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mies van der rohe’s tugendhat house brno, czech republic
From the outside, the Tugendhat House doesn’t look like one of the most important residential buildings of the 20th century: it’s just two white stucco cubes separated by an opening through which a few spiky treetops protrude. But as a tour guide led a group of 10 through this modern home in the Czech Republic’s second-largest city in early March, it was clear that there was much more to the house, the bulk of which is built on the steep hillside that drops away from the street.
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Urban density makes sustainable cities possible. The more closely together we live, the more we share amenities, and the less space we take up for our personal needs, the smaller our collective footprints become. But getting more compact means changing the commonly accepted correlation between McMansions and good living.
The Japanese lead the way in proving the benefits of small spaces. By virtue of long-held tradition and the necessity of finding comfort in populous cities like Tokyo, designing homes for tiny in-between spaces has become a modern art.
heres my ny story from earlier today:
doing pickup truck moving job for friend tom w. and unknowingly droped cell phone in street making 1st pickup on w 39th street. heading over 59th street bridge tom g gets call from person who found the phone. they went into the memory and redialed the last made call (me to tom coordinating 1st pickup). he said were in queens and would be back in the city in 1 1/2 hours and that wed call him back then. caller said he worked at broadway and 38th street. i gave tom 20 bucks when we got to the address and he jumped out and took the elevator to the 21st floor. the caller was a male asian receptionist in the garment industry. he was happy to get the $ and i was happy when tom came back with my phone. wooo-dy wooo-hoo
Carbonnier's Inuksuk Residence