Director Michael Bay’s minimalist mansion has panoramic views and palatial space. When someone builds a three-story, 30,000 square foot house (yes, 30K) on an eight acre lot overlooking Los Angeles, the result is designed for maximum effect. That’s the kind of space usually found in castles and châteaux though the exclusive Bel Air neighborhood is famed for its expansive … [Read more...]
Glass Wall Minimalist Kitchen
This glass wall kitchen beauty shows a sleek look in Tuscany. A folding glass wall kitchen creates a working space that can be open or closed to the rest of the house but is never closed off visually. For me, this is like framing a kitchen with a gigantic picture window which an architect as experienced as Pietro Carlo Pellegrini certainly knows. Based in Lucca, Italy, … [Read more...]
Industrial Sculpture Kitchen
When you go for the most rigorous modernist aesthetic, industrial cabinets set the style. Clean lines, flat surfaces and industrial style cabinets rule in this New York beach house kitchen. Oddly for its place, it almost looks like a science lab and it opens into the living and dining areas. The look comes from Boffi Works cabinets -- high-end modular units in wood veneer and … [Read more...]
