Pink Architecture

Friend Claire Cottrell of SPECIAL PROJECTS and contributing writer for Flavorwire recently wrote an article about pink architecture and I just had to share. This falls in line with my recent hot pink obsession. Read her article here, and enjoy the views below!

Barbie in Shangai

Casa Gálvez in the San Angel neighborhood of Mexico City

Casa Gilardi in Mexico City

 College of Santa Fe

Coral House in Geneva, Switzerland

Cuadra San Cristobal

  

  Julian Schnabel’s Palazzo Chupi in New York City

Menjarosa in Torrevieja, Spain

Palace of Wind in Jaipur, India

Paul Smith in Los Angeles, California

The Pink House in Wellsville, New York

Villa Hermina on the outskirts of Cernín, Pragu

Villa Maris apartment building in Vancouver

*all images via flavorwire

The Miller House

It's been named 'America’s Most Significant Modernist House.' Industrialist and philanthropist J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simons Miller built and designed their home in 1953 that epitomizes the international modernist aesthetic that is now owned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

The house has an open and flowing layout, flat roof and stone and glass walls. The rooms were configured under a grid pattern of skylights supported by steel columns and are filled with textiles that feature strong bright colors and playful patterns. Surrounding the house are large geometric gardens and honey locust trees.

In 2000, the Miller House became the first National Historic Landmark to receive that title while one of its designers, Dan Kiley, was still living and while still occupied by its original owners.

What I love about this house was that it needed to suit a family with kids, employees and entertaining. It was designed in the '50s to do so, and it's still so relevant and timeless.

Read more about the home here.

*images via the new york times style magazine

Gift It: Book Guide

Below are some of my favourite coffee table books that would all work as great gifts this season. Whether it be fashion, interiors, cooking or art, all of these publications would be the perfect addition to any design-minded home.

All of the books listed below can be found on Amazon.com, but if you're here in New York and in the mood for a fruitful adventure, head over to Ursus Books in the Carlyle Hotel for rare books and prints, or try old faithful Rizzoli Books.

Angelika Taschen's New York: Hotels, Restaurants & Shops

Scott Schuman's The Sartorialist

Ralph Lauren

Pierre Passebon's Jacques Grange Interiors

Sarah Magid's Organic & Chic

Richard Mishaan's Modern Luxury

Matt Albiani's Lifeguard on Duty

Suzanne Kasler's Inspired Interiors

Kelly Klein's Horse

Robert John Thornton's Temple of Flora

Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc At Home

Nick Brandt's A Shadow Falls

Walton Ford's Pancha Tantra

Phaidon's Coco: 10 World-Leading Masters Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs

Peter York's Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots

Phaidon's Atlas of the 21st Century World Architecture

Phaidon's Sempe: Panic Stations (Jean-Jacques Sempe explores some of his favourite themes, such as unspoken truths, failed communications and hidden talents.)

M. Sasek's This is London

Jean-Philippe Delhomme's The Cultivated Life: Artistic, Literary and Decorating Dramas

Taschen's Keith Haring 25th Anniversary Edition

Phaidon's 30,000 Years of Art