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#1 2015-02-28 14:02:55
- Sal
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Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
A friend of mine put me onto this, although it seems to be too late and the house now sold. But I know we have a few Welsh Ivy posters on here so at least we can still daydream about modernist living in CF23, gazing out, cable-cardigan and Weejun clad, over the rooftops and green places of Cardiff Central, highball in hand.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-45277913.html
#2 2015-02-28 14:36:41
- Turrentine
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
wonderful! That pink and grey bathroom (picture 10). I do hope that it has been listed, it would be such a shame to see it trashed by a philistine owner.
#3 2015-02-28 16:58:26
- Harpo
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
Cyncoed there's posh! I've got a feeling we made a photographic record of this house for work. Looks great!
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#4 2015-02-28 19:39:28
- carpu65
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
I thought that the Ivy dream house was this:
http://s27.postimg.org/a2kvjt2sj/1_IMG_6079.jpg
#6 2015-03-01 01:47:44
- Harpo
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
No, but we work closely with them. I work for RCAHMW.
Randy lower-class trifler
#7 2015-03-01 02:01:28
- Turrentine
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
Ah ha, I work for English Heritage, soon to become Historic England, when EH is split in to two different organisations.
#8 2015-03-01 04:09:58
- 4F Hepcat
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
These flat roofed modernist dreams tend to turn into sweltering ovens in the summer - you need air conditioning even in places like Blighty and the Netherlands. That's the major design fault of the style IMCO.
Still, it's that open plan living that is so seductive, you get a sense of vista and space that you don't get in regular houses.
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#9 2015-03-01 04:28:24
- colin
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
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#10 2015-03-01 08:32:05
- Rhys
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
I've driven past this place before, nice to finally see inside.
#11 2015-03-01 08:50:18
- London Calling
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
Wowhaus is worth checking for this sort of thing. They have right fix-em-uppers to walk-in Museums with prices to match.
http://www.wowhaus.co.uk/
#12 2015-03-01 10:11:33
- An Unseen Scene
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
The Ivy dream house might be those in Palm Springs or the California test case houses for me.
#14 2015-03-02 04:52:27
- woofboxer
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
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#16 2015-03-02 06:04:16
- Tomiskinky
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
Living in a 4th floor flat is not dissimilar to the single floor build we would love. With the wife being an architect we could have the most amazing house, with a controlled climate (using BREAM guild lines for a sustainable build) - all we need is to win the lottery!
The realisation that a designer and an architect do not earn very much money means unless we find another income we will be unable to move out of our current home. I think the situation we are in sums up the biggest issue in the supposed housing crisis - it's not there are not enough properties for first time buyers, it's that first time buyers looking to move on from that first buy cannot! The next step up in many cases is unobtainable?
#17 2015-03-02 06:10:28
- Turrentine
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
good call AM. I know this house well as I have worked in the area, by Jonathan Ellis-Miller, from the 1980s I believe. Very Miesien in its form, and in my view is a most apposite contextual design response to what is, to all intense and purposes, a flat and generally featureless landscape. To me, it sits much more discretely and easily iwithin the Fenland than a traditional pitch roofed dwelling. One of my local favourites is the laslett house (1958) by Trevor Dannatt , it is now listed (rightly so) and I think was sold fairly recently for around 1.5m.
#19 2015-03-02 07:17:14
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#20 2015-03-02 07:55:12
- Bop
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Im not too keen on the 60s stuff but what I did like about London were the run down 1920s and 30s buildings that cropped up around some of the underground stations..my fav being the one in Shea Bu opposite Spice Grills..and the school and buildings on the industrial estate behind west way..then plan was to do a tour with Acton and his nice camera..but alas Ive returned to the shire..
#21 2015-03-02 08:01:23
- woofboxer
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
One for sale near me in Shepperton designed by modernist Swiss architect Edward Schoolheifer, the street is a conservation area:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50520077.html
Mrs Woof and I went to look at one of these when we moved to the area. We were quite taken with it but I think in the end lack of storage space was one of several deciding factors that put us off (no loft in a flat roof house) so it was a case of practicality winning out. But it does show that modernist cool can be affordable - relatively.
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#23 2015-03-02 08:40:38
- Meehawl MacMurrachu
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
Hi Woof
I used to live in one of those Shepperton houses - ours was originally owned by Dickie Valentine the singer.
Great house - ours was a bit more original in terms of fittings etc than that one.
Had some great features inside.
Tom Jones bought one in the 60s too.
#24 2015-03-02 08:48:06
- Harpo
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
I think I've seen those Shepperton ones being used in a 60s or 70s British film - probably because they were close to the studios.......?
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#25 2015-03-02 08:54:49
- Bop
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Re: Living the Ivy Dream in Cardiff
Wasnt there a scene from that Pete and Dud movie set outside those houses?