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Stamp House, Cape Tribulation, Australia,

Charles Wright Architects

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Shell Home, Malibu, California, United States,

Courtesy: Binishells

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The lobby of Convair / General Dynamics plant,

San Diego, California, United States,

Designed by William Leonard Pereira and Charles Luckman in 1958

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Maison Bordeaux le Pecq, Bois-le-Roi, Normandy, France,

Completed in 1965 for artist Andree Bordeaux Le Pecq.

Claude Parent Architect

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Casa de los Milagros (House of Miracles), Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico,

Courtesy: Danilo Veras Godoy

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Liljestrand Residence, Honolulu, Hawaii,

Designed by Vladimir Ossipoff in 1952

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Joss House, Portland, Oregon, United States,

Designed by renowned architect Pietro Belluschi and built in 1941, the Joss House is a perfect example of Belluschi’s design ethos of ‘eloquent simplicity.’

The use of locally sourced natural materials in combination with exquisite design has created a soothing interior space in harmony with the surrounding landscape. 

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Katsura Rikyū (Katsura Imperial Villa), Kyoto, Japan,

Built in the 17th Century for Prince Hachijō Toshihito

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Winn Residence,

2822 Taliesin Drive, Parkwyn Village, Kalamazoo, Michigan,

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright,

In the 1940s, the architecture and design GOAT created Parkwyn Village, a community of Usonian homes in Kalamazoo.

Created for Robert D. & Winifred L. Winn, it was the last to be built by Wright in Parkwyn Village, completing construction in 1950.

Three bedrooms and bathrooms are spread across its open floor plan of almost 2,500 square feet, in addition to some FLW-designed furniture. 

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Casa Carvajal, Somosaguas, Madrid, Spain,

Designed by Javier Carvaja as his own home in 1966,

Photographs: © Cristina Rodríguez de Acuña, © Valeria Ozuna

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George Nakashima’s Arts Building and Cloister,

New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States,

The building embodies his profound understanding of nature, art, and spirituality.

Built between 1963 and 1967, these structures reflect Nakashima’s highest aspirations as a woodworker, architect, and artist.

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Garduno-Heiser House, 1960s,

1954 Lucile Avenue, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States,

Raul F. Garduno, Architect, with Peter Heiser and Paul Judson.

Garduno and Heiser were classmates at the storied USC School of Architecture in the late 50’s, a program that generated prodigious mid-century talents including William Krisel, Pierre Koenig and countless others. Together, the two college undergrads embraced the formidable challenge of designing this, the first of two side-by-side steel frame houses, with construction requiring minimum grading on a steep, and supposedly unbuildable Silver Lake hillside.

Long on youthful temerity but short on funds, the pair realized their dream with Heiser, originally a successful child actor, selling his 1950’s Corvette to raise capital for construction. Influenced by the sports car’s pioneering use of lightweight fiberglass panels, Garduno and Heiser in turn utilized the material in the design of the original sinks and tubs throughout the residence.

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"Simbron," Villa del Parque, Buenos Aires, Argentina,

Courtesy: Grizzo Studio,

Photography: Gaby Florio

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David & Gladys Wright House,

Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood, Arizona, United States,

Built between 1950 and 1952, the circular concrete-block house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Wright designed the house, which he originally called "How to Live in the Southwest," for his son, David, and daughter-in-law, Gladys, as a place where they could spend the rest of their lives admiring the Camelback Mountain vista.

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Celanese House, New Canaan, Connecticut, United States,

Built in 1959. Edward Durell Stone Architect.

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O'Neill Duplex No. 1, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California,

Rodney Walker's Case Study Historic Cultural Monument 868

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Sidney and Sonja Brown House, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California,

Built in 1955 by the late architect Richard Neutra,

Restauration by Marmol Radziner