Inspirare

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Supraphon 45 Sleeve

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Mid-Century Modern Inspiration

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For, in fact, the common man, finding himself in a world so excellent, technically and socially, believes it has been produced by nature, and never thinks of the personal efforts of highly-endowed individuals which the creation of this new world presupposed. Still less will he admit the notion that all these facilities still require the support of certain difficult human virtues, the least failure of which would cause the rapid disappearance of the whole magnificent edifice.

José Ortega y Gasset, The Revolt of the Masses

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Mid-Century Modern Inspiration

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The Hermitage Sykaminea is located in an olive grove on the slope of Mount Lepetymnos, the highest mountain on Lesvos, Greece

Agricultural storage houses that are built by farmers on the island served as model for the Hermitage. The house adapts the structure of the terraces of the olive grove. Thus, the interior, which consists of one room, is divided into three levels. From the window front you can see all the way over the sea to Turkey.

The orientation of the wood house was set so that in the summer a pleasant climate reigns in it. The wind coming mainly from north passes through the large doors, which are oriented towards north-south. The shutters provide shade. In winter the insulated walls keep the heat of the wood stove.

The power supply uses 230V, supplied by batteries recharged by a photovoltaic system.

The Hermitage gets water from the village of Sykaminea, which gets its water from a groundwater well. Water consumption at the Hermitage is a conscious process. Because there is no running water, you have to carry fresh water in and wastewater out, so you treat water more carefully. Wastewater is used to water the herb garden next to the house.  

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marcel breuer with walter gropius - chamberlain cottage, wayland, massachusetts, 1940-41

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Truisms - Jenny Holzer

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 Americana – Seattle Cedar Mill – 1919

Stacked at over 50 feet to allow the cedar to dry.

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Mid century by Dennis Blair#mid century, #architecture, #MCM, #modern, #design, #modernism

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Vinicunca, Peru (via You’ve Never Heard Of These 10 South American Adventure Travel Gems – Gear Junkie)

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(via Concrete Modular Cities by David Umemoto – SOCKS)

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(via » Holiday Traffic) Benton Murdoch Spruance. Traffic Control. 1936

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(via Glimpses of Star Wars in Real Life by Photographer Thomas Dagg - BOOOOOOOM! - CREATE * INSPIRE * COMMUNITY * ART * DESIGN * MUSIC * FILM * PHOTO * PROJECTS)

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(via Pivot – BLDGBLOG)

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A quiet, elegant and mostly obscured 1939 design in redwood by #HarwellHamiltonHarris for #StanHawk (i.e., the actual #HawkHouse). Hawk designed and sold ashtrays, braziers and hurricane lamps that were prominently featured in Arts & Architecture and many of the Case Study Homes. I’d love to see inside this one someday.