Showing posts with label Architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architecture. Show all posts

YOTEL NYC


Created by CEO Gerard Greene and YO! founder Simon Woodroffe, YOTEL New York is a brand new, smartly-designed hotel located right in the heart of midtown. With a futuristic, Japanese aesthetic, the hotel offers 669 rooms and nearly 12,000 square feet of flexible and dynamic entertainment space designed by David Rockwell and Softroom of London. YOTEL New York also boasts the largest outdoor terrace of any hotel in the city, making it a guaranteed lounge destination for both travelers and locals alike. 
YOTEL New York
570 10th Ave. (between 42nd Street and 41st)
New York
United States

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Frank Lloyd Wright "Kenneth Laurent" House


The “Kenneth Laurent” House, which was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is currently up for auction. The house was designed originally for a wheelchair bound veteran and was constructed between 1949 and 1952. At 2,500 square feet, the house features a unique ellipse form that is a motif throughout as well as three bedrooms and two bathrooms in the one-story structure, which of course would have been a beneficial affordance for a person in a wheelchair. The Laurent family frequented Taliesin, Wright’s personal home in spring green, Wisconsin, which eventually led to the commission of the residence’s custom interior furnishings and later addition. The furniture in the home is also going to be included in the auction of this home, which sits on 1.3 acres of land, and is expected to sell between $500,000-$700,000 USD. The auction will take place on December 15.
Source: designboom
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