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- Compact Leisure Home Pays Tribute to Brazilian Modernist Architecture
- The Unique “All In” World Poker Tour Table’s Unusual Success Story
- Three Massive Volumes Seemingly Revolving Around a Central Nucleus: P House
| Compact Leisure Home Pays Tribute to Brazilian Modernist Architecture Posted: 29 May 2014 03:51 AM PDT This stunning leisure home has an unusual story. It was built as a second home for a couple who lives in an apartment in São Paulo, but did not want to spend hours on end in the car to get away from the bustling city during weekends. With a small daughter and another baby on the way, this family commissioned CR2 Arquitetura to built them a 185 square meter leisure home less than a kilometer from the apartment they inhabit now. This Brazilian heaven photographed by Rafaela Netto is a compact, sleek and functional home that extends the family’s happiness by allowing them to enjoy a manicured green space outdoors. Private and displaying flexible spaces, the modern leisure home is protected by a wooden pergola overlooking the garden and thrives on sunshine that floods the spaces with natural light. The name of this home comes from its property dimensions - 7 x 37 m – which required a “rational construction, that optimizes the construction site, so we chose the metallic structure and the house was constructed in just eight months.” Resulting in a home that looks larger than it really is, this project is described as a multi-functional, site-specific dream home: “The initial request was a compact house, with flexible spaces considering a barbecue grill, a swimming pool, two suites and a big green area (as they live in an apartment) The garden, together with the artistic panel designed by Athos Bulcão Foundation, connects all the social area of the house at the ground floor: leisure, kitchen / living and family room. This panel, along the entire length of the pool, is a tribute to the Brazilian modernist architecture and the client, who came from Brasilia and grew seeing the artist's works. The kitchen/living room is a multiuse space, without any walls with a long bench that contains all the sinks, grill, cabinets, etc, from one side to another of the space.”
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| The Unique “All In” World Poker Tour Table’s Unusual Success Story Posted: 28 May 2014 11:17 AM PDT “When I'm excited about an idea, the first thing I say is: I'm all in!”- this coming from the creator of “All In” World Poker Tour Table, Axel Yberg, who designs to “inspire and provoke”. Fifteen species of exotic wood were beautifully manned to shape an elegant and imposing poker table. The sculptural shape it eventually took is part wooden wonder, part gold-painted plumbing pipes and fittings. Staying true to re-purposing materials, Axel and his team imagined the exotic wooden top adorned from below by Edison reproduction light bulbs. Symbolizing both the designer’s appreciation for everyone who took part in his success and the way he commits to something “mentally, physically, and emotionally”, the “All In” name will seem even more suited if you knew that it took over 600 man-hours of labor to create. You’ll never guess how Axel built the Poker TableReaching out to a marketing VP at the World Poker Tour to present his Pingtuated Equilibripong ping pong table project and asking if they would be interested in a collaboration, Axel didn’t know how it will all magically come together. He couldn’t fund it himself, so turned to his avid poker player friend, Matt Gai, to ask if his home game player friends wanted to all chip in and fund it. Little did Axel know that Matt was already thinking it was such a great idea, he had to fund it himself! The rest became history: “We inked the deal without me even telling them anything about the design. It was a bit of pressure — but that’s what I love.” Axel continues: “There’s a side note: after we finished the mini-documentary on the creation of the piece, I sent it to one of my old friends who was living in Las Vegas. He forwarded it on to a childhood friend of his who was a pro poker player. That friend, Matt Salsberg, ended up winning the Player of the Year, so Matt Gai and I flew out to Studio City, CA to present it to him. Matt actually stayed an extra night to play in a cash game with Salsberg and his friends. Needless to say, Salsberg took all of his money — but he feels like the experience alone was worth the minor butt-kicking.” Now that’s inspiring. Photographed by Robert Lowell and donated to the World Poker Tour‘s Season XI Player of the Year - Matt Salsberg – the table reminds me of the “In Vino Vitae” project by showcasing a different perspective on strong human connections. As American writer Mary Austin once said: “People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.” We’re All In for something.  (left to right): Axel Yberg, Player of the Year Matt Salsberg, and Axel’s business partner Matt Gai.
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| Three Massive Volumes Seemingly Revolving Around a Central Nucleus: P House Posted: 28 May 2014 07:57 AM PDT
These privileged interiors look out to the pool and take advantage of the deck above the roof of the living and dining rooms. The nucleus of the circulation is made of a continuous staircase joined in a structural wall. Have a look at the video we’ve uploaded at the end of the post for more information! [Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra] The post Three Massive Volumes Seemingly Revolving Around a Central Nucleus: P House appeared first on Freshome.com.  |
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