Comments on: Linda Rosa Duplex / Martin Fenlon

By: Icanbelievable

Icanbelievable — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:47:39 +0000

WOW! Those windows are fantastic and really take advantage of the view that this location offers. Eagle Rock needs more structures like these to enhance the appreciation of the landscape. The kitchen does look cheesy, but I am not deducting points from this structure because of that. Good Job.

By: bvel005

bvel005 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:56:56 +0000

I agree – fire the photographer. Also – good attempt and result – surely there’s room for improvement though. what i sense is the lack of poetry.

By: manda

manda — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:15:57 +0000

I think that when playing with the light and shadow the main colour you should use i white! And if not, you certainly shouldn’t go with warm and soft colours but rather use colder and sharper ones.

By: Terry Glenn Phipps

Terry Glenn Phipps — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:44:49 +0000

I’d vote for ignorant over bored.

The massing and tension are an homage to the traditions of California modernism and this looks to be a worthy addition to the streetscape. It is especially appropriate to see this kind of architecture in the Eagle Rock area, where a particular debt is owed to modernist tradition.

As almost everyone has pointed out, the interiors fail to live up to the promise proffered at the curb.

In particular I find the lighting solution disappointing. There was a time when LA architects where very inventive with simple lighting solutions. Schindler used bare bulbs behind wavy plastic in the Laurelwood apts. (barely 2 miles away) to great effect 60 years ago. Better lighting can be achieved with kit from Home Depot and a little imagination. Done well that lighting can be incredibly efficient as well.

Terry Glenn Phipps

By: SANJAYA

SANJAYA — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:10:55 +0000

bored

By: dave

dave — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:45:19 +0000

I agree on the use of natural light, good to see clever “green” incorporation to develop a space in a non-obligatory way. Great design, especially considering the LA constraints

By: nic

nic — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:50:27 +0000

Great use of natural light…very nice.

By: Geoarch

Geoarch — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:00:59 +0000

Nice Design! Very crisp and clean interiors.

By: cad

cad — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:54:53 +0000

Fire the photographer!

By: Tee

Tee — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:24:08 +0000

I especally don´t like the kitchen!
But the depth of the section and elevation looks nice!

By: jwc3

jwc3 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:52:23 +0000

The exterior is better than the interior.

By: Nicholas Patten

Nicholas Patten — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:44:02 +0000

I’d Live Here: Linda Rose Duplex. http://bit.ly/nYxYV

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:56:49 +0000

I think this is an excellent project. The light from the skylights look very nice..

By: citicritter

citicritter — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:12:01 +0000

chris, I don’t agree that it’s too many styles — its pretty much just a play on the LA/Schindler variation of straight up modernism.

The main problems I have with it include the standard glass railing plus all that off-white stucco outside meeting up against all that concrete in the front, along with the chunkyness of the deck/overhang, plus the reliance on two tone paint to ‘break up’ all that gyp board inside, all conspire to make it seem kind of banal in the end.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:23:38 +0000

i totally agree.
seems they wanted too much and just couldn`t figure out which style to stick with, so they ended up with an overloaded potpouri of styls that don’t function 2gether at all (what sense do those skylights make – they have nothing to do with an interpaly…. – to me it’s just chaos).

i guess the term “less is more”, would have been the saviour of this project.

well that’s just my opinion

cheers chris

By: thomas foral

thomas foral — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:57:18 +0000

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By: thomas foral

thomas foral — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:57:18 +0000

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By: Bert Bakker

Bert Bakker — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:35:31 +0000

looks ok to me, i’ll like to rent it.

Bert

By: Dustin

Dustin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:04:57 +0000

Yawn, almost as boring as the family minivan.

By: Bocetos Digitales

Bocetos Digitales — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:07:01 +0000

Linda Rose Duplex / Martin Fenlon:
Architect: Martin Fenlon Architecture Location: Eagle Rock, California, USA .. http://bit.ly/CNn6x