Comments on: Diamond House / XTEN Architecture http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/ Architecture News: The latest buildings, projects and competitions every day. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:39:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lancko Doors http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-1249485 Lancko Doors Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:41:11 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-1249485 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Diamond House / XTEN Architecture Modern Home Modern Doors http://t.co/m3xu0a8N via @archdaily</span></span> Diamond House / XTEN Architecture Modern Home Modern Doors http://t.co/m3xu0a8N via @archdaily

]]> By: Davide Romeo http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-1249486 Davide Romeo Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:59:31 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-1249486 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Diamond House / XTEN Architecture | ArchDaily http://t.co/TxLzsj5 via @archdaily</span></span> Diamond House / XTEN Architecture | ArchDaily http://t.co/TxLzsj5 via @archdaily

]]> By: Diamond House by XTEN Architecture : Lo-Ker.Net http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-123243 Diamond House by XTEN Architecture : Lo-Ker.Net Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:50:04 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-123243 [...] Direct sunlight reaches the site for only a few hours a day. The geotechnical condition is challenging, requiring 30-foot caissons to underpin new walls and foundations. A complex web of regulations governed the height, width, depth and specific relationship to the retaining walls needed to build the project. -via- [...] [...] Direct sunlight reaches the site for only a few hours a day. The geotechnical condition is challenging, requiring 30-foot caissons to underpin new walls and foundations. A complex web of regulations governed the height, width, depth and specific relationship to the retaining walls needed to build the project. -via- [...]

]]> By: Alkaid http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-170249 Alkaid Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:13:48 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-170249 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @NicholasPatten: I'd Live Here: Diamond House. http://bit.ly/bOf2vU</span></span> RT @NicholasPatten: I'd Live Here: Diamond House. http://bit.ly/bOf2vU

]]> By: Nicholas Patten http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-151975 Nicholas Patten Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:01:01 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-151975 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">I'd Live Here: Diamond House. http://bit.ly/bOf2vU</span></span> I'd Live Here: Diamond House. http://bit.ly/bOf2vU

]]> By: Michael Baugus http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-170250 Michael Baugus Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:05:04 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-170250 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Provocative exterior. Diamond House / XTEN Architecture. http://bit.ly/bAxK1S</span></span> Provocative exterior. Diamond House / XTEN Architecture. http://bit.ly/bAxK1S

]]> By: reger http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-107605 reger Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:14:51 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-107605 Jean Nouvel Xs. Jean Nouvel Xs.

]]> By: brandy http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-107578 brandy Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:56:31 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-107578 I happened upon this bldg at a holiday party and mostly disagree with the comments above.  Nothing prepares you for the surprise of this structure tucked behind a traditional looking house in a woodsy canyon neighborhood.  In person it feels like a piece of sculpture that's been compressed between the house and some huge concrete hillside walls.  It doesn't appear 'wrapped' with wallpaper -- it doesn't feel 2 dimensional in any sense.  As an artist I appreciate how the indeterminate edges play against the regular pattern geometry and how the thickness of the walls is shown at windows.  It's put together well.  The differences between the inner and outer walls could have been exploited more -- Henry Moore's helmet series comes to mind --but the pattern as a scalar device works amazingly well in it's setting.     I happened upon this bldg at a holiday party and mostly disagree with the comments above.  Nothing prepares you for the surprise of this structure tucked behind a traditional looking house in a woodsy canyon neighborhood.  In person it feels like a piece of sculpture that’s been compressed between the house and some huge concrete hillside walls.  It doesn’t appear ‘wrapped’ with wallpaper — it doesn’t feel 2 dimensional in any sense.  As an artist I appreciate how the indeterminate edges play against the regular pattern geometry and how the thickness of the walls is shown at windows.  It’s put together well.  The differences between the inner and outer walls could have been exploited more — Henry Moore’s helmet series comes to mind –but the pattern as a scalar device works amazingly well in it’s setting.    

]]> By: Fabiola Johann Braun http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-170251 Fabiola Johann Braun Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:44:50 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-170251 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">#design #arch RT @archdaily Diamond House / XTEN Architecture http://bit.ly/cuvgm4</span></span> #design #arch RT @archdaily Diamond House / XTEN Architecture http://bit.ly/cuvgm4

]]> By: jr http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-107439 jr Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:31:47 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-107439 http://otropx.blogspot.com/2009/06/hablando-de-imitaciones-de-louis.html http://otropx.blogspot.com/2009/06/hablando-de-imitaciones-de-louis.html

]]> By: Haily Zaki http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-170252 Haily Zaki Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:20:02 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-170252 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Sexy skin: RT @archdaily: Diamond House / XTEN Architecture http://bit.ly/cuvgm4</span></span> Sexy skin: RT @archdaily: Diamond House / XTEN Architecture http://bit.ly/cuvgm4

]]> By: lia henriques http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-170253 lia henriques Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:02:36 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-170253 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Diamond House / XTEN Architecture | ArchDaily: http://bit.ly/bdKtst via @addthis</span></span> Diamond House / XTEN Architecture | ArchDaily: http://bit.ly/bdKtst via @addthis

]]> By: Kevin Parent http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-170254 Kevin Parent Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:56:06 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-170254 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @archdaily: Diamond House / XTEN Architecture http://bit.ly/cuvgm4</span></span> RT @archdaily: Diamond House / XTEN Architecture http://bit.ly/cuvgm4

]]> By: Home Decor News http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-170255 Home Decor News Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:10:04 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-170255 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Diamond House / XTEN Architecture http://bit.ly/aYWw9Y</span></span> Diamond House / XTEN Architecture http://bit.ly/aYWw9Y

]]> By: phishfood the architect http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-107380 phishfood the architect Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:18:19 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-107380 Glad to see the Louis vuitton comment posted. its interesting that architecture was pushed away from the decorative skin and now we are returning to it. wrapping paper my be interesting but is it really architecture? Glad to see the Louis vuitton comment posted.

its interesting that architecture was pushed away from the decorative skin and now we are returning to it. wrapping paper my be interesting but is it really architecture?

]]> By: derek http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-107325 derek Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:48:40 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-107325 and not one picture that offers perspective on how this truly juxtaposes/ineteracts/plays against the original house. i think it speaks to the project's lack of depth that we're expected to find it's skin and a simple distortion of the cube to be the whole trick. and not one picture that offers perspective on how this truly juxtaposes/ineteracts/plays against the original house. i think it speaks to the project’s lack of depth that we’re expected to find it’s skin and a simple distortion of the cube to be the whole trick.

]]> By: cad http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-107317 cad Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:32:39 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-107317 From all the extensive research all they got was a Louis Vuitton pattern. From all the extensive research all they got was a Louis Vuitton
pattern.

]]> By: Adrian http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-107308 Adrian Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:09:55 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-107308 Looks like louis vuitton's House! Looks like louis vuitton’s House!

]]> By: LOME http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-107233 LOME Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:57:57 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-107233 Nice Pattern!But the building geometry is not "strong"! that's my point. ^.^ Nice Pattern!But the building geometry is not “strong”! that’s my point. ^.^

]]> By: mark http://www.archdaily.com/48206/diamond-house-xten-architecture/#comment-107220 mark Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:35:30 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=48206#comment-107220 Question: How is the waterproofing membrane protected from UV if the skin is perforated? Question:

How is the waterproofing membrane protected from UV if the skin is perforated?

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