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Restoration of this historic farmhouse from Elizabethan period was made in 2004-2005. As the owner claims, renovating buildings of this age is never easy but the results are extremely rewarding. The building has become a modern living space suitable for 21st century.
Park Farm was suffering from a potentially lethal case of rot, due to timbers decaying and other things related to its age. Some of these defective timbers were removed, some replaced and some joints were also added and remade. The interiors has been updated to more contemporary wood materials. The kitchen were made of chestnut and beautiful handcrafted staircase and bathroom furniture were made of walnut. The house has become a very comfortable and beautiful place to live in. [Source]

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Israeli designer Ron Arad will see the opening of his super modern Design Museum in Holon Isreal just outside of Tel Aviv in March of this year. On hand for the ceremony to honor Arad will be a who’s who of design greats including Ingo Maurer, Patricia Moroso, and Havier Mariscal. In the past we have also reviewed quite a bit of the modern furniture designs from Ron Arad that like the Design Museum have a distinct look and feel that is unmistakable. Enjoy the pictures of the Design Museum. Via Yatzer

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House in Menorca by Dom Arquitectura

Being a summer house, the main idea is not only creating the interior spaces of the house, but distribute all outer space. The interior spaces seek good relations with the outside world, colonizing their surroundings and their views.

Inspired by the typical Menorca “tanca”, stone walls divisions of the realm. The plot is organized from a space frame, fully passable, based on a trace orthogonal, combining floors, platforms, water, trees, plants, tanca, pergolas, walls and the house itself. By combining these elements we are encountering this approach in which each piece is delimited and acquires its own identity and use within a harmonious whole. The diversity of outdoor stays provides the site a space balanced richness.

The house is situated in the center of the outer solar stays divided in two, front and rear. The hall of the house with two large openings on each side operates as a mixed external-internal transition. Falls outside the pavement causing a passage that connects the back yard with the front porch.

Based on typical lattices menorquinas designed a sliding wooden slats fixed set a filter to the outside, they act as sunscreens, giving privacy and multipliplying the usability. They combine the vertical slats of the east and west facades with horizontal south facade. Most of these openings are floor to ceiling, allowing for greater continuity to the outside and making the most magnificent views of the site.

Architect: Pablo Serrano Elorduy
Interior Designer: Blanca Elorduy
Rigger: Joan Camps
Structure: Osmotec
Construction: Construccions Rotger Piris, S.L.
Surface: 443 m2

Visit the Dom Arquitectura website – here.