rustic modern cottages

morerava cottages

AATA

via eyecandy

new Eames film

this new documentary about Charles and Ray Eames is screening around, 

and will be available on DVD in a few weeks.

firstrunfeatures

fishing cabin on piloti

yes please

via

and

olson kundig

Santa Monica project featured on Houzz

I just had the Santa Monica project featured on houzz.

Houzz Tour: A Home Inspired by Art and Life in Los Angeles

Browse Furniture on Houzz- For Example:

Bar Carts · Chairs · Coffee Tables · Day Beds And Chaises · Dining Chair Cushions · Love Seats · Ottomans And Cubes · Sectional Sofas ·

Check it out!

houzz feature

pink plastic floor mats

plastic and pink and red and orange.

would be great at the beach house or pool house,

to keep the sand and water from taking over.

from here

via here

bottom photo from laure joliet

delightful step stool

camp kitchen

this would make me go camping.

I think I would like one for the future beach shack too.

geller archive preservation

i just love andrew geller's work.
totally brilliant and inspiring.
pitch in!


UPDATE:
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as a side note, the building that appears on the magazine cover in the video around 4:45 is
the Goodsill house by another favorite architect, Vladimir Ossipoff.
(thanks Valerie!)

70's

this nice and simple volume house was built in the '70's the owner told me.  

in Moss Beach.

a crafty dad

there are so many nice things on made by joel

i love these driftwood sea creatures

tiny beach gem

glad to see unpainted siding 

and natural plywood as a finish material.  

this little waterside shack is tiny and perfect 

but not overwrought.

from here via here

pacifica vernacular

lots of shingles, dark painted houses, pitched roofs and flowering meadows.

Andrew Geller

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you might think these beach houses are just about form, but look at that space!  what nice light and simple honest materials.

models of some of Geller's beach houses




image from here

Now there is a prefab. Imperfect but totally thought-out. What an ideal beach house - inexpensive, and it changes to suit to the weather.