Comments on: McCarthy Residence / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

By: Christine Hightower

Christine Hightower — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:10:51 +0000

McCarthy Residence / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects | ArchDaily http://t.co/7E8bGMs via @archdaily I love this house!

By: stmts://

stmts:// — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:55:29 +0000

McCarthy Residence / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects – http://bit.ly/bdIcBg

By: coolie

coolie — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:24:27 +0000

it’s a fab. i just discovered this firm latetly when i saw their work on the book “american masterworks”. the house that was featured there was done in 1987, and i thought that after 23 years the aesthetic hasn’t lost its relevance, especially the interiors – that timeless element that’s also very elusive to achieve. so i check them out.
the most that i like about the project being featured here was the great interplay of light and shadow that turned the space into a canvass, and the project description gave more clarity to the direction taken for the design.

masterful and inspiring. great work!!!

By: liweis

liweis — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:11:18 +0000

the same to you

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:20:24 +0000

I agree with Christopher – I don’t see the awful details… I see quite crisp and refined details.

By: majchers

majchers — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:05:47 +0000

At least you would add some colour to this sad and maddening architecture…
;-)))

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:54:00 +0000

I want to take a bottle of tomato sauce and smash it against the wall.

By: dito

dito — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:25:18 +0000

AWESOME RENO!!!check the stair that floats…

By: the uninformed observer

the uninformed observer — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:13:08 +0000

What is telling when someone insists the color blue is better than the color red?

The creatures that move about in this space are soft, hairy, they shed, leave behind oil prints and juices. How gorgeous a freshly split tomato there. Or an oozing bar of soap left on the edge of the tub.

By: wondering

wondering — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:50:42 +0000

It reminds me of the Berghain club in berlin.

it looks like a nice house for communal living.
the staicase gives the section alot of interest but seems really impractical, and a bit Sisyphic.

i wouldnt want to be a child growing in that house.

By: eb

eb — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:03:16 +0000

a house for happy people… noooooot. I think the color palette is really bad, I’ve seen great environments that are made with grayscale colors and feel good, this is totally scary.

By: MKK

MKK — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:02:46 +0000

Beautiful.
I’d live there.

By: majchers

majchers — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:25:28 +0000

You might be right. But still…

By: christopher

christopher — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:08:46 +0000

this is not an Architectural Digest house people. if a client wants minimal & metal, as an architect, you should be thankful. Because in the Northern California market, everyone wants a beige Tuscan faux-villa with Styrofoam cornices and granite countertops.

this is clearly a work based on minimal monochromatic, light, texture & emptiness. true space. not flowery patterned curtains and taupe loveseats. some people outside of Akron don’t like those things.

i love how all it takes is one negative comment on these boards to turn the whole group into an angry mob.

we frankly don’t know anything about these people and what they want or what their tastes are. if they like Rob Zombie movies, who are you to judge? so they listen to GWAR in their spare time…so there’s a crime-scene chalk-outline on the floor. it fits doesn’t it? the light and space is actually not too far off from a Chelsea art gallery…

for an industrial/minimal space, this is beautiful.

By: christopher

christopher — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:56:03 +0000

i’m not seeing the awful details you seem to find, maybe you could elaborate *Mies*…

By: richie

richie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:13:19 +0000

I like size and the details, we all live in minimum spaces, probably with a flat screen and a good computer in the best of the cases, but we forgot the nice big space to share with friends ,family or just contemplate it.We have to fight against those who extremely maximize the sq foot.in the furure we are going to sleep in stand up in a closet, sounds funny but if it slash reallity it should be one of the whorse creations ever.imagine to pay to live in spaces even shoters than the ones we live right now….ufff i start to shiver with only think in that.

By: lester

lester — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:52:06 +0000

You know what I mean… the chalk outline of a dead body on the pavement.

By: Gorgos

Gorgos — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:25:33 +0000

Dont forget, its not just a house, but also a studio, and most probably also room to showcase his art to clients.

Also, the house is still empty. There is no `artwork` to be seen yet, which is talked about in the text.

By the way, everthing is really oversized.

By: Gorgos

Gorgos — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:28:22 +0000

Damn it!

I have been staring at the photos trying to find a body, but I cant find it…

By: majchers

majchers — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:15:57 +0000

Never mind the architect, the architecture and all that but who the hell are the owers? What kind of people want to live in this type of harsh and extreme environment? Cold, unpleasant if not dirty. It is fine if you adopt an old warehouse to a studio or even an apartment but to create one from scratch…? Mhhmmm… not my parish.