Scenario: it was November 2003. Young couple arrives newly in Miami house hunting "for sale" of low spots, the signing sculpture White House Coconut Grove. House on the street it itself is most obviously-tough white façade that is defined in a long, deep overhangs, gates, and a high square window.
They house the former Jorge Arango, only a handful of Miami in stumbled into one of the architects who designed during his lifetime. This is one of the hotel was built in 1976, is typically the little blank began to face Street. However, inner courtyard, entrance doors, and three main entrance via steps beyond got off in the living room, almost like magic, open. In the flooded large Windows, open spaces, high ceilings and sunlight. They bought it.
", Except the ceiling one peaked roof all low and dark in every room, all quite the same plan", after watching a dozen Coral Gables Ranch House, "husband says," we came outside is always displayed here,. ?
This American-born 2,500-square-foot house graphic designer and his wife, television producer and Argentina-serious immediately appealing was a perfect match born Creative Director of the playful. Collectors and creators, they are both nut design, architecture, and (when merging field especially) of art. They live they prefer to remain nameless, reflects their passion.
Colombia 2007, died in Miami-born, Arango, he in the world where the architecture of the lecturer, writer and co-founder of eponymous, was a powerful intellectual presence as Arango design store, but he is left behind in most work construction-only a handful of houses.
Previous owners of the home Coconut Grove made some unfortunate design decisions, and had developed 40 years in the tropics home problems. Need help for sliding glass doors; thought pool closet and couples; and understood how to restore the wooden beams and rank their previous owner creosote was treated. Was rotten this in addition to the roof and had to replace the floor badly level.
Reference point in the renovation of Oscar Niemeyer (a large slate floor tiles) and Le Corbusier (almost everything else) and was itself (small ????? company made glass bathroom tiles, these beams) Arango. Husband "Ronchamps" and "Casa das Canoas by throwing a conversation so inspired description of is used.
To reiterate, only those people who design and this world Corbusiers is passionate about Olto Aichlers Mendes da Rochas, Gidions, Sigfried, Erberto Carbonis. Please, as a courtesy to the couple, Arch humor sense of the following passenger, even though these intellectual infrastructure, basin posted says bathroom clean. no aviation company sign.
Swap took home, but was more roof replacement was darker than the one year of mirrored hallways funhouse, Hurricane glass glass sliding door and gate vários became windows. In the 16,000-square-foot lot landscaping Raymond jungle was done. "When we bought a House ago very overgrown" the husband says. His wife ", after" to add.
Designed inspired 1960s husband master bedroom closet Brown radio designed by Dieter Rams perforated wall. "Course hole clothes need to," says her husband. Today produced in Germany, colorful, prized Raymond Loewy radio closet company bedroom.
Come, he was husband pool design from "compelled monitor's modern swimming pool, different — maybe too many". To raise the ground like Marseille Le Corbusier pool; "well, do under" 1 / 4 inch blue tile he was inspired by pool at Mexico. Was
Furniture collected from the journey of 2 person in the House or the auction catalog is packed: Mies van der Rohe fan del Rohe daybed; pair Delfino Chair in the 1950s ("arms very silly to" husband says) in Erberto Carboni; owners maybe Niemeyer House weathered Jorge Alsupin leather chairs; louvred Poul Henningsen lamp found in Stockholm; anchor square white enamel, 1962, Vico Magistretti coffee table on each side and is long for the central storage space magazine with Luigi Colani swoopy vintage spiral ??? ???.
Exegesis of all works, your story, provenance, sometimes reference book to flick book comes with. Shiny inclined bench, Brunel New York is from. "These Brunel, interior designers know that nobody knows is one of the companies," says her husband. Specimen table have secret is heavy. "It fully counterweighted." he says. "Can we nothing, except for our son. Tips for it.
Cassina reissue of Corbusier table dining room (-is a huge fan of Corbusier Arango, the husband says, "and have a copy of the table he also he is a little larger and another on"), Corbusier Chair. Overhead of two of their Stockholm, third to found in the Netherlands, three of Alvar Aalto pendant lamp. Dining area rule Olto Aicher poster wall that he is a rebranding of the city of Isny Switzerland. Like "amazing that what can I do in black and white is the" husband, Shin graphic artist says. The poster was discovered in the Germany auction houses.
Was a compromise of the sofa. Parachute with artists they really want John Chamberlain, hand-carved foam sofa covered. However, John Chamberlain, they are really expensive, the husband says. (In fact is the many museums. )
Instead they buy a living divani sofa by Piero Lissoni and parachute threw it over ", more than the original fabric exaggerated," the husband says. Sofa to stuffy at the wild Josef Frank print upholstered beanbags added.
"The Paul Jensen Northern European thing here – to lamps have the lamp Alvar Aalto. Thought we Josef Frank fabrics that make a lot of mix sensation to the tropical local novel, "says her husband.
Small versions of Brasilia in lacquered table Tableau Mexico quartz skull of corridors and Bruno Jorge monument. "This Coral Gables business, go, some found in antique shops is terrible 1920's table, we have had paint and auto body shop" the husband says. "They really to do this, seven layer of green lacquered got".
Friends of friends house artwork of the artist or of the artists early detection. Large John Miller gold crowd including living room toys, sneakers, and toilet seats. Latin America (they artist Leon Ferrari are viewing most important calligraphy drawing MoMA movies opening in April, Argentina full) to which includes the complete name of Pablo Picasso have put special emphasis in collections, with a huge Railway Board Darren almond; couple of Yves Tanguys; number of ceramic artist artists; new Robert Chambers; to paint the wall behind it is a large orange metal works in the Johannes Wohnseifer available with instructions for the orange color accurate hole; Date to match architectural theorist Sigfried Gidion, lamps, and some works 1976 House Alligheri e boetti.
Puzzle near the kitchen. "It said, 'what is the most expensive way to do this correctly?'" he says. Some color fits almost perfectly Corbusier "he projects his decision color keyboard!" they realized it was looking formica book. They they UN (project that Niemeyer and Corbusier after all it's United States) of 5 colors including Red is the same as the elevator in the building and chose. Chairman of the Angelo mangiarotti ceramic kitchen too cynical and Madame Mao Zedong. "Wedding present" he says.
Lighting is especially creative was. Kitchen globe pendant "wanders around Stockholm and these people very inexpensive light at something" based on, he says. In the bedroom with their free Pileo game Aulenti.
"As a small table light normally seen" says her husband. "But we asked the sales people to us, and they said, 'Oh indeed, put them on the wall that you can' and they are, they turn the individual reading lights variable diffuser.
In every house, he says, "they are great. "As a
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