midcentury tree house

Photo by Joe Fletcher. Courtesy of The New York Times.

Photo by Joe Fletcher. Courtesy of The New York Times.

Photo by Drew Kelly. Courtesy of The New York Times.

Photo by Drew Kelly. Courtesy of The New York Times.

Photo by Joe Fletcher. Courtesy of The New York Times.

While I really like my Brooklyn apartment and greatly admire the ingenious ways that people come up with to live in small spaces (see yesterday's post), I do occasionally long for something more along the lines of a house like this. Built in 1958 by Daniel J. Liebermann, an architect who had apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright, this beautiful Midcentury house was designed to blend into a landscape of redwoods. Even though the house needed extensive renovations when its current owners bought it, they were immediately drawn to its unusual construction, a radial frame with curved walls - meaning that the house fans out from a central point - which was created using mostly salvaged materials. You can see more images and read the article about this house on The New York Times website.