Month: December 2015

A Real Dutch Erector Set

This new city building in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, is built like a toy erector set.The Timmerhuis is a series of steel posts and beams that are constructed next to an old city hall building, with a museum, 80+ apartments, shops, and office spaces too. It looks interesting and better yet, it can be altered and changed, added […]

Modernist or Fake?

Is it real or is it Lego? Recently we saw some cool Modernist houses in Palm Springs, California. They were built in the 1940’s, 1950’s and the 1960’s in a slick, horizontal kind of way, with large roof overhangs offering shade and creating beautiful shadows too. In the hot desert world of Palm Springs, these […]