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A MAN AND HIS CIRCULAR HOUSE

December 18, 2015
Posted by David Goldklang
Posted in Architecture, Category_BLOG, Category_Uncategorized, Jet Set, Mid Century Modern, Simon Spies, Spies, Staffan Berglund, Sweden, Tourism
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I sincerely hope you caught the Houzz feature on Julian and Desiree from Mid Century Møbler, and their amazing circular house. This post will be about another interesting house, without corners or straight lines. To understand the story of Villa Spies, you have to first understand who Simon Spies was. The Danish tycoon didn’t invent pacakge holidays, but in many ways his name came to be synonymous with the practice...

BRUTAL BEAUTY

November 27, 2015
Posted by David Goldklang
Posted in Architecture, Brutalism, Category_BLOG, Category_Uncategorized, Concrete, Modernism, Tumblr, Twitter
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I’m just going to go ahead and assume you already follow us on Twitter. If you like your concrete exposed, your buildings functional, repetitive and a bit imposing, This Brutal House is another account definitely worth a follow. A good portion of the content is retweets and submission from followers, but the account is well curated and always worth a scroll when you have some time to kill. (photos snatched...