Inspiring architecture for Miranda Kerr's Studio
The Shell House
Karuizawa forest, Nagano, Japan
This design from Kotaro Ide of architecture firm Artechnic (2008), boasts the cross-section of a conch seashell, with its double-elliptical shapes and curves. Made of reinforced concrete and wood, the structure 'floats' 1400mm above the ground, and designed the structure to be deliberately mysterious: "not quite part of the landscape, yet not a ruin".
Elrod House
Palm Springs, California
The Elrod House was built in 1968 by architect John Lautner, who was apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright in his early years. This 8901 square foot concrete house is one of Lautner's most famous private homes due to it's relationship to the surrounding mountainside (including boulders inside the living areas), and it's sense of drama. It also appeared in the James Bond film "Diamonds are Forever".
Cloud Gate
Millenium Park, Chicago
Cloud Gate by artist Anish Kapoor is a 110-ton elliptical sculpture,of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, reflecting the city skyline. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture measures 66-feet long by 33-feet high. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives.
Inspiring Architecture for Helen Keller's Studio
Farnsworth House
Plano, Illinois
Ludiwig Mies van der Rohe designed Farnsworth House in 1951. The architecture of the house represents the ultimate refinement of the architect's minimalist expression of structure and space. It is composed of three strong, horizontal steel forms - the terrace, the floor of the house, and the roof - attached to steel flange columns. In contrast to it's natural surroundings, it appears almost temple like: "The calm stillness of the man-made object contrasts also with the subtle movements, sounds, and rhythms of water, sky and vegetation."
The Glass House
New Canaan, Connecticut
Similar to the Farnsworth house, The Glass House built in 1949 by Phillip Johnson, consists of quarter inch thick glass panels, supported by a black steel frame. More of a viewing platform than a practical home, it, consists of an open plan, symmetry and colours of the surrounding landscape.
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