There is never enough seating furniture. Love to see people with chair obsession. Makes me feel i am not alone

@MrRicardoJazz

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and no. In a space like this I rather have as much as enough space as possible and not to much cramped with too many seating. For me it kind of ruins this wonderful architecture space. But, hey thats just me, or how I would have in my place :)

@luluandmeow

Жыл бұрын

Not as comfy as a sofa though

Such a wonderful space and it show how special it is to live in a beautifully designed, timeless building.

I have been using vintage spectacles for most of my life. And I wasnt give up my vintage frames for nothing in this world. I had the pleasure of owning most of original frames Tart Arnel 50's used by Brad Pitt, and also the famous FDR model used by Gene Hackman in the classic ''Enemy of the state'' 1998 which is a sort of an adaptation and inspiration from this model here that Tom is wearing titled ''The Cruikshank'' sadly my FDR frames got old with the years and I needed new ones. So I decided to purchase this very model in crystal which makes me look like a mad scientist (laughs) aside I absolutely love the design on these with the tick ''paddle side'' temples, and super great quality for the value too! These are stylish, classy and a frame for the specific and meticulous eye glasses wearer. I love them so much, that I am now thinking in purchasing them in black for sunglasses with my prescription. I also cannot recommend the service I have received in the first store here in Kings Cross in London. All the staff were very attentive, professional, kind and took excellent care of me in the shop. So a big kudos to all the Cubitts team here in London, and the very best of success! All aside we all love the Isokon building and its incredibly well designed apartments

knew right away it's a bauhaus build - just timeless!

I love this home! Wood walls have been speaking to me lately.

@larsstougaard7097

3 жыл бұрын

Hope they say something nice to you like " You look great today or please take me back to Nottingham forest" 😁🌳🌳🌳

I have been to the Isakon Gallery in Hampstead it's very interesting and informative

Philip Harben was the resident cook who found fame later as the original TV cook. There was a restaurant on site. Discovered the flats when they were rescued and refurbished some time ago.

@eversolediane3248

3 жыл бұрын

does anyone know where that burgundy lounger is from?

Enjoying this video via my Cubitts glasses

mid century modern heaven. My wife would hate it but I love it !!

What a cool stylish apartment

It's lively and I love the amount of natural light and the outdoor is just... Makes me want to turn it into food forest!

Wow- amazing building, who’d have thought that would be there

If only I knew selling spectacles could make you rich enough to buy the penthouse of a renowned prime London property!

Beautiful but I couldn't live there .... partly because of what he said. It does feel like an art piece, not a home. And... to me, it doesn't feel timeless - it's Bauhaus/modernism from the late '20s / '30s and it feels to me like a time capsule. But I'm glad he's there to take care of it because it would be so sad if it weren't preserved.

I’d love to know more!

Fabulous

Nina Björk!

Casa Bellissima !!!!!

I hope there aren't astronomical service charges on this or major works planned ...

It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy! Serendipity!

Furnished by the Aalto's I see!

Why did he have Swedish books? xD

So does he occupy the entire building himself or does he occupy one unit and rent out the rest? It seems like we’ve seen only one tiny portion of the entire building

@retrospective77

2 жыл бұрын

He bought the penthouse, as in only the apartment on the top floor. Boy would have to be a billionaire to buy the whole building 😅

is this building a "Bauhaus"?

they whole place is plywood

@larsstougaard7097

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you wood think so 🐿

does anyone know where that burgundy lounger is from?

@manueledelisio

3 жыл бұрын

Isokon Plus “Long Chair” ( upholstered ) 😉 isokonplus.com/furniture/isokon-long-chair

It's beautiful but it's still just a flat, it's not a house. Sorry but nothing beats walking into a garden, a terrace is second best and often uncomfortably windy. And you are still living in a block of flats, however beautiful, with all the problems and charges this involves. It's a shame it's so hard to build a modern house from scratch, it would be wonderful to be able to buy a plot of land in London and do that but the price would be prohibitive. As it happens my very plain 1929 Warner House in London was remodelled in 1971 and looks a bit like a modern house. I have a huge garden too as this was part of a garden city development. I feel lucky.

Nice bit of subtle advertising....

Why do you not talk about the architects who designed it? Who cares about the current owner, seems irrelevant compared to the significance of the architect. Obnoxious.

@elgee6202

3 жыл бұрын

Why _wouldn't_ we want to know about the people who live in the buildings now? We know all about the architects who built famous buildings. There's endless material about them online. Modernist architects often had (obnoxiously) a grand moral and political vision for their buildings and how they were "supposed" to be lived in, and it's interesting to see whether those ideals have stood the test of time.

@vmurt

2 жыл бұрын

@@elgee6202 Yes..... I'm an architecture school drop out partly because I became disillusioned with modernism, which was what was pushed above all else by my school.

This building will not be remembered ...'

@directresolution

3 жыл бұрын

of course it will, it's grade I listed. It's already being remembered. I mean I guess you could be talking on a timeframe of thousands of years in which case you are right but a pointless way to look at anything.

@bolandreneau4682

3 жыл бұрын

@@directresolution I'd rather look at anything but this thing. You want something remembered for all time? Try the Parthenon, not this slight work

@directresolution

3 жыл бұрын

@@bolandreneau4682 you didn't say that though, you are now describing your personal taste, each to their own but obviously this building will be remembered and as it's grade 1 listed it will have been both loved and respected by others.

@bolandreneau4682

3 жыл бұрын

@@directresolution Here's my Grade1 for this empty vacuum: F.

@directresolution

3 жыл бұрын

@@bolandreneau4682 🤷

Enjoying this video via my Cubitts glasses