Le Corbusier's Cabanon
I love all aspects of this. The simplicity is the first thing I notice. The exposed pipes, a curtain seperating the washroom, the 'wooden crate' used as a seat, painted wooden floor, etc., give it the 'rustic' feel for me.
Of course, the beautiful location doesn't hurt.
Bruce Goff
Bruce Goff designed several residences which managed to incorporate some rustic touches. The style has been described as 'organic architecture'.
http://www.prairiemod.typepad.com/prairiemod/2007/10/prairiemod-podc.html
I have to admit that i did...
I have to admit that i did not know who Ken Adam is, but spot on! I looked him up and you're right.
As for Goff and "organic architecture;" I had forgotten about that term almost ... It seems most of what I've seen described as organic architecture is a mix of rustic and space age. WOuldn't you agree? It's usually stone and wood and the like mixed with biomorphic or organic, curvy shapes.
Yeah, I do agree...
And I like this approach a lot. BUT...there's a place where it all goes pear-shaped. I DO NOT like rustic-modern when we move into the realm of totally organic hobbit hole type stuff. The stair cases made with natural form branches or knots in the wood carved into gnome faces and the like. That stuff is sooooooo trite to my way of thinking. Not artisanal at all!
Hobbit Modern...
Hobbit Modern, also known as 'HOB MOD'....
http://www.bjoku.com/the-simons-hobit-home/
Rustic?
I find it hard to synthesize the images posted so far into something cohesive.
Some I would have no second thoughts describing as rustic looking, while others look first and foremost modern. And the Shaker interiors look, well, Shaker.
What makes an interior rustic? Bare wood? Bare unfinished wood? Is it meaningful to use this as a descriptor or denominator? And is rustic an officially recognized style? I don't think I have come across this very often.
Am enjoying the thread so far, just curious.
To my way of thinking...
The 'rustic' element in these postings (most of them anyhow) is the use of not only a natural material, used 'honestly' but the use of that material in a natural form. In some cases uncut or 'as found', or in the case of the Shakers, very carefully worked to produce a crafted work that still expresses the nature of the material used.
Here's what the Miriam-Webster's Dictionary gives as definitions for RUSTIC:
1 of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural
2 made of the rough limbs of trees
3 characteristic of or resembling country people : lacking in social graces or polish
4 appropriate to the country (as in plainness or sturdiness)
I think it's the last version of the meaning that's most applicable here. There is a simple sturdiness to the 'rustic' modern designs that appeals to me. There is also a bit of the third meaning, an endearing lack of polish or perfection (like Japanese wabi-sabi) that I like a lot. The hand of the craftsman as Koen put it years ago.
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