Att: Architects - Submit Your Designs |
Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
Corbusier thought they were key to improving the lives of the working
classes; Frank Lloyd Wright said they were the centre of humanity and
Ebenezer Howard believed there were the basis of civilized
society. Yet homes, from a design perspective, are seen as the
bastardized child of urban planning and functionalism. Homogenous
shells of bricks and mortar, born out of a need to contain and protect
from the elements.
But thankfully, some of the utopian zeal found in the writings of the
men above, have started to re-emerge. As you’ve seen in the pages of
the Cool Hunter, we have always believed in the playful and
experimental nature of the ‘home’. Not just a physical dwelling,
but a constituent in the building blocks of human emotion and
experience. That’s why we’re starting a showcase for architects who’ve
designed homes that are out of the box, extraordinary and iconic.
We want those who design them, to send in ideas as a case in point to
the versatility of houses. They can be anything from the abstract
to the symbolic, the whimsical to the prudent. “The home should
be the treasure chest of living,” said Corbusier. Let’s try and
keep it that way. Send your designs/images to
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. By Matthew Hussey
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