Rugs

Our beautiful rugs came from a man named Hassam in Marrakesh (via Kate.)

Portuguese Sensibilty

Two of my favorite architects are Alvaro Siza (1992 Pritzker Price winner) and Eduardo Souto de Moura (2011 Pritzker Prize Recepient) from Portugal. Architects Aires Mateus are quickly joining their rank of great Portuguese Architects. Above a House for the Elderly they did in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal. We recently posted about their windowless house Casa em Leiria.

Storm Warning

Our friend Lucas Allen took this photo from his hotel room in Chicago last night. Pretty amazing.

Rug Heaven

Kate just returned from Marrakesh with 5 Beni Ouarain rugs for us. We can't stop smiling at them.

Rug 1: 66X126

Rug 2: 69X114

Rug 3: 72X92

Rug 4: 74X132

Rug 5: 84X124

Happy Friday!

Photo by Tom Ashe in Cape Town, South Africa

**we legit thought wed was friday. wishful thinking. 

From Grand Central to Dia: Beacon

Pictured artist at Dia: Beacon, Ima Knoebel and Richard Serra

At Home With The Kids

It was not Christmas or my birthday but still got two great gifts last week after going on and on about Patti Smith's Just Kids

Giant

A title that befits her and one of my favorite movies: Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Giant

Lia on Television

 

with brian williams

Obsessed

We both just read Patti Smith's book Just Kids and we loved it. Listening to Patti's music and making necklaces will be a new A+L project. Above a picture of her and Robert wearing their self made jewelry.

Pendleton Towels

 

Here.

Art Day: Saturday

Met Ernesto Caivano.

Saw Terence Koh crawling for peace.

NY Times

Visited Mental States by George Condo at the New Museum. 

PM Company

Walked on The High Line.

America (Martin) The Beautiful

Saturday morning coffee and Vogue. I came across an article with the above title and it reminded me how much I love the work of California artist America Martin. A few of my favorite paintings:

Early Scuba

Take Me Home

Le Campement

My friend Kate is going to Morocco. I'm jealous. 

Privacy.

Windowless home (the anti-glass house) by Aires Mateus in Portugal. Swipelife.

Field trip

Harf Zimmerman, Philip Johnson Glass House

Let's go!

Drawing Rooms

I so wish I could do this for my clients!

Maira Kalman’s gouache painting "Rajasthani Room of 2004-2005"

White Columns

reOrder: An Architectural Environment by Situ Studio at the Brooklyn Museum's Great Hall. The existing field of columns were covered in fabric so they could be stretched and twisted into new versions of their Beaux-Arts originals.

Sundays

(some random blog)

Cool.

I've had my eye on these lamps at Lawson-Fenning for a while:

And now they are confirmed cool (by Rachel Feinstein and John Currin.)