Ocean's Eleven
Greetings everyone. Here we are back at it again. This week’s title seems fitting since I always seem to include water-related and art heist links. Although surprisingly no one sent me anything whale-related this week. You guys are slacking. But as usual there’s no shortage of Brutalist links so let’s get into it.
Lots of amazing concrete homes everywhere lately but this minimalist one right on the beach on Australia’s Gold Coast in one of my favorites
In Sydney, this swanky concrete townhouse is about to head to auction
Also in Sydney, a cottage receives a sleek concrete addition
A hotel on Japan’s Fukue Island has windows that are carved right out of the concrete
This Brutalist fort-shaped home overlooks Hiroshima Bay
This concrete residence is found on Sweden’s Gotland Island
Yet another amazing concrete building in Mexico
On the side of a hill in Oaxaca, this home overlooks the ocean
In Greece, one house disappears into the landscape while another emerges
After 20 years, an architect finally finishes his breathtaking beach house
A concrete monolith residence in Portugal
A modern home in Latvia
A guide to modern Japanese interior design
The Copenhagen home of a Danish design fan
Design students in Stockholm collaborate with leading furniture manufacturers to develop product prototypes
A beautiful new Danish bookcase system
Take a virtual tour of Neutra VDL House in California
Watch this documentary celebrating the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world's greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream
Preservationists launch effort to protect cherished Art Deco lobby in Manhattan building
Landmarks Preservation Commission should preserve the past but not block the future
The next generation of architects will remake how we make things
Photographer documents the architectural ghosts of racial discrimination across the United States
For $8M, this Tribeca loft comes with an original Keith Haring mural
How to tell if a Keith Haring is fake
British fashion writer Simon Doonan speaks about his new Keith Haring book
Sotheby’s Paris is about to auction off Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s personal art collection
A private viewing of the new Brooklyn KAWS exhibition with the artist himself
A $31M Basquiat is expecteed to become the most expensive western work ever auctioned in Asia
This California home is filled with over 300 works of art
A NY man is charged in attempted robbery of an Andy Warhol portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe
Greek police get a lead on a stolen Picasso
The 25 greatest art heists of all time
LEGO to produce Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’
Why art benefits your mental health
The scientific benefits of daydreaming
Glowy, gauzy diagrams are the self-help books of the Instagram age
Treating mental health issues with virtual reality, Zoom therapy and LSD
An exploration of the psychedelic experience through design and branding
Interview with the founder of psychedelics-focused magazine, DoubleBlind
A guide through the most mind-blowing psychedelics research
New visual search engine finds related images by style and mood (!!)
A place for digital artists, crypto natives and collectors to come together
Why collect digital art NFTs?
New Anime Architecture book constructs the future by pulling from the past while Hong Kong Neon preserves a city’s rich visual identity
A new B2B agency launches a subscription service filled with not-your-average designer samples
Interior designer incorporates 1% fee on her invoices to donate to non-profits providing critical services to those without housing
A vacant lot in North Hollywood is converted into a colorful tiny home village for the homeless
Architecture firm creates colorful domed buildings in Iran
Eye-catching hand-carved stone sculptures
Ceramic lamps paired with delicate paper and bamboo shades
New book takes you inside the homes of the world's most creative people
Find yourself an architecturally interesting fixer-upper for under $100K
The world's largest open collection of architecture magazines has over 3 million downloadable pages
Lastly, including Adam Curtis’s new 6-part documentary may be out of left field since it isn’t about architecture or art but one could argue that it’s art itself so I’ll share it anyway and tell you you can watch it here
This week’s newsletter might have gone off the rails slightly with those psychedelic links but I was in a mood and it’s something I find interesting. Anyway, thanks for being here with me. Hit me up at capa@bloodandchampagen.com to say hello or to tell me not include any more weird links. I welcome them either way. See you all next week.
Thomas