I’m adding a road trip to Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fallingwater” in Pennsylvania to my “musts” list for summer. The house was built between 1936 and 1939 over a 30 foot waterfall. It has now become a national landmark and represents a sanctuary where nature, architecture, and man collide.
June travel news: editor’s picks
Hotel Surazo, Matanza, Chile
Interesting article on why and how architecture aligns with our brains. Courtesy of my favorite neuroscientist, Jonah Lehrer. His blog, the Frontal Cortex, is brilliant and a frequent hot spot of mine.
“Swiss architects frundgallina has designed ‘structure d’accueil de colombire’, a small restaurant and lookout on a mountain in mollens, switzerland. characterized by a small, pavilion-like structure made of reinforced concrete, the two-level project takes advantage of its site and natural topography by placing the majority of its interior space underground.” - Design Boom