Douglas Newby Insights - Page 38
A Room with a Curve
Backyard tree was saved, rooms with views created.
This large modern home, pool, and stone garden wall gently curve around a splendid red oak. Walls of glass with layers of brise-soleil allow the delightful view of clear water, green trees, and blue sky. Architect Lionel Morrison designed the steel frame structure and predominantly glass courtyard façade to be light and open and emphasize an engaging view from every room.
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Joy – Visual Vignettes
Homes are the foundation of our environment that makes us happy. Vignettes of joy can be created, acquired, and visually accumulated. Ingrid Fetell Lee, in her book, Joyful, illuminates a joyful presence that surrounds us every day. What might begin for some as a scavenger hunt for joy sighting quickly becomes a treasure hunt of joy with unlimited treasure. One’s eye becomes accustomed to cut through the bleak and cluttered to jump from one joyful image to another. I hosted Ingrid at the TED Conference where she gave the final talk to a standing ovation and much excitement about her upcoming book, now just released. My further observation is that the common denominator of my friends and clients, besides being smart, insightful, curious, and aesthetically inspired, is that they all create joy. Keep creating joy!
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Artist makes an impact
David Bates current show at Talley Dunn Gallery reminded me of what an impact an artist can have on a home. Dallas has so many great artists that impact homes and contribute to the architectural landscape of the city. These artists not only create art work but their art encourages people to think about design, space, construction, and the aesthetics of an environment. It is remarkable how many of my clients have David Bates paintings and sculptures in their architecturally significant homes. This David Bates constructed and painted self-portrait reflects both David and encourages an appreciation of good architecture. #davidbates @talleydunngallery @talley.dunn #art #flowers #painting #gallery #dallas #pathtotrinitygroves #architecture #homes #impact #selfportrait #Design #show #artist #highlandpark #prestonhollow #greenwayparks #universitypark #mungerplace #bluffview #downtown #turtlecreek #architecturallysignificanthomes
Labor Day Celebrates Craftsmen
As technology and artificial intelligence is replacing labor, it is fun to think about the era of homes that make up many of our conservation and historic districts. Labor Day was officially made a national holiday in 1894 when many of the grandest Victorian mansions were built on Ross Avenue. This is also right before the mansions of Swiss Avenue and the other homes that are now in protected architecturally important neighborhoods. The Labor movement today is maybe not as relevant as workers are not characteristically working seven long 12-hour days a week for little money and no benefits. However, the turn of the 20th century was not only an era of hardship but an era of craftsmen. Talented artisans knew how to design, create, and build. Before CAD drawings on computers and computerized renderings and construction drawings, one can see calculations for this early construction on uncovered boards and beams of an old house. One can also see the markings of hand-hammered iron and hand-planed and hammered wood. Labor Day for me is a time to celebrate the skill and artistry of the laborers from 100 years ago. #architecture #architect #foosheeandcheek #historic #conservationdistrict #greenwayparks #homesthatmakeushappy #dallas #laborday #porch #neighborhood #greenway #artisan #craftsmen #design #flag #architecturallysignificant #architecturallysignificanthomes
Sustenance
A fishing boat clearly expresses how this village sustains itself. While a few recreational boats might come in and out from the sea, the predominant activity is the fishing boats that one sees come and go. After seeing the morning fish being unloaded, one can see this catch of the day at the fish market. Of course, part of the experience is sustaining oneself at dinner enjoying this fresh fish perfectly prepared. The immediacy of this cycle is refreshing and nourishing on many levels. #saintjeandeluz #fishingboat #saintjeandeluz #sea #sustenance #life
A Fishing Village
What kind of village is Dallas? When in a fishing village, with the Pyrenees in the background behind the docks where boats are unloading their daily catch, my thoughts are permeated with the rugged and picturesque environment that has created an independent and self-sustaining Basque culture around fishing, cooking, herding, gardening and farming. Industrious and fun-loving, the vibe of the Basque-speaking people is apparent. Is the vibe of Dallas apparent when people visit? #village #dallas #saintjeandeluz #warf #boats #water #fishing #dock #pyrenees #bird #design #art #morning #historic #fish
Architectural Continuity
Just like in the Dallas Historic Districts, one house is probably not a historic landmark, but the collection of houses is historically and architecturally significant. Here, these Basque, indigenous style, 18th century houses looking over the sea reflect the region. I have often wondered why the architectural continuity of historic homes is charming when architectural conformity of new houses is monotonous. One reason might be that a collection of historic homes have stood the test of time, they have architectural merit that goes beyond architectural fads or trends. Now, even houses built in the 1980s and 1990s are being torn down because styles have transitioned. Finding a home built in the 1970s is even more rare. Another reason why the architectural continuity of a collection of historic homes resonates is that their design had a purpose besides just looking good. In overt and subtle ways the architecture that survives reflects the environment and provides the elements that make us happy in a home. In the photograph, the corner room that supplemented my even more primitive beach home is not a palace. However, it overlooks the sea in two directions, exterior doors and windows are kept open capturing the breezes and the sweet sounds of the surf. In some ways, the simpler the building, the easier it is to transition to nature, land or sea.
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Beach Towel Summer Home
Many have summer homes that are more expensive and larger than their primary residence. Some summer homes are architect-designed, some are indigenous simple houses built by local craftsmen. For me, I like the position of the drifting cowboy, a home is where you put down your blanket. When a summer home is a beach blanket, the construction is simple. The materials and site are still important. A beach towel can embrace many of the tenets of a home that makes us happy. The summer home pictured is comprised of two overlapping Artiga beach towels sited on sand near the top of a slight incline, out of danger from high tide. Sun shines in from four different directions, gentle breezes sweep off the sea. This is a good example that the amount of land that one’s home is on is not as important as what it is next to or across from. Here, the sea is in front, the Pyrenees are the backdrop, with 15th to 19th century Basque homes making up the architectural landscape, punctuated by fishing boats departing and arriving. This summer home is sited in a friendly neighborhood where people run, walk, play or un-self-consciously sunbathe. The site is connected by bike paths, walking paths, boardwalks, and is within a kilometer of Le Kaiku, a fabulous Michelin Star restaurant, a fish market, fruit, cheese and meat markets, and a boulangerie. And best of all, a beach towel summer home is affordable. A place to eat, sleep and read. Post is tribute to sept 4 release of book Joyful @ingridfetell
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Modern Vignette
A triumph of this modern home is finding a way to site it on a topographically challenging triangular lot and provide a large home with the proper width and depth. A creek running through the lot increases the complexity. This is an example of how Sebastian Construction Group can elevate the exquisite design with their ability to execute this elaborate project. The entire house is splendid and this vignette nestled into the trees gives one the vibe of the house. In the future I will be posting additional contributions of John Sebastian and the Sebastian Construction Group to architecturally significant homes. Hopefully, this series of projects that they have worked on provides an insight on the importance of the contractor and the contributions a contractor can make that culminates in an architecturally significant home.
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Contemporary Landmark
The feature of a landmark is that it is easily recognized from a distance enabling one to establish a location. Often the term landmark is used just as a compliment. This modern home designed by the late Bill Booziotis, an incredible architect and person, along with his colleague architect Jess Galloway, and built by the Sebastian Construction Group, overlooks a cliff and the Trinity River. The home really is a landmark. It is an architectural landmark illuminating good architecture from a distance. It is also a classic geographic landmark allowing one to find their bearings in relationship to the Trinity River and downtown Dallas. This was an architecturally significant home the moment it came out of the ground.
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