Comments on: The Backyard House by SHED http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/ Contemporary Modern Architecture Furniture Lighting Interior Design Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:23:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Liza http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-102945 Liza Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:52:28 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-102945 I love it! A truly modern home that has enough apartment-like details to induce me to leave NYC and move back to Seattle. It looks like a very easy house to live in. I'm a little unsure about the wood wall in the living room - how would one hang art on it? I love it! A truly modern home that has enough apartment-like details to induce me to leave NYC and move back to Seattle. It looks like a very easy house to live in. I’m a little unsure about the wood wall in the living room – how would one hang art on it?

]]> By: Lance http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-78452 Lance Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:42:07 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-78452 No plain as in staged to make it look like the owners watch only Bergman movies and picking out the same pair of black rimmed glasses over and over. I would wear a hot pink shirt and watermelon green shorts to a party there just to make the owners pass out. Heck, I'm just glad they didn't put up more mirrors. If the sun bounced off enough of the walls and mirrors, all that white you know, it could intensify and burn down the darn thing. :) No plain as in staged to make it look like the owners watch only Bergman movies and picking out the same pair of black rimmed glasses over and over. I would wear a hot pink shirt and watermelon green shorts to a party there just to make the owners pass out. Heck, I’m just glad they didn’t put up more mirrors. If the sun bounced off enough of the walls and mirrors, all that white you know, it could intensify and burn down the darn thing. :)

]]> By: j_d_h http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-76643 j_d_h Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:44:42 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-76643 plain because it isn't clutter with B.S. like most other people's homes? plain because it isn’t clutter with B.S. like most other people’s homes?

]]> By: Andrew Menil http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-76100 Andrew Menil Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:48:12 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-76100 The wood is good, it's the black panels that are dissapointing. The wood is good, it’s the black panels that are dissapointing.

]]> By: Brom http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-76046 Brom Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:16:46 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-76046 Even if the house was a 'low-budget' house, there are many thing about it that just don't make sense. The combination of wood and other textues are simply wrong. Doesn't look good. Even if the house was a ‘low-budget’ house, there are many thing about it that just don’t make sense. The combination of wood and other textues are simply wrong. Doesn’t look good.

]]> By: Tom http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-75760 Tom Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:33:52 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-75760 It's kind of important to judge architecture in relation to the budget the architects were working with. It's easy to design a stunningly beautiful home full of unique personality if you're given a budget of $1000 a square foot to work with, but not so easy if your budget is $300 a square foot. I'm guessing the budget for this house was on the lower end, which is why it looks a little plain, but I can still appreciate certain things, like how the designers made use of light and space. It’s kind of important to judge architecture in relation to the budget the architects were working with. It’s easy to design a stunningly beautiful home full of unique personality if you’re given a budget of $1000 a square foot to work with, but not so easy if your budget is $300 a square foot. I’m guessing the budget for this house was on the lower end, which is why it looks a little plain, but I can still appreciate certain things, like how the designers made use of light and space.

]]> By: Robin http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-75733 Robin Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:22:25 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-75733 I like it- and don't think it's cookie cuter. It makes me think that a middle class person like myself could one day afford a nice modern home. I mean, it's not so extravagant that only an LA movie start could live there. I love the pop of the orange and the black wall. I like it- and don’t think it’s cookie cuter. It makes me think that a middle class person like myself could one day afford a nice modern home. I mean, it’s not so extravagant that only an LA movie start could live there. I love the pop of the orange and the black wall.

]]> By: Evan http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-75726 Evan Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:20:10 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-75726 This really does seem too bland, it needs some personality. This really does seem too bland, it needs some personality.

]]> By: Liz http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-75660 Liz Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:15:43 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-75660 I don't like the bathroom. It reminds me of a high school locker room or something.. I don’t like the bathroom. It reminds me of a high school locker room or something..

]]> By: Dave http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-75406 Dave Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:33:15 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-75406 The big black wall on the exterior seems a good place for a green wall (plant wall). Such as: http://www.contemporist.com/2008/12/26/plantwalls-by-green-fortune/ The big black wall on the exterior seems a good place for a green wall (plant wall).

Such as: http://www.contemporist.com/2008/12/26/plantwalls-by-green-fortune/

]]> By: Lance Rice http://www.contemporist.com/2009/01/13/the-backyard-house-by-shed/#comment-75238 Lance Rice Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:36:42 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3427#comment-75238 Meh. There are a few things to like about it, but it's all beginning to look so cookie cutter, i.e. this whole "green" movement that is, and somewhat cheap. A home is something to surround yourself with, not to remind you of a doomed planet. I'll take style over substance anyday when it comes to architecture unless the designer/architect can make green fantastic. Meh. There are a few things to like about it, but it’s all beginning to look so cookie cutter, i.e. this whole “green” movement that is, and somewhat cheap. A home is something to surround yourself with, not to remind you of a doomed planet. I’ll take style over substance anyday when it comes to architecture unless the designer/architect can make green fantastic.

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