until October 30, 2011.

Visit the rAndom International website – here.

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