And for the final installment in the 2008 “Blogger at Large” series: minimalism is yet another viable tactic for coping with Pueblo Revival architecture.
Everything belonging to the owner of this condominium – an absolutely delightful scientist at Los Alamos – is functional and attractive. (You’ll recognize DWR’s Cubitec shelving, of course, and the dining chairs are or are similar to 9 Hole Dragon stackable chairs…many other pieces of furniture were purchased in Boston.) No object is superfluous.
One benefit of the minimalist approach, of course, is that modestly scaled spaces seem larger when unnecessary objects are banished. Add tidiness to the equation and spaces seem bigger still.
Hey – looky there! The picture above! Could it be…a modernist vignette?
A clever move on the owner’s part was to keep the furniture modest in scale. Technically, these rooms can handle larger pieces, but leaving ample space around the furniture makes for quite a dramatic effect. And everything has room to breathe.
Thoughts about Pueblo Revival architecture or any of these survival strategies? I’d love to hear them.