View From Above
The spaces we inhabit reveal more about us than the literal structure. With my recent foray into the world of real estate, as liaison and muse, I contemplate the work of the two maverick Franks – Lloyd Wright and Gehry and find inspiration in their concepts and execution. A brilliant architectural design may bring the outside in, and the inside out. An expansive view can transform by creating an illusion of space.
One could chose to dwell in a loft, a castle, or a French Chateaux, a beach cottage, barn conversion, or 60’s bungalow. One might gravitate towards a Georgian, a Victorian, a brownstone, a colonial, a Spanish hacienda, as easily as a cave, a houseboat, a double wide, or a hut made of thatch. What about a tree house, church, log cabin, factory, rectory, or perhaps a hillside wood and glass contemporary? The real living occurs in the space created by the architecture, not in the framework or the external. Read More »