I've run into your posts many times over the years(since you had the Florida house) on all different platforms and you definitely "know what you're talking about" Ha Ha. I may leave another reply or separate comment later on. I also saved an important modernist house by a big name architect in New Jersey and have been living in it for over 23 years. All the feelings you guys describe in the video sound so familiar to me. I forgot to buy a copy of your Carver book after it was sold out but I'll get to it now.
@@RAREFORMDESIGNS I'm so glad the video resonated with you and well done for saving important architecture! Unfortunately all copies of my book sold out but I'm looking into doing a reprint.
Both of you spoke so beautifully about the home and its backstory, as well as Norman Carver (with whom I was not familiar previously). Now I want to learn more about him. 🙂
Beautiful home and backstory. I love the sense of tranquility of both the home and its location. Even before Vanessa had mentioned that both she and Tim are introverted, as a fellow introvert there was something about the home and how they spoke about it that made me gravitate towards it.
Kudos to all involved; Norman Carver, Jr. for his creative genius and his son's willingness to sell this wonderful house to a great couple that provided the tender loving care required, and to Open Space for beautifully capturing it.
In some shots it looks like a Japanese lantern, glowing in the woods. Thank you so much for taking us through your home, and for preserving what is so unique and inviting about it.
The people and homes showcased really make me appreciate that enthusiests exist with the means to preserve these homes. Then it saddens me to think about how many homes were not so lucky through these past few decades
It intrigues me how many architectural designed houses need structural work at - in this case - 50 years. That's never been needed in any of the many older houses that I've lived in.
Small additional detail: If he was not a licensed architect because he dropped out, does this mean his wife was stamping the drawings and actually the architect? She seems to have been erased from this story, but I have a feeling (Marion Mahony Griffin [Frank Lloyd Wright] Charlotte Periand [Le corbusier louge chair], Anne Tyng [Louis Kahn] etc. etc.) she had a very significant role. It is 2025, let's do the work of research and give credit where it is due.
Carver gained his architecture license in 1963 after gaining commissions that required him to do so. This is an 11 minute video edited to showcase the home and briefly give background on the architect, it is inevitable that certain aspects and details get lost in the process. In the book I wrote about Carver's architecture in 2019 I made a concerted effort to give credit to his wife Joan and her significant contributions to his practice.
Kalamzoo Michigan is zone 6A with winter temperatures down to -10F (-23 celsius). The roof of this building are not insulated, you can see it in the video, it might be R2. The *minimum* recommendation is R-49 for this zone. It is a cabin. It would be freezing in winter. It was not designed for all year living. Even victorian homes in this area have thicker walls and attempts at insulation because they were intended to be lived in year round. It is a perfect cabin though!
What an inspiring simple and elegant cabin! They kept saying 'house' but this is a summer cabin: those roofs are not insulated and there is [essentially] a hole in the roof with the non-existant insulative value of that glass. I hope these people aren't living in this year round, it was never intended for that and would be horrible in that cold climate and brutally inefficient to heat.
@@RAREFORMDESIGNS Kalamzoo Michigan is zone 6A with winter temperatures down to -10F (-23 celsius). The walls and roof of this house is not insulated, you can see it in the video, it might be R2. The *minimum* recommendation is R-49 for this zone. It doesn't even have an efficient double burn stove with a door, it has an open fireplace. It is an uninsulated cabin. Even victorian homes in this area have brick walls with mass and some attempt at insulation. It is a cabin.
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Thank you so much for telling the story of our house in such a beautifully captured way! You even made me sound like I know what I'm talking about :)
I've run into your posts many times over the years(since you had the Florida house) on all different platforms and you definitely "know what you're talking about" Ha Ha. I may leave another reply or separate comment later on. I also saved an important modernist house by a big name architect in New Jersey and have been living in it for over 23 years. All the feelings you guys describe in the video sound so familiar to me. I forgot to buy a copy of your Carver book after it was sold out but I'll get to it now.
@@RAREFORMDESIGNS I'm so glad the video resonated with you and well done for saving important architecture! Unfortunately all copies of my book sold out but I'm looking into doing a reprint.
Both of you spoke so beautifully about the home and its backstory, as well as Norman Carver (with whom I was not familiar previously). Now I want to learn more about him. 🙂
Beautiful home and backstory. I love the sense of tranquility of both the home and its location. Even before Vanessa had mentioned that both she and Tim are introverted, as a fellow introvert there was something about the home and how they spoke about it that made me gravitate towards it.
Kudos to all involved; Norman Carver, Jr. for his creative genius and his son's willingness to sell this wonderful house to a great couple that provided the tender loving care required, and to Open Space for beautifully capturing it.
In some shots it looks like a Japanese lantern, glowing in the woods. Thank you so much for taking us through your home, and for preserving what is so unique and inviting about it.
I live 25 miles east from this beauty and this is the first i've heard of it. Beautiful!
So close to nature, so quiet and calm, so centered, so spiritual, so grounded and etherial at once. A real gem - I would be happy there.
The people and homes showcased really make me appreciate that enthusiests exist with the means to preserve these homes. Then it saddens me to think about how many homes were not so lucky through these past few decades
Even more than it's Japanese and FLR influences, it looks like it's influenced by 1973. Love it, and so happy it still looks this way!
Awesome story, beautifully created. Thank you for sharing your home.
Serenity! LOVE the 2 kitties.
Beautiful place and great video!
I absolutely loved this house. Then I saw the cats and I realized it's purrfect! Plus it's just across the lake from me. 😉
Another gem! Thanks for sharing.
Very beautiful house. Preserving old homes and not just knocking it down and building something new is very important if it's at all possible.
Sanctuary !
It intrigues me how many architectural designed houses need structural work at - in this case - 50 years. That's never been needed in any of the many older houses that I've lived in.
Love this channel! Would love to see FLR's Wingspread featured
Small additional detail: If he was not a licensed architect because he dropped out, does this mean his wife was stamping the drawings and actually the architect? She seems to have been erased from this story, but I have a feeling (Marion Mahony Griffin [Frank Lloyd Wright] Charlotte Periand [Le corbusier louge chair], Anne Tyng [Louis Kahn] etc. etc.) she had a very significant role. It is 2025, let's do the work of research and give credit where it is due.
Carver gained his architecture license in 1963 after gaining commissions that required him to do so. This is an 11 minute video edited to showcase the home and briefly give background on the architect, it is inevitable that certain aspects and details get lost in the process. In the book I wrote about Carver's architecture in 2019 I made a concerted effort to give credit to his wife Joan and her significant contributions to his practice.
I had the same thought, since this story mentions that she finished school and he did not.
Kalamzoo Michigan is zone 6A with winter temperatures down to -10F (-23 celsius). The roof of this building are not insulated, you can see it in the video, it might be R2. The *minimum* recommendation is R-49 for this zone. It is a cabin. It would be freezing in winter. It was not designed for all year living. Even victorian homes in this area have thicker walls and attempts at insulation because they were intended to be lived in year round. It is a perfect cabin though!
What an inspiring simple and elegant cabin! They kept saying 'house' but this is a summer cabin: those roofs are not insulated and there is [essentially] a hole in the roof with the non-existant insulative value of that glass. I hope these people aren't living in this year round, it was never intended for that and would be horrible in that cold climate and brutally inefficient to heat.
What you mentioned about not being a year round house, that's not true at all.
@@RAREFORMDESIGNS Kalamzoo Michigan is zone 6A with winter temperatures down to -10F (-23 celsius). The walls and roof of this house is not insulated, you can see it in the video, it might be R2. The *minimum* recommendation is R-49 for this zone. It doesn't even have an efficient double burn stove with a door, it has an open fireplace. It is an uninsulated cabin. Even victorian homes in this area have brick walls with mass and some attempt at insulation. It is a cabin.
And every room needs artificial light to work or read or live. Pass. Houses should be designed to not need electric lights until the sun goes down.
The aesthetic are Japanese but the roof and structure scream Javanese traditional joglo houses, great work of design also great videos...
Really enjoyed this video, I always learn something listening to Tim and Vanessa, no exception here.
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Looks like Jurassic Park archtecture... cool
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Serene
So in the middle of summer, every room needs artificial light. Hard pass. Dated beyond function.
That was just done for the video there's plenty of light in that house.