The Moore House Monthly 04-22-22
It’s the end of the month, so you know the drill. It’s time for our recurring blog column in which we compile all of the articles, designs, reveals, and more that inspired us in the past thirty days. We love to share the love, so here’s a round-up of what we saw and saved this month as well as a few updates of our own!
Although we are interior designers, we have a serious appreciation and admiration for all things architecture. Since today is Earth day, we’ve gathered a few structures that have been designed in response to climate change i.e. rising high-tide lines and stronger storms. The real beauty of design here is in the uber-creative way these firms have solved problems.
We’ve recently stumbled upon a project that we’re without a doubt adding to our g.o.a.t. favorites — the Stewart Avenue Residence by Brillhart Architecture — to be exact. There are a lot of things about this build that make it epic, but we’re really loving their solution to the ground floor needing to be 12 feet in the air. Their other projects are equally as jaw dropping, so we highly recommend checking them out if you’re unfamiliar with their work.
“Located on a canal in South Coconut Grove, just 900′ from Biscayne Bay, this site is in Miami’s most extreme flood zone (VE) and therefore had to be designed specially to respond to issues of hurricanes, storm surges, flooding, and sea-level rise. Projects located in Zone VE must have their first floor – as well as all mechanical equipment –raised 12’ above sea level – requiring houses to be raised on stilts by an entire story.
In this project, Brillhart Architecture sought ways to improve the aesthetic nature and experiential qualities of an elevated residential structure by 1) embracing the understory space as a fundamental and celebrated aspect of the architecture; 2) reconstituting a new ground plane 12 feet in the sky and 3) breaking up the massing so as to make the building seem less imposing and feel more tropical.”
— Brillhart Architecture.
A sun-drenched home designed to survive future storms…
Architect Toshiko Mori was tasked with devising a modernist house that would both survive coastal flooding and blend in with the local vernacular. This is a common point of contention in coastal communities where structures nearby the beach are always under scrutiny. In this case, the home was one of the first to conform to new regulations for greater resistance against the dangers of rising tides and flooding! Natural parameters like flood height and hurricanes impacted the overall structure and design of the beachfront home. Overall, stunning.
“Although the house fits so intelligently and comfortably into the local scene, its brilliant plan, section, and use of every cubic inch seem akin to current trends in Japanese micro urban housing.”
— Barry Bergdoll, Architecture Curator.
Details, Details, Details.
As interior designers we’re always on the lookout for ways to make every nook and cranny of our clients’ homes more beautiful. These minimalist glass switch plates are seriously stunning — as are their aged brass counterparts!
Pristine Cycladic Design
Architect by K-STUDIO — Interior Design + Styling by Studio Bonarchi — Photography by Yiorgos Kordakis.
This project may have been designed by K-Studio in 2020, but Kálesma itself is actually opening this month. We’ve been in a bit of a time warp over the last few years anyway, right? This luxury hotel is an architectural wonder that lends itself to a laid-back, yet other-worldly Mediterranean experience …and we’re obsessed. We’ll definitely be adding this place to our Mediterranean bucket list which is growing quite long at this point in time — surely we’re not alone on that one!
A Quintessential Tuscan Villa
Villa Arniano — Designed by @camillaguinness — Photography by Billal Taright for @zarahome.
Camilla Guinness’s Tuscan Farmhouse “Villa Arniano” was recently used as the shoot location for a new Zara Home campaign and it’s absolutely wonderful. Something that Zara Home has always been incredible at, and we think you’ll all agree, is art direction and styling. We hope these shots transport you to your own version of Under the Tuscan Sun — which if you haven’t seen, we’d also recommend!
…Said Maine Harbor being just a stone’s throw away from our Coaster’s Chance Cottage in Cutler! Ravenhill Studio nailed this one and we’re seriously impressed with the creativity of their “Sea Sauna”. This has us thinking we may just need to commission ourselves one of these for Cutler Harbor! Who doesn’t love a sauna-cold plunge combo?
What we’re loving — IG inspo feeds.
Antiques dealer Brad Emerson’s instagram feed, @downeastdilettante , is always packed with historical goodness and never disappoints. If you love history we highly suggest checking this out!
@slowroads is an inspo account that we’ve had the honor of being featured on. That aside, it’s a beautifully curated mix of old school photography and art dappled with contemporary design — this feed is the purveyor of nostalgic retro vibes.
@yomargey describes herself as “Very nice wife : tolerant mother : gangsta granny…” and for that we love her. Her feed brings us all of the English garden inspo we desperately need.
Don’t let it sneak up on you!! PSA: Mother’s day is literally in 2 weeks. We took a moment to round up some of our favorites with a few different Mums we know in mind. Shoppable links aside, sometimes the best things aren’t things — there are a lot of ways to make Mother’s Day special other than gifting. We’re big fans of spending quality time by cooking dinner, picking flowers from the garden or having a little picnic!
If Mum loves the garden…
If Mum’s a beach babe…
If Mum Loves to cook…
If Mum’s a golden gal…
As we mentioned in our newsletter, we’re heading out to California in a few weeks to stake out an exciting new project. We’ve also got another awesome designer coming on board in May! Now that we mention it, we still need to introduce you to the rest of our team — Maybe we’ll do an IG live if we’re feeling extra cool one of these days. Lol. We’re also wrapping up two projects on the North end of Aquidneck Island — The Minimalists Club and The Belgian Mid Century, respectively. And to make things even more fun, we’re in the midst of moving our office from the fourth floor to the first floor of our old mill building so we can have our own loading dock. We must say that this is going to be life-changing for our shipping/receiving situation.
Then we’ll be heading up to Maine in June to finally shoot Coaster’s Chance’s kitchen and we’re super excited — with lime-washed walls, exposed beams, and wide-planked floors she feels straight out of the French countryside. You guys aren’t going to believe the transformation, it’s actually wild. @moore.house has a new cottage available for rentals this summer — Nature’s Cottage — which is huge because until now, we had no other Rhody summer availability. Send us an email at inquire@moorehousefamily.com to book or get more information!
We’re probably missing a few details in there… but you get the idea! We’re busy to say the least but very grateful and happy about it.
That wraps up some of our favorites and updates for April — and as always, we hope you enjoyed reading and viewing all these awesome articles, designs and spaces as much as we enjoyed compiling them.
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