Lydia Lee

Menlo Park

I write about buildings, landscape, other stuff. Recommend car-free local vacations--you get some adventure and you don't have to stress about parking.

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Pro-File Design: Matt Fajkus Architecture

1 month ago | residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel |Lydia Lee

The Poetic and Pragmatic | Matt Fajkus Architecture,  Austin, TexasOne of the more delightful projects of Austin, Texas–based Matt Fajkus Architecture isn’t a house at all: It’s a two-story dock on Lake Austin, designed with the sun in mind. An angled roof and perforated steel screens provide a precisely calibrated amount of sun and shade throughout the year, as well as shelter from the breezes and filtered views.
Proenza Schouler Fall/Winter 2025

2 months ago | crfashionbook.com | Lydia Lee

CR REVIEWS: PROENZA SCHOULER FALL/WINTER 2025PROENZA SCHOULER TAKES ITS NEW COLLECTION TO UPSTATE NEW YORK, LEANING INTO NATURE AND FUNCTION THROUGH EVOLVED DESIGNS, UTILITARIAN FABRICS, AND A FOCUS ON BAGS.
Pro-File Design: ORA

Jan 16, 2025 | residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel |Lydia Lee

Extraordinary Places for Everyday Life | ORA, Los AngelesA while back, architect Oonagh (pronounced “Oona”) Ryan arrived at her clients’ Santa Monica bungalow to discuss plans for their new home in Los Angeles. As she was walking up to the house, she noticed a bush with a profusion of bright red berries. She picked one and brought it to the meeting, suggesting that it could be incorporated into the palette of their new home. The clients responded with enthusiasm.
The 2024 Winners of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards

Oct 25, 2024 | savingplaces.org | Lydia Lee

photo by: Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright/Alamy The winners of this year’s Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards demonstrate the power of persistence. Barton Academy in Mobile, Alabama, was empty for about 14 years; Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, remained shuttered for more than a quarter-century; and it took years to find a buyer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel buildings. Yet those who saw their value were determined not to give up.
Trends in New Use of Disease‐Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Among Commercially Insured Children in the United States from 2001‐2022

Oct 22, 2024 | acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Priyanka Yalamanchili |Lydia Lee |Greta A. Bushnell |Melissa L. Mannion

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The Home Garage of the Future Is Nothing Like Your Dad’s Sad Man Cave

Sep 18, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lydia Lee

Above: In Montauk, New York, a carport made of shou sugi ban charred wood designed by the firm SAOTA. Despite its exotic French name, the garage has often been the most prosaic part of a home, the site of industrial grime and clutter. But a sea change is upon us. “The garage is now a considered space,” says architectural designer Jessica Pell, founder of Manola Studio in Los Angeles.
This Year, Veteran Art Fair Intersect Aspen Is Adding Design to Its Portfolio

Jul 29, 2024 | culturedmag.com | Lydia Lee

Artwork on wall by Aurel K. Basedow, candlesticks and urn by Andrea Marquis, and console by Gary Magakis. All images courtesy of the artists and Intersect Aspen Art and Design Fair. This year, the annual Intersect Aspen fair has tweaked its name and augmented its exhibitor list to reflect the Colorado hub’s growing fervor for design. Fernando Mastrangelo, Patagonia Console, 2024.
Where the Wild Things Were

Jul 27, 2024 | pandoraandmax.blogspot.com | Lydia Lee

I'll be honest, I've really struggled to read this month so I've gone back to Graphic novels as I like to when I'm not focusing well on reading. Just too much going on and my head is all over the place. I read the 2 Snowpiercer prequels. I actually found them interesting and I do hope the last one comes out. It's that look at human nature when facing unavoidable destruction (and what people do to survive, and the ego at play with power).
A New Tome Provides an Inside Look at Megawatt Architect Peter Marino’s Most Exclusive Designs

Jul 17, 2024 | culturedmag.com | Lydia Lee

Peter Marino–designed home in Miami, 2017. Mobile by Alexander Calder alongside artwork by Alberto Burri, Lucio Fontana, Paolo Scheggi, and Agostino Bonalumi. All images courtesy of Marino and Phaidon. Peter Marino is the go-to architect for luxury clients including Chanel, Dior, and Fendi: Fifth Avenue and Rodeo Drive are dotted with his designs. But in his newly released book Ten Modern Houses, the veteran designer offers a look at a lower-profile side of his practice: private residences.
Where the Wild Things Were

Jun 28, 2024 | pandoraandmax.blogspot.com | Lydia Lee

I read two children's books this month (young adult maybe) that were excellent, powerful qand disturbing at times. Definitely the type of books that make you pause to process. They were better books than the adult books so don't dismiss them just for their target audience. Louder than Hunger I came across this when Kelly Yang posted about it on Twitter. I ordered it in to read in paper form. The book layout is not in typical text.

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10 Dec 22

Just got a PR email that said: “PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A NEWSLETTER. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUBCRIBED TO ANYTHING. THIS IS A HOLIDAY CARD FROM A REAL PERSON.”

Lydia Lee @smallspace

10 Dec 22

OMG there’s a complex in Mountain View (San Antonio x ECR) that looks exactly like this & has the same population.

Rebecca McCarthy @reemccarthy

Guy at a party told me he got divorced during the pandemic and tried to organize his building, only to realize everyone living there was also a recently divorced guy. Thought he was exaggerating until I saw the building. https://t.co/xzX5M1iand

Lydia Lee @smallspace

10 Dec 22

Spain is also where people throw tomatoes at each other. I re-enacted La Tomatina with red water balloons with a kindergarten class. But flaming brooms?!?

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