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Austere outside but lush yellow inside, covered by larch plywood and great lighting seeping in. This house, designed by mA-style architects, features an interesting ring plan and plenty of plywood reference for you to explore.
A great source of inspiration and technical reference for me is the work of photographers, specifically those focusing on architecture photography. They capture the finished result under real world constraints and we visualize the vision before it breaks ground. In many ways we mimic the photographers work in virtual 3d world… when we go for the complete photo-real approach, as there are many other ways to visualize architecture as shown in the previous post by Jeremy Kay.
I’ll start showcasing the works of photographers that I find very inspiring and that we can all learn from to better do our job. First one to make an appearance here is Photographer Michael Biondo. I stumbled upon his work while researching works done by Architect Richard Neutra and seen some photos he made of the renovation done by Joab Moore Architects to one of his homes. Enjoy the selection here and visit his website for more…
Following the rural theme from last time, here’s yet another great design in a remarkable location! Paso Robles Residence by Aidlin Darling Design sits on an agricultural site in Californias Central Coast wine region. Great sky, vegetation and a design mixing earth toned materials such as the stone, corten steel and wood. Great photos taken by Matthew Millman, and some nice exposure blending in some of them it seems (or HDR editing).
What a remarkable house in a remarkable location! The River Bank House, designed by Balance Associates Architects, sits along Gallatin River, just outside Big Sky, Montana. I probably had to many (render) buckets than it is good for anyone… since looking at these photos I see a wonderful forest pro location under a gorgeous 2003 Dusk Blue Peter sky. Who’s not inspired to try and give it a go? especially that cloud between the peaks in the daylight photo! Steve did a great job capturing this house with his camera lens.
Clearview Residence by Altius Architecture caught my eye in an instant with the rich in materials design and single point perspective viewpoints I like so much. There is so much to learn from just looking at these images that showcase corten steel, grey/blue ‘Cape Cod’ wood siding, ipe wood decking, slate, gravel, grass and more all under daylight and various interior lighting scenarios. I just wished they had taken all the night viewpoints at daytime too.
I love Japanese architecture and Pisopiso by Atelier Ryo Abe Works is a great example. It is also a nice followup to Black Living with the dark wood treatment to the interior. They seem to love the dark side very much… visit AARA website and browse through their other works to see for yourselves. Pisopiso in a great reference for wood work in a dark interior space.
