Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 9:38AM 
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.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 10:14AM Did you know it's been owned by art book publisher and bookseller Benedikt Taschen since 1997?
California, Houses, art Monday, February 14, 2011 at 12:41PM 
Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, but more importantly, the famed Sinatra estate Twin Palms. Image via Curbed.
Curbed posts today on old hollywood romances, and the houses they happened in. Our favorite, naturally, is the mod: the Twin Palms estate in Palm Springs whose original owner was Frank Sinatra. One of the midcentury Palm Springs landmarks that's managed to escape demolition, the house was built in 1947 and designed by E. Stewart Williams.
Twin Palms has recently received a key protective historic designation and remains the site of frequent photo shoots, so we can catch a glimpse of what it looks like today (at least a tiny little bit, behind all the models wearing expensive clothes).
Twin Palms, via Sinatrahouse.com
More here.
California, Houses Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 12:38PM 
Originally designed as a guest house for a larger dwelling, the Dogtrot Casita works equally well as a stand-alone house. Its intelligent use of light and the interplay of indoor and outdoor spaces (including a small private courtyard) make it feel more spacious than its 620 square feet would suggest. We were able to visit the site of the casita, where the owner, an artist who works in the KRDB house adjacent to the dogtrot, took a break from working in her studio to let us take a peek.
She had it outfitted with minimal but colorful furniture and accessories, and made the most of the house's indoor-outdoor interchange with a creative combination of white gravel beds, succulents, and a small but thriving herb garden. The little courtyard was so calm, fragrant and happy; we didn't want to leave!
Coming soon to Hometta Live, our video podcasts featuring KRDB, the Dogtrot Casita, and Krager's next ambitious problem-solving venture: the first ever (that we know of) net-zero energy neighborhood, the SOL development in central East Austin.
