Too much! When there is nowhere to rest the eye, I feel like I'm about to have a panic attack. I do love the floor, though.

indeed the herringbone pattern in the parquet is lovely - very classic european. The rest I can live without.

Given the opinion expressed in the rest of the post, I suspect you meant "the pursuit of pure reason leaves a little to be desired in the realm of aesthetics." Minor typo, probably, but as it stands it means the opposite of what you intended.

I think the limited color palette keeps things from being crazy, and the dark floor is the place my eyes are resting. There are also nice big expanses of unadorned white to look at if you get tired... Sign me up for some cubbies!

Concept is good, execution is not.

I like the design of the bookcases but setting up angular living spaces is iffy and yes, I agree about the lack of a focal point. The cubbies are also overdone, no need to put them everywhere. It's like someone thought, "ohh! ohhh! I have a good idea!" and then splooged it all over the place.

It seems that a great deal of potential storage space is closed off by being too clever by half. I am not feeling well, and I am headed to the doctor, but this really increased my headache. h2o architectes? Oh la la!

merde alors

not a fan. lots of tiny shelves for things like a single old game boy don't really make sense to me.

it could be cool if kept to a limited area, not through the whole place.

on a side note on dwell mag:
each issue is getting so predictable- one all white house, one glass boxy house, and one all wood interior house. No variation whatsoever. Also, the issues are down to about 15 pages. i know you can do better dwell!

Had I looked at the pics much longer, I would've gotten a headache. Too contrasty. Then again, I find most modern all-white interiors depressing.

I think it would be amazing in an all-wood interior (a light cherry perhaps). I'd like to see something organic in that space. I see one plant and the one upholstered item is dark leather. Give me some plants, textiles, anything soft or fuzzy or pliable - appropriate for the carbon-based life forms that presumably live there.

"The French aren't known for being arbitrary, but sometimes the pursuit of pure reason leaves little to be desired in the realm of aesthetics."

So now a single architectural company equates to the entire country of France's cultural approach to design?

This apartment was featured on AT a while back and it was made quite clear that the owner had requested a design that would display his comic book collection advantageously... everything to do with an individual's desires, not 60 million people's.

Sigh. I expect better (less facile) out of AT.

I like having a place for everything, and everything in it's place, but I also like being able to close all the stuff away, out of sight.

The first time this apartment was featured here I really admired the craftsmanship that went into it. But it also depressed me. It looks like he's built the whole house around what he's got right now, and there's no room for new stuff. I'm an artist too, and I think we artists tend to be pack rats, and need lots of stuff to inspire us. My studio is about maxed out for storage, but it doesn't stop me ordering books. If I had to get rid of a book every time I got a new one, I'd thoroughly hate it.

Ah yes!!!

http://unhappyhipsters.com/post/354522904/ever-the-realist-he-built-his-table-for-one

If half the cubbies were flat, flush, nigh-invisible cabinets, you'd have the same storage and half the visual noise. Or forget making them invisible, I would still do frosted glass doors, just smooth the look out some.

Great floors though.

love the idea.. i understand they prob had to hide a column and other stuff and they found a nice way to do it. kudos