Thursday, October 07, 2010

"Honey,what would you like me to give you for Christmas?"

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"Well.. darling, I was just thinking about it. Maybe a beach house in Baia di Paraty would be a nice idea?" The next day the husband called an architect to meet him on his private yacht in a bay near Rio de Janeiro. He gave him a white sheet of paper, a pen and said: "A house with a breathtaking view on the ocean". No demands nor suggestions. The architect's name is Marcio Kogan so I'm not suprised the husband trusted him blindly because THIS is the result. Lucky wife she is.

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I think Marcio Kogan is another living example of how brilliant a human mind can be. Here we are having to do with nothing more than just two simple geometrical forms, parallelepipeds cut out of the rock and inserted into the exotic exuberance of nature. When they say "less is more".

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PS! The dialogue was made up but the rest of the story is pretty much how it went..
So... have You already made up your mind on what would you like to have for Christmas? ;)

7 comments:

La Flore et La Faune said...

A week on your house, of course.

The Photodiarist said...

I would take that for Christmas any day!

Eva said...

I'm almost drooling here, and this isn't even food! The light inside the house looks so beautiful, too.

Café Naïveté said...

Well that's a good pint, Eva. Another example of how much a good lightening can actually do! Not that the house itself needs any "magic" of great illumination.. :)

Lisa Petrarca said...

aaahhh a girl can dream! that's house is so perfect, i think i'll have my hubby build me two of them!LOL!

don't scare me Merilin, 6 kids & Christmas=$$$$$$$$$$. Haven't even thought about it yet.

p.s. thank you for your thoughtful comment on the post about my brother...it meant a lot!

Unknown said...

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't leave home if this were my home. i'd even have my groceries delivered (:!

I think, after reading this post, I might have to think a little bigger when i ask for my christmas present.

Anomaly said...

Such a beautiful place :)