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Old 08-30-2007, 04:00 PM   #191 (permalink)
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^^That is a nice house, but it's going to be a bitch trying to keep that thing glisteing like that...LOL
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Old 08-30-2007, 07:28 PM   #192 (permalink)
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I like this one in Cap Ferrat, France.










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Old 08-31-2007, 10:13 AM   #193 (permalink)
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Amazing view. Southern France or Italy is hands down of the top 5 places to own a house.

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Old 12-15-2007, 01:35 AM   #194 (permalink)
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Wow, I think i'll hang out on this thread Stunning places although some are not the kinds I would like but then design is highly individual so Excellent!!!

Btw, anyone a fan of I.M.PEI / Kengo Kuma / Tadao Ando?

And Mirage77, That place is gorgeous all the best and hopefully your interiors are as stunning as the exteriors keep us updated on that front too and do try keep taking pictures of work in progress and what kind of a structure do you build in Singapore? Concrete or Metal?

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I love the work of all three of those architects Mr. Link ....I also like Arata Isozaki, Álvaro Siza, Jean Nouvel, and Herzog & de Meuron.


Two houses by Ettore Sottsass


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Those are again brilliant but for some reason a very colourful place is outside my desires. Not that its nice on my part but I prefer a more earthly tone over colours but then for me Exposed Concerete does magic and so does metals combined with dark natural stones.
Yeah, Sottsass uses a lot of bright colours .....BTW he has been a frequent visitor to India over many years (he is 90 years old) and has has a great love for your country.
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There is this house done in my city by Louis Kahn, who also did a very famous university (I.I.M Ahmedabad) it's compeltely done with Exposed Bricks and Exposed Concrete and the combination still makes a few heads turn out of the timeless feel that arises when you pass by. But I for one feel nothing besides natural materials leave a timeless feel as human heart will always desire a change
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Old 12-15-2007, 01:37 AM   #195 (permalink)
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The most expensive house in the world.

This is the new apartment building in Knightsbridge, London that is now officially the most expensive residence in the world after Sheikh Hamad, the foreign minister of Qatar, paid £100 million (approx US$200 million) for a 20,000 square foot (approx 7000 square metres) penthouse apartment in it.

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Old 12-15-2007, 01:47 AM   #196 (permalink)
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Amazing houses Rob and honestly what you said could not have been said better, after a certain point how much space does a human need ? or rather will a human use? it's something I believe a lot of people get excited for when making new houses but some like Mr.Ambani from my country do it for pure ego / show their powers ... But that house is in legal trouble for some reason and the goverment is deeming that particular transaction illegal as it belonged to some non profit organisation or something like that. But then this is the guy that kind of owns India so he will get his way. Sad I know but thats how things work here and maybe in other parts of the world too...

Anyways coming back to architecture, I live in a city that was famous for architecture in the past and not to mention Mahatma Gandhi's ashram is here. Below are few buildings which are quite nice and also well known and done by famous Architects of the past but will live in our hearts forever..

1. I.I.M Ahmedabad by Louis Kahn (1963)


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3. Mr B.B.Doshi's house by Balakrishna Doshi (Self) 1979-81.



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I feel some of these buildings use materials which are as close to natural as you can get without losing the geometric shapes and they also work very well as insulation against heat in Ahmedabad. But today this city is getting ruined with all new glass buildings without a specific colour / shape and just new builders making money out of fooling the growing population majority of whom have hardly had a house with a concrete roof

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Btw. May I ask how many here are Interior designers / Architects or are big time into one of them?

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I've seen most of those buildings Mr.Link, I find it very interesting.

I already said I'm amazed how you can express so many things by structuring and building shapes...I see you're also interested in architecture/design...
Great buildings Mr. Link. Le Corbusier was very brilliant.
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Old 12-15-2007, 01:53 AM   #197 (permalink)
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This is quite a small house but I has some interesting aspects I think.

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Old 12-15-2007, 01:56 AM   #198 (permalink)
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Cute house which for some reason I don't like at all. The whole design is too edgy and straight, and the interior is to clinical.


An abandoned 13 store wooden house.
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Coolest home ever? This got to be worth a shot.

Welcome to Sentosa Island in Singapore, the new home for the rich and famous.




This is a view of one of the inner man-made rivers.




This is a view from the house below.








Unobstructed seaview. This house is going for SDG13 million (about USD6 million). It used to be SGD6 million before, it shows how property prices have risen in the past year.
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Old 12-15-2007, 01:58 AM   #199 (permalink)
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Those aristocratic mansions require a whole army of butlers, insane.

Here is a very nicely decorated living room, probably one of my favorites now even thought the sofas seem to hard and sterile for my taste. If i was wealthy I would love to have something very similar but as a reading room instead.

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Old 12-15-2007, 05:42 PM   #200 (permalink)
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Nice but I think you will like this lovely town home located in fashion London Chelsea even more, I bet you would like your neighbors






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