By the way, abbozzo’s photostream is fantastic, I highly recommend checking it out here.

image from flickr member abbozzo

I spied this over at Modern House Notes, and they spied it over at Architecture Lab:

photo © Ken’ichi Suzuki // Image Courtesy of MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS STUDIO via Yatzer

As soon as I saw this one, I realized Leslie MUST have gone to architecture school. You know, I knew another architecture grad who started a stationary shop, and this reminds me of the perfect little vignettes she had all over the store.

Image from A Creative Mint

So, after already pulling it from the recycling bin AGAIN last week (What if I want to cut out the pictures for my inspiration board? (O.K., then just do it!). What if I make cards out of the pictures (um, Becky, you never send cards anymore, and besides, you have about 200 you can use before you even get to your Wright Houses sloppy glued together 3rd grade postcards. There will be no craft to your tribute to Arts and Crafts). It’s time. I can let go because I have scanned a few favorite images from the photographs to share with you on Inspiration Monday. It’s the first time I’ve been organized enough to have an Inspiration Monday since 2009. Can you imagine how long it would take the Hoarders crew to get my house cleaned out? Viewers at home would say things like “Oh, did you see the crazy cat lady one?” “No man, that’s nothing, what about the crazy girl who had to scan everything before she put it in the dumpster and blog about it?!”

Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio 1889-1909

William H. Winslow House 1893

Dana Thomas House 1902

Meyer May House 1908

Fallingwater 1935

Talieson III 1948

This photo comes from flickr member jody9:

The composition reminds me of a Diebenkorn painting. The rust, the faded colors, and the weeds make it so beautiful. The combination of colors is dreamy beachy to me – palm green, sea blue, off white with a few touches of pink and hay – it’s so serene, isn’t it?

Unfortunately, The North Shore Motel was bulldozed in 2008, but at least jody9 was able to grab a turquoise tile and some blue painted stucco from the remains!

Ken McCown is one of my all-time favorite flickr contributers, and this shot shows you why. Isn’t it striking? I would love to blow it up and cover half a wall with it! Actually, it works at every size. I think what I love about it so much is that it almost looks like a series of film frames. Because the chairs, drapes, and reflections vary a bit, each hotel balcony looks like it is its own frame, and in this film the chairs are dancing with each other. Or something like that! THANK YOU KEN!

photo by flickr member Ken McCown

If you are in the metro Boston area in the next month or so, try to catch a book talk for New Classic American Houses: The Work of Albert, Righter & Tittmann. For the rest of us, we’ll just have to settle for the book. In a time where Nantucket has been overtaken by gaudy McMansions that are trying to pretend that they are shingle style, and hot messes of massing on new houses that are trying to look classic, Albert, Righter & Tittman just gets it. I don’t really know how else to say it. They are respectful of tradition while pushing the envelope with postmodern moves. They understand scale, history, context, massing, and site planning.Here are a few teasers:

Top image from amazon.com. All other photos from Albert, Righter & Tittmann

If you live in the Southeastern United States and you’d like a good dose of Frank Lloyd Wright, The Rosenbaum House in Florence, Alabama is awaiting your visit. Designed by FLW and built in 1939 on a budget of $14,000, the house was in a terribly dilapidated state after Mrs. Rosenbaum, moved to a retirement home in 1999. The City of Florence stepped in, bought the property, and spent over $700,000 and several years painstakingly restoring it. Almost all of the furnishings are the original Wright-designed pieces that the Rosenbaums used for decades, and the house is now open to the public for tours. For information about visiting the only FLW Usonian house open to the public in the southeast, or to learn how to become a volunteer there, please visit wrightinalabama.com. There is also a great article about the history of the house and the restoration in Preservation.

Speaking of Preservation, if you are looking for worthy causes to donate to as the year comes to an end, consider donating to The National Trust for Historic Preservation. When you become a member, a subscription to Preservation is included and it’s a great magazine.

photo from flickr member alabama tourism department

photo from flickr member alabama tourism department

from flickr member Parker Anderson

Whoa.

Underground home in Switzerland.

In Twitter withdrawal & m havg trbl using <140 characters lately. Luckily, this house speaks for itself. Check out a full tour at Trendir.The interior shots are really striking as well.

By the way, I must warn you about Trendir. You will get sucked in for HOURS! They are great online curators. Each house made me gasp; gasps that alternated from awe gasps to envy gasps. So don’t head over there if you are trying to get work done. However, if you have time to indulge in some architectural fantasies, go for it.

photos originally from Christian Muller Architects.