Living Architecture

Living Architecture is a not-for-profit holiday home rental company in the UK.[1][2] It was founded by philosopher and writer Alain de Botton, who launched the scheme in 2010 in what its website claims is the first programme of its kind.[3]

The Balancing Barn

The houses include:

The Balancing Barn, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk: opened October 2010. Architect: MVRDV
The Shingle House, Dungeness, Kent: opened Nov 2010. Architect: Nord architecture
The Dune House, Thorpeness, Suffolk: opened Dec 2010. Architect: JVA
A Room for London, on the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London: opened 2012. A collaboration with cultural organisation Artangel. Launched as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Architect: David Kohn[4] and artist Fiona Banner.[5]
The Long House, Cockthorpe, Norfolk: opening Oct 2011. Architect: Hopkins Architects
A House for Essex (or "Julie’s House"), Wrabness, Essex: opening 2015. Created by the artist Grayson Perry, working with Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT)[6][7][8]

References

Rowan Moore (2010-09-26). "Living Architecture: giving a modernist spin to holiday homes | Art and design | The Observer". Guardian. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
Architecture. "Have a holiday in modern architecture". Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
"Living Architecture. Holidays in modern architecture". Living-architecture.co.uk. 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
http://www.davidkohn.co.uk/projects/a-room-for-london
Dean. "Boat-Shaped Room To Be Built On Queen Elizabeth Hall". Londonist. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
Oliver Wainwright (15 May 2015). "For Grayson Perry's Essex house, the only way was 'bonkers as possible'". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
"Art fans flock to 'Grayson Perry house' in Essex". BBC. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
Will Gompertz (16 May 2015). "Take a walk around the house that Grayson Perry designed (video)". BBC. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

External links

Official website

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[1] Rowan Moore (2010-09-26). "Living Architecture: giving a modernist spin to holiday homes | Art and design | The Observer". Guardian. Retrieved 2013-02-11.

[2] Architecture. "Have a holiday in modern architecture". Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-02-11.

[3] "Living Architecture. Holidays in modern architecture". Living-architecture.co.uk. 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2013-02-11.

[4] ttp://www.davidkohn.co.uk/projects/a-room-for-london

[5] Dean. "Boat-Shaped Room To Be Built On Queen Elizabeth Hall". Londonist. Retrieved 2013-02-11.

[guardian-20150515-6] Oliver Wainwright (15 May 2015). "For Grayson Perry's Essex house, the only way was 'bonkers as possible'". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[bbc-20150227-7] "Art fans flock to 'Grayson Perry house' in Essex". BBC. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[bbc-20150516-8] Will Gompertz (16 May 2015). "Take a walk around the house that Grayson Perry designed (video)". BBC. Retrieved 18 May 2015.