Where Would You Like to Work?

We are moving house soon and I will be setting up a new place to work (look out for my posts on setting up a home office in a rental!) In the meantime I am drawn to the following projects – clearly deeply impractical for me and my family, but each is so beautifully designed. The thread that times them all together is this amazing feeling of serenity they all evoke. If you could choose anywhere to work where would that place be? Send pics to me at cerentha@mac.com

1. Malcolm Fraser Architect’s via Dezeen. An artists retreat in Glen Nevis, Scotland (above and below).

2. Mumford Pool House by Jonathan Parks. Via Architizer (below).

3. Terunobu Fujimori’s tea house in Chino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan (photographed by Edmund Sumner). Via Dezeen (below).

4. Residential art gallery for a Los Angeles home by XTEN Architecture. Via Architizer (below).

High Five

Where we’ve been this week….

1. Shelterpop Is AOL trying to be cool? My latest copy of Dwell a beautiful shot of Claire Danes on the back cover and it’s an ad for AOL. In my googling I found my way back to AOL’s Shelterpop. Lots of great interiors eye-candy. Where to start: An interesting home office

2. Dwell It’s an obvious link for Lifework but it’s worth reminding you to check out Dwell’s website because the latest issue is all about working from home…something we know a thing or two about! Where to start: The Live/Work issue isn’t online yet…but while you are waiting check out senior editor Aaron Britt’s interview this Herman Miller textile expert Susan Lyons.

3. Boing Boing This site is slightly overwhelming in its vastness. It reminds me of getting the New Yorker every week. You know it’s packed with great stuff but will you have time to read it? Where to start: Alleviate this problem by using the subject headings to whittle down the content. This morning I was drawn to the post on the new TED app for iPads.

4. Architizer An excellent site for architecture and design news. It’s beautifully designed, easily navigated and pic heavy – all good thing! Where to start: World’s Coolest Offices competition. I love the idea of a home office winning this competition. Send in your designs and lets see what happens.

5. Habitus Living An Australian design journal that covers some of the extraordinary residential work coming out of Australia – and the Pacific Rim. Where to start: The LIVE section collects all the great houses in one spot for you. Check out the Maximum Garden house in Singapore.