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Texas Bed And Breakfast Southern Modern Style

Texas Bed And Breakfast Southern Modern Style

The folks over at Design Milk featured this awesome modern Bed and Breakfast outside of Austin, Texas and we couldn’t resist sharing it here.  Austin is fast becoming (if it isn’t already) a cutting edge design State and we southerns couldn’t be more proud!
Kimber Cavendish and Vicki Faust knew that they wanted to open a [...]

South Carolina Archaeologists Unearth First US Octagonal House

South Carolina Archaeologists Unearth First US Octagonal House

South Carolina archaeologists believe they might have unearthed the first octagonal house in the United States. The ruins were found last fall on the banks of the May River in the southern coastal town of Bluffton. A letter written in 1796 by a visitor mentions the octagonal house and helps date [...]

Austin's Ramp House Challenges Coventional Notions

Austin’s Ramp House Challenges Coventional Notions

The Texas Society of Architects recently featured an article by Michael S. Antenora (Principal of Antenora Architects, LLP in Austin) which focused on M.J. McNeal’s Ramp House in Austin.  This beautiful modern gem certainly challenges conventional notices of southern living and, in fact, adds momentum to the modern movement that is sweeping the south.
The Ramp [...]

Wright in Florida

Wright in Florida

Being a total novice and a newbie when it comes to modernism, I am coming across new facts every day regarding the quantity of modern structures we have in the south.  Case in point, I was delighted to discover that one of Florida’s many distinctions includes housing the largest collection of [...]

Memphis, Tennessee's "Sky Cottage" Shows the State Has More to Offer Than Graceland

Memphis, Tennessee’s “Sky Cottage” Shows the State Has More to Offer Than Graceland

Another favorite blog of ours is “Contemporist” and they recently featured “Sky Cottage” in Memphis, Tennessee designed by Archimania.  This is a truly stunning modern residence with heavy mid-century influences (as in another Archimania projects – i.e. the Memphis Visitor Center) noted via the white brick exterior and shape.  The elongated fireplace is exceptional and [...]

15 Ultra-Modern Dollhouse Designs

15 Ultra-Modern Dollhouse Designs

As a kid I loved dolls and dollhouses!  I actually received one for Christmas one year however, it was a metal version of the house from Leave It To Beaver that thousands of other little girls also got from the back of the Holiday Edition of the Penny’s catalog.  How I would have loved to [...]

The Conservatory: Florida's First LEED Platinum Building

The Conservatory: Florida’s First LEED Platinum Building

Overture Development Group has what some have called the best designed website for a real estate group that I’ve ever seen.  It’s incredible looking.  They’re 100% confident that green buildings are the future of real estate, too.  Financial benefits?  Check.  Occupancy benefits?  Check.  Marketing and messaging appeal?  Check.  Good for the environment?  Check.  The Conservatory [...]

Threatened Atlanta Architecture Presented at International Conference

Threatened Atlanta Architecture Presented at International Conference

On Thursday 18 September 2008, preservation advocate Jon Buono spoke on current threats to Atlanta’s under-recognized 20th-century historic architecture. Buono is a preservation architect, Board Member of DOCOMOMO-US, and co-founder of DOCOMOMO Georgia. His speech, entitled “The Modern ‘D-list’ versus the ‘Bottom Line’”, was presented at the  DOCOMOMO 10th International Conference to an audience of [...]

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