Living Architecture
Living Architecture is a not-for-profit holiday home rental company in the UK.[1][2] It was founded by philosopher and writer Alain de Botton, who launched the scheme in 2010 in what its website claims is the first programme of its kind.[3] The aim is to make exceptional buildings available for more people to experience by commissioning them from leading architects as holiday homes.
The houses include:
- The Balancing Barn, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk: opened October 2010. Architect: MVRDV with Mole as Executive Architect
- The Shingle House, Dungeness, Kent: opened Nov 2010. Architect: Nord architecture
- The Dune House, Thorpeness, Suffolk: opened Dec 2010. Architect: JVA with Mole as Executive Architect
- A Room for London, on the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London: opened 2012. A collaboration with cultural organisation Artangel. Launched as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Architect: David Kohn[4] and artist Fiona Banner.[5]
- The Long House, Cockthorpe, Norfolk: opening Oct 2011. Architect: Hopkins Architects
- Secular Retreat, near Salcombe, Devon: Completed in 2019. Architect: Peter Zumthor with Mole as Executive Architect[6]
- A House for Essex (or "Julie’s House"), Wrabness, Essex: opened in 2015. Created by the artist Grayson Perry, working with Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT)[7][8][9]
References
- ^ Rowan Moore (2010-09-26). "Living Architecture: giving a modernist spin to holiday homes | Art and design | The Observer". Guardian. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
- ^ Architecture. "Have a holiday in modern architecture". Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
- ^ "Living Architecture. Holidays in modern architecture". Living-architecture.co.uk. 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
- ^ "David Kohn Architects: A Room for London".
- ^ Dean (8 February 2011). "Boat-Shaped Room To Be Built On Queen Elizabeth Hall". Londonist. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
- ^ McCormick, Megan. "Architects' summer retreats". Architecture Today. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Oliver Wainwright (15 May 2015). "For Grayson Perry's Essex house, the only way was 'bonkers as possible'". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Art fans flock to 'Grayson Perry house' in Essex". BBC. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ Will Gompertz (16 May 2015). "Take a walk around the house that Grayson Perry designed (video)". BBC. Retrieved 18 May 2015.