The Cooper Wave house - Architect: Harry Gesner - 1965-66

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Beach House 9: Houses of the Sundown Sea



"The Cooper Wave house under construction, with Gesner at work at the tip of the vault. Before he conceived the house, Gesner spent days surfing the waves in front of the plot and contemplating the design. Finally, he says, 'I paddled out through the break, turned the board to the beach, and sketched the Wave house on the face of the board' - Wallpaper Magazine

Gesneer started his own practice at 25, and most of his works are known
to be energy-efficient & quake resistent.


His architecture is quite bold & maybe for some, wild & out of control. As for me, although I am generally drawn towards "straight-&-square" architecture, I can definitely see & understand the beauty and guts of a designer to think up something like this.




I like that he drew the first sketches of this on a surfboard, in the lineup.