Backyard teahouses for meditation, guest cottage, homeoffice

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  • Опубліковано 22 лис 2024

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  • @PENNYLEE0649
    @PENNYLEE0649 Рік тому

    This video is 9 years old, but I am so drawn back to it. The beauty, warmth and simplicity are spot on.

  • @leraginasian
    @leraginasian 10 років тому +7

    simple, not too large, small embellishments, strong build yet delicate and modest, respect for the surroundings, respect for the soul... just beautiful. you are lucky kirsten.

  • @TheYakkis
    @TheYakkis Рік тому

    I love this guy's attitude. It might not be a tea house, whatever, they've all got the tea house spirit and that's what they cared about.

  • @lindamaldonado6807
    @lindamaldonado6807 3 роки тому

    Such a perfect space for Reflection, Meditation, Creativity! God is visible all around.

  • @lydiarowe491
    @lydiarowe491 5 років тому +1

    If this was filmed 5yrs ago it still remains a stunning evergreen concept.... delivering the harmony with nature...beautifully crafted..
    Far from distractions that influence our peace of mind..⭐

    • @jzwalz51robin45
      @jzwalz51robin45 5 років тому

      It would be ok if you do not need a kitchen to prepare food, or do not need a laundry room to wash your clothes.

  • @BlackMagickMike
    @BlackMagickMike 2 роки тому +2

    This concept is fascinating. After all the videos I watched on domestic architecture and alternative housing this one remains very compelling!

  • @owenpackham9836
    @owenpackham9836 7 років тому +28

    One of the best home idea I've ever seen. I would love to live there. It's so connected to nature it feels like you live in it

  • @joneill1155
    @joneill1155 8 років тому

    Robert Swatt's interpretations of West Coast Modern Archatecture are stunningly beautiful. I hope is mentoring junior associates in his firm and his "vision" will continue to live and evolve long after his time has past. Simply brilliant!

  • @Imacbg
    @Imacbg 4 роки тому

    Incredible ! I think if you lived in a place like that you wouldn’t worry about how much work you got done .

  • @macman30331
    @macman30331 10 років тому +133

    i feel relaxed just looking at it

  • @FoodOfTheGods666
    @FoodOfTheGods666 10 років тому +28

    Kirsten, nice find! Absolutely awe-inspiring design & architecture, but really the surrounding area make the teahouses stand out even more.Thanks for the upload!

  • @remotegod255
    @remotegod255 5 років тому +8

    That table and view in the final teahouse is awesome, almost like an art room more than an office. I feel a creative mood just looking at it :)

  • @hansnillesen8103
    @hansnillesen8103 3 роки тому

    This is so nice and relaxing but the secret is the old trees and beautiful views!

  • @gabriellafarella2926
    @gabriellafarella2926 Рік тому

    Non c'è Soluzione Architettonica più Vincebte del Modernismo Minimal...."Total Landscape " .....che convive nell'ntima esistenza quotidiana.....un Architettura di tutto Rispetto che interagisce con l'Uomo e la Natura......Finalmente Abbiamo Capito che i "Muri" in fondo non Raccontano Niente......Eccellente lo Sviluppo Tecnoco / Formale.....Mi Piace👍💖

  • @craigkeller
    @craigkeller 5 років тому +3

    Stunning in its simplicity. Beautiful. And Perfect.

  • @wolftrapman
    @wolftrapman 4 роки тому +1

    I really am enjoying this interpretation of tea houses. I was contemplating a tea- summer house and shed combination. I have a restricted budget so have been inspired to build it myself. It will be mostly timber frame.

  • @arqjuan86
    @arqjuan86 4 роки тому

    The bathroom is really cool and the solution they give for the shower and floor is great !

  • @rodolfo0506
    @rodolfo0506 4 роки тому

    Thanks for spreading so lofty ideas to enrich our lives

  • @zaheer4024
    @zaheer4024 5 років тому +18

    How have I missed this gem? It’s beautiful.

  • @samualiam9981
    @samualiam9981 10 років тому +2

    I always enjoy watching these videos. They give me loads of ideas.

  • @ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz
    @ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz 4 роки тому

    Beautiful! A concept us westerners are not used to, relax, stand still, doing nothing, just contemplating.

  • @cherisunday
    @cherisunday 10 років тому +1

    Must be nice and cool in hot summer days, I like it. I'd probably sleep in there. A meditation dorm, how cool is that!

  • @sshatterhand239
    @sshatterhand239 5 років тому +1

    Ex Machina a brilliant movie - in a brilliant house.
    This Tea House reminds me of this breath-taking movie and i love it!

  • @savgal1211
    @savgal1211 10 років тому +12

    The Botanical Garden in Portland, Oregon has a BEAUTIFUL Tea room!!

  • @idontmindifisaid
    @idontmindifisaid 3 роки тому

    I like it. It is minimalistic architecture with a meditative view of nature.

  • @andrewcox3686
    @andrewcox3686 Рік тому

    Beautiful!
    Thanks for bringing this to the world!

  • @cargogh
    @cargogh 10 років тому

    In the beginning, I was turned off because I thought the floor had cracks open to the ground below, but then saw a baseboard heater under the desk and realized this was not the case. The skylight above was sublime. Really nice spaces.

  • @thedudeabides1
    @thedudeabides1 10 років тому +4

    Fantastic space in nature. Glass walls in such a beautiful location, just wow. :)

  • @RichieRouge206
    @RichieRouge206 5 років тому +8

    Love the concept of the tea house. Less technology is good in my books. Great design

  • @Sassafra1
    @Sassafra1 7 років тому +2

    These are mindblowingly GORGEOUS!!!!! Wow...I could MOVE HERE, in a heart beat...Thank you.

  • @Francisandlili
    @Francisandlili 10 років тому

    Une maison de rêve. J'aime énormément cette maison en verre. Le cadre est magnifique. Bravo!

  • @danveneziano565
    @danveneziano565 5 років тому

    Truly beautiful design and zen style

  • @fadisoueidi4127
    @fadisoueidi4127 3 роки тому

    Regardless of the tea houses (not my cup of tea) this is one nice architect to talk to, very down to earth and unpretentious...

  • @issith7340
    @issith7340 Місяць тому

    I think i will build a couple of these! Im looking to find something to make, but all the others, were huge. This here, follows the human metrics.

  • @liamball8335
    @liamball8335 2 роки тому

    Lovely - I wish the first tea house had openings in the glass walls. (Like the bedroom). It felt a little closed in. But all in all - super lovely execution.

  • @burningmanmike
    @burningmanmike 10 років тому +40

    let's not worry about what to call them/what they are called. just enjoy them!

  • @carolynforst113
    @carolynforst113 3 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing an amazing creative property...hoping this can be redone for affordability...

  • @luchoportuano2829
    @luchoportuano2829 5 років тому +1

    After watching almost all of your videos, this is the first time I feel truly jealous... I want those teahouses for me, and me alone, so badly.

  • @lancedaniels
    @lancedaniels 10 років тому

    So nice to see such a beautifully crafted place.

  • @KerrieRedgate
    @KerrieRedgate 7 років тому +2

    So great to see more detail from these tea houses! I bought the "CoastModern" documentary DVD set from Canada after seeing it on TV in Australia, and these tea houses were featured in it. (Brilliant double DVD set, by the way, if you like mid-century modern architecture-I have watched the DVDs many times since buying it, I never tire of it. Thank you so much, Kirsten, for uploading this!!

  • @tongresa77
    @tongresa77 10 років тому +1

    Wow. What a dreamhouse! Beautiful.

  • @InventorGadget
    @InventorGadget 10 років тому +9

    Instant love .. i really like the result, and also the concept idea's..

  • @mo8282
    @mo8282 4 роки тому

    One place for tea, and the other one for work.... but I am wondering what is he working!
    I love it...

  • @afwurch
    @afwurch 10 років тому +5

    Such a cool place; love that table!

  • @rhephokrits
    @rhephokrits 10 років тому

    amazing. Please have more of this types of architecture.

  • @eduardochavacano
    @eduardochavacano 5 років тому

    Makes you want to move to where nature is most splendid.

  • @sandibenedum4413
    @sandibenedum4413 10 років тому

    Really wonderful......wow! There was the one scene where it really did seem to "disappear" into the setting. Not usually my taste/style, but these are really something special in my view. thanks so much for sharing!

  • @dlwatib
    @dlwatib 10 років тому +31

    Very similar to Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House (1945-51) and Phillip Johnson's Glass House (1949). I like this a little better. Having the three functions in three separate buildings makes it a little more functional, and the concrete cores provide better grounding. The forested and bushy hillside landscape offers some shade and privacy. The Farnsworth House is so disdainful of the environment that it only reluctantly allows its feet to touch the ground. It also ignorantly sits on a flood plain, whereas it could easily have been sited on higher ground. It got flooded as a result. The Glass House sits on a manicured lawn, but appears uncomfortable doing so. Neither one offers enough privacy to actually live in. Obviously, without kitchen facilities this isn't a complete home, it's only a retreat from a larger home devoted to entertaining. Thus, it is more frankly honest about the impracticality of its minimalism for true residential use.

  • @nameofthepen
    @nameofthepen 10 років тому +6

    These are breath-taking.
    But, despite hearing it mentioned twice that organic debris on the skylights is welcomed as part of the ambiance, still, I notice that those yards and yards of glass are pristine-clean.
    Definitely not a house for someone who hates washing windows, lol.

    • @mulemule
      @mulemule 5 років тому +1

      With the kind of budget accompanying these, washing your own windows is of no concern.

  • @ncmartinez_his
    @ncmartinez_his 10 років тому +2

    I grew up in a house like this. 50 years ago.

    • @mulemule
      @mulemule 5 років тому +3

      Outstanding: I hope your family held onto it (it must be worth *at least* as much as this one by now ;)

  • @donnaerickson3059
    @donnaerickson3059 9 років тому +1

    Absolutely breathtaking.

  • @moniquemcdonogh698
    @moniquemcdonogh698 4 роки тому

    So beautiful! Well done!

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly 5 років тому +6

    When he said "There is tea" and pointed at the shelves over the counter sink I thought, "No, there ARE teas." // The pavilions are a nice balance of concrete, steel and glass with unfinished wooden floors. I wish there had been some footage of them at night. Outside lighting in the trees? // Those skylights could have been designed to clean themselves with rain runoff. As they are now, how do they handle water collecting in their frames?

  • @InnerAnimate
    @InnerAnimate 7 років тому

    the teahouse is type of place i practice guitar all day and relaxing.

  • @TaylorRaee1
    @TaylorRaee1 5 років тому

    Incredibly beautiful.

  • @briana14333
    @briana14333 4 роки тому

    very pretty and thoughtful

  • @HikeBikePhoto
    @HikeBikePhoto 7 років тому +1

    One thing you channel has thought me is that, with an abundance of money anything is possible.

    • @mulemule
      @mulemule 5 років тому

      The *other* thing your channel has taught me is that aesthetically inspired, expertly crafted and splendidly executed dwellings are neither easy nor cheap to conceive and build.

  • @brendanbang6636
    @brendanbang6636 4 роки тому

    Perfect house just adapted with a cooking area and it’s all done.

  • @Nancy-mz2eh
    @Nancy-mz2eh 5 років тому

    I thought it looked like my neck of the woods. One of the best places to live on the planet, IMO. :)

  • @hughwood947
    @hughwood947 7 років тому +1

    Architecture is basically a container of something - I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.

  • @landdcollection
    @landdcollection 10 років тому

    This is beautiful! I honestly wouldn't mind having tea houses as an only property, though that might break tradition.

  • @tybil214
    @tybil214 5 років тому +1

    just a very modern cabin ... now the focus is the house 2nd is nature.
    but its stiil amazing to see.

  • @hannahclaire1854
    @hannahclaire1854 9 років тому

    Stunning! Thank you for sharing.

  • @РалицаБоянова
    @РалицаБоянова 7 років тому

    hi, i love this chanel. thank you for sharing. i like this house much, so simple, natural, relaxing and good!

  • @dphotos007
    @dphotos007 10 років тому +2

    I like the designs and his idea. I would like to built these in my backyard.

  • @wildlifegardenssydney7492
    @wildlifegardenssydney7492 4 роки тому

    This is absolutely perfect!

  • @aniellosalzano6423
    @aniellosalzano6423 4 роки тому

    una casa stupenda!!!complimenti

  • @dholtman5977
    @dholtman5977 10 років тому +5

    I would have loved to see it at night. Great idea. Thanks!

  • @letshegoprecious9836
    @letshegoprecious9836 5 років тому

    Fantastic! my hubby would definitely lovr to have it once we receive our money👏👏👏

  • @gabrielporras950
    @gabrielporras950 5 років тому

    Unique details. I like the idea.

  • @collar42
    @collar42 10 років тому +1

    Beautiful tea house !!!!!

  • @Mychannel-wx9qm
    @Mychannel-wx9qm 9 років тому +10

    woah! THIS is my favourite

  • @kazoosc
    @kazoosc 5 років тому

    I remember seeing these in some architectural magazine
    .. when he commented _I wonder if you could ever really get work done_ made me think that it might have been interesting to have one tea house that enclosed the tenant ( the offic? so he could get work done ) . . . perhaps white walls with a skylight or completely/selectively frosted glass

  • @stefflmrk
    @stefflmrk 6 років тому

    VERY interesting what that gentlemen had to say. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @PaintWithMeLive
    @PaintWithMeLive 5 років тому

    Really beautiful, thanks for sharing!

  • @blueman5924
    @blueman5924 5 років тому +1

    Truly beautiful connection to nature, but at the cost of how many birds lives,as it appears to invite them to fly right through.

    • @dondouglass8665
      @dondouglass8665 5 років тому +1

      Dave - I, having two medium size glass windows, know exactly what your referring to. Breaks my heart three/four times a year. I put up a simple string of reflectors (one per window) which has helped. But this project would require a definite design solution, not something hacked together like mine.
      Anyway, Swatt Miers; congratulations - Wonderful solution / Remarkable results.

  • @izzy1563
    @izzy1563 4 роки тому +1

    Love this house. One of my favorites. I wonder if one of these would work in the right spot in Vermont? Probably no way to insulate well enough but maybe with a glass wall away from the wind.

  • @pinksnowbirdie2938
    @pinksnowbirdie2938 10 років тому

    For me to do this I'd need the windows to have an electronic dimming film to make it transparent to opaque like a window in a Boeing 787. Or Motorized ceiling retracting window shade/blind. Aesthetically I think the Shades/Blinds would look nicer but for space saving the dimming film/gel whatever fits the bill nicer. I personally would choose either one what ever my contractor suggested but the idea of multiple "tea" houses for specific reasons is brilliant and I'm sure it could work on flattish land too. Each house could be on it's own solar system making it easier to work with, and if one house needed extra it could draw from the unused power of the other houses. Water and sewage would just require the water to split off to the houses.

  • @slobomotion
    @slobomotion 10 років тому

    Uprated, shared, really well presented. Shared.

  • @anvilhammer4144
    @anvilhammer4144 4 роки тому

    Killer walls, I liked the bathroom the best.

  • @mudslynger2109
    @mudslynger2109 4 роки тому +1

    It is very tranquil and beautiful but, I was surprised there is no genkan that allows for the transformation from outside to inside literally and mindfully.

  • @rhmike4283
    @rhmike4283 4 роки тому

    Simplicity is relaxing

  • @locotecagazon
    @locotecagazon 4 роки тому +2

    amazing, just guessing how's insulation on different seasons.

  • @meeeems7009
    @meeeems7009 3 роки тому +1

    They’re beautiful and I love them! I can’t help but wonder if birds fly into the glass. It would be sad to build a beautiful structure that allows you to enjoy nature that would harm wildlife. I hope this isn’t the case! Does anyone know if it’s an issue?

  • @michelrodrigues110
    @michelrodrigues110 4 роки тому +1

    when the rich goes natural. Expensive and perfect.

  • @bkjamn
    @bkjamn 10 років тому +3

    I Love this!! Just my kinda thing

  • @JustASmokingSnorlax
    @JustASmokingSnorlax 10 років тому +62

    Maaaan... what I'd give to live in a place like that. Too bad happiness in this gorgeous form is for the wealthy.

    • @romancandlefight1144
      @romancandlefight1144 5 років тому +11

      Self made wealthy people are just people who found a way of doing things for lots of other people which they value. You could become a self made expert in most things and do that if you tried hard

    • @justnit
      @justnit 5 років тому +1

      Give up 10 years on off shore oil rig. You’ll have enough for this

    • @almostskater3210
      @almostskater3210 5 років тому

      @@romancandlefight1144 But not everybody can.

    • @Jraymiami
      @Jraymiami 5 років тому +7

      romancandlefight ... only 4% of US population become millionaires and it’s a lower % rate for the working class person. Most wealthy people have inherited it and have hidden their wealth offshore! It’s a talking point of the elite so the “regular” people stay hopeful, stay oblivious and don’t vote to raise taxes on the wealthy ... or vote them out! Not to mention the 100’s of thousands of people homeless in America. Btw the tea house are exquisite.

  • @livsweetdreams
    @livsweetdreams 10 років тому +3

    I could live here , I wouldnt mind living here anyway :)

  • @ArraialHD
    @ArraialHD 5 років тому

    ...another degree of AWESOME !

  • @jeffthai7063
    @jeffthai7063 2 роки тому

    I think the 3 rooms are gorgeous, but as tea houses, I think that's stretch.

  • @kw7268
    @kw7268 5 років тому

    Absolutely love this.

  • @gt3dskenau
    @gt3dskenau 6 місяців тому

    Philip Johnson would be proud! 😀

  • @gailalbers1430
    @gailalbers1430 5 років тому +1

    really beautiful- these little y/not so little cubes , but teahouses they aren’t / i wonder how you are supposed to clean all the glass?

  • @mr.dinglebop987
    @mr.dinglebop987 5 років тому +1

    Oh i see that takashi Murakami ”painting” in the third Tea house:)

  • @charisseb7130
    @charisseb7130 5 років тому

    This video is very relaxing

  • @68hilaire
    @68hilaire 10 років тому

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @bradyspace
    @bradyspace 5 років тому +2

    This is a Mies Van Der Rohe Glass House, pitched as traditional Japanese. The entire theme and philosophy is what Mies Van Der Rohe intended, using glass to blend into nature. It's strange that he doesn't give him credit. Also, I'd use it to park my 1968 convertible, Ferrari 250 GT California special.

  • @tanyaleef5138
    @tanyaleef5138 5 років тому

    Great design

  • @ruththomas1652
    @ruththomas1652 5 років тому

    Love, love, love, love, love!

  • @ssawian
    @ssawian 5 років тому +1

    I like his watch :)