Mystery on 5th Avenue

June 18, 2008 | Travel, Links

A fantastic house designed by an incredibly creative person. It all started because a rich bloke, Steven B. Klinsky, wanted his house redesigned and asked an architect, Eric Clough, to embed a poem in his childrens bedroom. A year goes by and suddenly a new house has been made, with a complex series of puzzles waiting for the occupants to unlock the secrets within.

But some of that furniture and some of those walls conceal secrets — messages, games and treasures — that make up a Rube Goldberg maze of systems and contraptions conceived by a young architectural designer named Eric Clough, whose ideas about space and domestic living derive more from Buckminster Fuller than Peter Marino.

The apartment even comes with its own book, part of which is a fictional narrative that recalls “The Da Vinci Code” (without the funky religion or buckets of blood)

This looks fantastic. I am definitely adding something like this to my wish (dream?) list for the perfect house. Check out the full range of photos on the New York Times website

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