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A conversation pit is an architectural feature that incorporates built-in seating into a depressed section of flooring within a larger room. This area often has a table in the center as well. The seats typically face each other in a centrally focused fashion, bringing the occupants closer together than free-standing tables and chairs normally ...
Harry Harmer Gesner (April 28, 1925 – June 10, 2022) was an American architect from California. Gesner principally designed houses in the Los Angeles area, especially along the coast in Malibu . Following service in the US Army during World War II , [ 1 ] Gesner was a self-taught architect.
Japanese minimalist interior living room, 19th century. In Western architecture, a living room, also called a lounge room (Australian English [1]), lounge (British English [2]), sitting room (British English [3]), or drawing room, is a room for relaxing and socializing in a residential house or apartment.
Grand Neoclassical interior by Robert Adam, Syon House, London Details for Derby House in Grosvenor Square, an example of the Adam brothers' decorative designs. The Adam style (also called Adamesque or the Style of the Brothers Adam) is an 18th-century neoclassical style of interior design and architecture, as practised by Scottish architect William Adam and his sons, of whom Robert (1728 ...
The cast-iron circular staircase, stucco fireplace and slate flooring, though designated by Goodman, feel like a part of the original building. Art, collectibles, antiques and contemporary furniture were arranged to offer intimate spaces. A studio on the second floor gave him privacy to work if there were guests.
Julius Shulman (October 10, 1910 – July 15, 2009) was an American architectural photographer best known for his photograph "Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, 1960. Pierre Koenig, Architect." The house is also known as the Stahl House. Shulman's photography spread the aesthetic of California's Mid-century modern architecture around the world ...
We all walked upstairs to see his apartment, which was basically a studio with a doorway that separated the kitchen from the bedroom/living room. Bryan had a futon, a fake fireplace, a small TV. There were pictures of friends and family around and on the walls, as well as movie posters. And that was kind of it. My parents eventually left.
The fireplace between the living and dining rooms has narrow brick piers [246] and a fieldstone mantel. [109] The fireplace serves a mostly ceremonial function, since the house is heated by concealed radiators. [242] [246] The dining room is east of the living room; [238] its east wall has a breakfast nook within a bay window. [234]