HERO loves…

I have to say I was pretty jealous of your architecture tour, at least here the weather is warmer and cacti are also pretty awesome structures =P. Seriously though I Loved the Rookery’s lace-like lattice decor!

Speaking of architects, even if it might be a bit of a cliche here, I grew up loving the works of Luis Barragan, Mexico’s great modern master (and I’m not the only one) his former home (pics below) is one of UNESCO’s world heritage sites. I always remember his “Butaca” chair, a collaboration with Clara Porset (available in miniature thanks to Vitra) and I’m surprised not to see it being reproduced in real scale, I mean I believe there’s something pretty attractive about it, and I remember it’s pretty comfy. I wonder why someone like Vitra doesn’t bring it back.

Maybe it’s the use of warm materials and the “simple” execution that makes me like it so much.

The sofa above looks related ( it could very well be the Butaca’s cousin) =) inside his home studio.

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Thanks to that nice NY blog The Scout, I found out that there’s an Eames auction to be held April 8th at Wright’s (amazing stuff really) their online store is really cool and I also loved one of the staff picks (A Castiglioni plant stand!) But back to Eames’s, I wish I had some Benjamins to spare and get that awesome “Cloud backdrop”! Or at least the cute “Sea things plastic tray” =).

(All images via Wright)

I’m super glad Rod and Dale got back from Chile 3 days before that horrible earthquake, I have friends living in Santiago and thank god they weren’t directly affected. I remember you told me they were going to stay at the Deck House, I’m curious to hear what their experience was like, cause the house looks really cool but I’ve read some harsh critiques. (Image via ArchDaily)

As for me, well, I just got back from Vegas =). Getting there I was surprised to see that a super fancy mega project called the City Center (a 5 building complex) is almost entirely finished. I actually wasn’t aware of the starchitect nature of this mega-project, guys like Daniel Libeskind and David Rockwell designed a luxury (more…)

Friends Seb and Eva of Troika are visiting while they install one of their latest projects in Toronto.  I’m trying to decide which of these three restaurants to take them to….

Union on Ossington – good food, great people, fun neighborhood…

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