The last house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was never built as the plans were delivered to the client a few days after Wright’s funeral. But the realisation of his vision is tantalisingly possible, as those plans, and the parcel of land it was designed for, are still held by…

Over the last few decades, we have seen violent pendulum swings in office design philosophy. We went from hierarchical layouts, through cubicles, to open-plan offices and seemingly back to the “flexible offices” we see nowadays. At first sight, that is what flex offices appear to be: a reaction to the…

‘Architecture depends on its time. It is the crystallization of its inner structure, the slow unfolding of its form.’ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, March 27, 1886 — August 17, 1969. In 1951, Mies van der Rohe designed the Core House, a participative design structure, which could be completed by…

Patrick Bateman’s apartment from American Psycho is one of the most iconic locations in recent film history — his bone-white business card at large. The sterile set design, by Gideon Ponte, is as impersonally creepy as Christian Bale’s performance. (Sure, put a telescope by the window, why don’t you. …

Summertime … and the livin is easy. Feel that little summerbreeze and enjoy a moment at the Florida Beach. This 1947 sketch of a Florida guest house would have been a magnificent Modernist vacation home for you. Paul Rudoplh’s “Bauhaus on the Beach” style While Palm Springs and Los Angeles get all the attention from Midcentury architecture…

As preeminent Modernist Louis Kahn once wrote, “a society of rooms is a good place to live, work, learn.” His unrealized plans for this courtyard home, a villa outside Philadelphia known as the Goldenberg residence, seem to be an example of this belief. As the architect noted, “I can’t…

The Vitra models have long been available in the form of 3D furniture in our 3D real estate models. We were very happy to create a model of the Vitra Design Museum to showcase other aspects of the company’s wide range of work. Today’s corporate garages are highly flexible, customizable…

By 1931, the spatial and structural experiments of architect Mies van der Rohe, including the unbuilt Brick Country House as well as the 1929 Barcelona Pavilion, had generated significant acclaim. Enough to earn the young Modernist a platform at that year’s German Building Exposition in Berlin. There he organized a…

This model of Don Draper’s apartment shows a divided lifestyle, perhaps suggesting that it’s impossible to be good at everything — a bachelor and a father, a husband and a lover — to feed off the dreams of others, and remain sober yourself. The Set …