up+dn Houses Completed in Houston

Behold, up+dn house becomes a reality. All images courtesy of Brett Zamore Design.

More beautiful, practical goodness from Brett Zamore Design is on the ground here in Houston, with more in the works. One of our most prolific studios, BZD has been busy building and developing new plans and products, in addition to opening a storefront in a dynamic pedestrian neighborhood in central Houston. We love that. 

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Today's Visual Fun

It's not architecture. It's this wonderful art installation composed of an empty white room and a helium-filled ball adorned with 300 charcoal drawing sticks. Watching people interact with it is the really fun part. HT: Fast Company Design.

Opening Monday: Gail Peter Borden Density Frames at USC

More info here. 

Hometta's nottoscale in the NYT Style Section

It's no secret we love Thursday. Among other reasons: it's the day the big national papers release their style sections, and we anticipate a little extra visual inspiration. We greeted one recent Thursday in San Francisco, reading the papers and plotting our day of architecture and Gertrude Stein consumption at a very delicious (and very tiny) local restaurant (thanks, Urban Spoon!). 

Image via New York Times.In between chatting with tne neighbors at our family-style table and enjoying our strawberries with nuts on toast, we were enchanted by the home on the front page of the Times and its connection with its stunning desert locale. And then, a dawning realization: that place looks familar! Sure enough, though it took a bit of hunting through the story to find the name of the architect, he's one of ours: Peter Strzebniok of nottoscale.

Farm:table. Highly recommended in San Francisco

We love it when that happens. And it's not the first time, either.

Crank House Plans Go Live

Crank House by over,underPlans for Crank House by longtime Hometta partners over,under are now available for sale online. Go see!

Hometta and over,under previously collaborated on the Welcome Hometta show at their pinkcomma gallery in Boston. Read Dwell's interview over,under, in which they discuss their work with Hometta, here.