Last night I told you about my little crush on Estes/Twombly. This morning I’ve got my favorite structure from this firm. I’m pretty sure the McKeough House is the first Estes/Twombly home I saw, and it’s lovely.

Ok, more than lovely. This is like twilight house eye candy bliss. That term won’t be sweeping the nation anytime soon, but it’s how I feel. This beautiful structure is traditional Block Island with a twist. The porch connects between both of the side house blocks, and also continues throughout the house (front to back) – you can see this application in the interior …read more

I’m having a little thing for Estes/Twombly right now. I saw an Estes/Twombly structure in a book (or magazine – you know me, I forget the small details) a while back and fell in love. This isn’t offbeat architecture in a loony way, but this is unique work, as in you want to stare at it all day.
I love plenty of their work, but I’m only going to show two structures. One now, and because I can’t stop myself, my favorite one later.
First the Osprey House:

The thing about this firm that I love is that their homes are simple, cottage …read more

The micro compact home [m-ch], is a super small, super compact house.

One or two people can live in one of these homes; it’s obviously not really an appropriate large family home. This project of micro homes was first launched in Munich back in November 2005. It started as a case study village sponsored by O2 Germany. Below is a shot of the O2 project (students lived there).  The micro homes were clustered in a family-like setting.

Currently this slick project can be viewed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; through October.
[images via [m-ch]]