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02.23.13
by granthuhn

One of my favorites is for sale

Price reduced! From $28 million to $15 million!

Just go check out the photos. It’ll be fun.

One of my Zillow favorites.

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01.29.13
by granthuhn

Houses, Movies, Heroes

If you haven’t spent time at:

A Better Class of Heroes

design: HOME

Movie Notes

…today might be a good day for it.

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01.05.13
by granthuhn

Concrete, brick, wood wallpaper and cushions

Outstanding.

Click through this slideshow.

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08.16.12
by granthuhn

Hans Zimmer’s Studio

I Approach my Quarry!Six days ago I was up at 3 AM, listening to Hans Zimmer while editing photos, and then I had an idea for a project with him, so I made a blog post.  Now, less than a week later, I was in his studio in California!For those of you that don't know who Hans Zimmer is, he's, like, the Liger of composers.  He did the soundtrack for The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King, Gladiator, Sherlock Holmes, and many more!  In fact, back when I was in college and had a double major in Computer Science and Geophysics (I dropped the Geophysics bit after a fight with the professor), I commandeered the SGI machine in the Geology department to make a computer animation, and I set the whole thing to one of Zimmer's songs from Backdraft called "Burn it All".  So, in short, I've had Hans Zimmer's music in my head for about 20 years. The Story of How I Got Into Hans Zimmer's StudioIt's because of you!  We have millions of visits here on the blog every month, and you all know how thankful I am for your repeat patronage.  It's tough to get a pretty photo up every day, and I thank you for all your feedback!  So, when I put out the call in my newsletter, I got a ton of responses.  My math-guess was that I was one or two degrees away from Hans, especially since there are many creative-types that are regular visitors.Also, many of you hyper-active types (like me!) talk to me, ask questions, and follow me on Twitter -- thank you for being responsive to real-time requests and news.About an hour after I sent out the newsletter at midnight, I got a response from a German gentleman (name private) who is friends with Hans!  In fact, he told me he was going to see Hans the next day at his studio near Hollywood!  He did a few things to help out, and, although I could not meet Hans today, I did get an amazing opportunity to take photos of his studio.  I knew I could make his studio look the way it feels -- I had a sublime confidence I could make it happen.  Anyway, I was like a kid in a candy store.  I got a ton of shots... I only had time to process four of them.Hans Zimmer's StudioI don't know if words do it justice, but I hope these photos do.The studio is even bigger than I thought, and I was reminded of the Crimson Lounge in Chicago.  In fact, I pulled up the image on my laptop there on the table to compare textures and light.  I thought everything worked well together -- the decadence and richness of the decorations integrated with the technology.   I don't know if there is a word for such a look... It's something out of a Phillip Pullman novel, somewhere between Steampunk and Techno-boudoir.  Again, words fail.The first two photos I have placed on Flickr.  You can click on them to go to Flickr and then zoom into the full-res size.  Amazing details -- especially in the chair photo. I'll post more in coming weeks, months, and years, as usual.  So, stay tuned... my ongoing quest continues!from Trey Ratcliff at www.stuckincustoms.com

View the rest of the photos, read the article here.

What do you think?

Standard | Posted in Architecture, Design | Tagged Hans Zimmer, music studio | 1 Comment
04.10.12
by granthuhn

Beautiful Apartment.

Apartment overlooking Bondi Beach. Beautiful details. Almost hidden from the street.

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03.09.12
by granthuhn

Another beautiful home

The textures, the materials, the color palette, how it tracks sunlight, the traffic flow, the balance between indoors and outside. So lovely.

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