Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property

<br/><img alt="risom residence exterior side r letter block Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="900" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-exterior-side-r-letter-block.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" />We shouldn’t be shocked by the pure honesty of Jens Risom’s vacation residence on Block Island. Vanity and self-value have never ever been a trademark of the excellent Danish designer’s operate, even as his Risom Lounge Chairs for Knoll remain amongst the most lusted-following furnishings icons of the Mid-Century era. What is surprising, although, is that his beautiful shingled seaside property is a prefabricated model, customized by Risom practically half a century ago in his quest to build a summer season house on a modest budget<span>—</span>$20,700, to be precise.</p><br/><p>Miniscule by nowadays’s requirements<span>—</span>a mere 700 sq feet<span>—</span>and sitting on an idyllic parcel of land, the house’s storybook A-frame profile, utilitarian kitchen and wood-burnished warmth are reminders of how Risom’s design and style sensibilities have by no means strayed from the factors that matter, his focus ever tuned to an object’s (or a house’s) sense of purpose. The son of an architect, Risom, now 97, knew the pitfalls of designing buildings. <span style="opacity: 1">“Architecture, to me, is the most beautiful of the arts. I always knew that I wanted to style, but only if I could produce items more than which I had total control.” We can only picture how considerably the architectural planet has missed by not ceding handle to him.</span><br/><img alt="risom residence living room horizontal Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="400" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-living-room-horizontal.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="risom residence kitchen Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="896" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-kitchen.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="risom residence outside full view Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="1067" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-outside-full-view.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="risom residence outside full view Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="400" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-outside-full-view_.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="risom residence dining living room Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="399" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-dining-living-room.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="risom residence desk by window Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="891" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-desk-by-window.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="risom residence facade Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="400" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-facade.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="risom residence firestove area Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="400" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-firestove-area.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="risom residence exterior back side view Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="900" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-exterior-back-side-view.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="risom residence living room vertical Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="900" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-living-room-vertical.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="risom residence facade Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " height="826" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/risom-residence-facade_.jpg" title="Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property amazing ideas " width="600" /></p><br/><p>Images: Dwell</p><br/><p>

Weekend Getaway: Jens Risom’s Block Island Property

We shouldn’t be shocked by the pure honesty of Jens Risom’s vacation residence on Block Island. Vanity and self-value have never ever been a...

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