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The gamble house is a national historic landmark. The gamble house is also a museum. It is located in Pasadena, California in USA (Arntzenius 34). It was designed by Brothers Charles summer and Henry Mather Greene of the architectural firm Greene and Greene for the proctor and gamble company in 1908; it was declared a national historic landmark in 1977 it provides docent guided tours. Villa Maier is a villa, guest house and rural retreat designed and built by the finish modernist architect Alva Aalto for Harry and Marie Gullichsen in Noormarkku, Finland in 1939; it provides tours of which one must inquire about in advance (Aalto 543). Both of these houses are categorized among the 10mid-century modern lovable homes and masterpieces of the twentieth century.

The gambler house is a master piece of the Greene brothers and deserves to be known by everybody on the merits of well-crafted architecture, inside and out. It has featured in numerous films and combines styles and means that is art and crafts. The owners of the house proctor and gamble were business partners. They were candle and soap makers who merged to become millionaires. Originally the house was intended for winter residence for David and Mary Gamble, it greatly portrayed Japanese aesthetics and the American Craftsman style architecture was focused on the use of natural materials, attention and craftsmanship (Arntzenius 374).

The interior rooms have been built using woods such as the oak, maple and mahogany. Wooden panels in the entry hall are concealed leading to the kitchen while another opens to the closet. The villa Mairea is an L- shaped house that expresses tradition of modern architecture. It was designed for the wealthy Gullichsens couple and members of the Ahlstrom family as an experimental house. With the L-structure it created a semi-private enclosure to

Around the angle L a swimming pool is situated with a number of rooms overlooking it. Since its design numerous changes have been made to modify it to look better. Such development includes the proto-Mairea (Bosley 73). It established basic disposition of accommodation found in the finished house, changes were made pertaining the family room and the servant wing. This occurred in the early spring of 1938.

The gamble house is located in a large track of land. The track is approximately three hectares of land. It is also a site that is located for travel. They visit the place to view the numerous attractive cites. During the winter, David and Mary gamble used to reside there. It was hence also described as the art and craft masterpiece in America. This was because mostly, they building of the gamble house mostly involved use of natural raw materials and they paid much attention to details.

The craftsmen were very much experienced and they did the work accurately void of errors. The rooms in this master building are mostly building of wood. They include the maple, oak and teak. These are types of wood that are moistly available in the region. The gamble house is very attractive even from afar. The wood is very well furnished and it is very smart (Bosley95). Mahogany and the Port Oxford cedar are the main wood trees that are used in the house. It is hence very cheap on average.

Leading to a kitchen from the main door in the entry hall is the wooden well-furnished panel. The furniture too is very attractive (Gullichsen54). They are also designed in a way that anyone is attracted the moment one enters the building. This is very necessary since it is the master piece. In this, the furniture’s must be of very high quality. The woods and the rooms are of round shape. They have low horizons too. This makes the rooms look so attractive in the long run...they windows are designed in a superb way too. This is because; they glitter with light every now and then. This is very advantageous since it is very attractive. The windows are designed in a very good art and are made of a high quality glass. The contractor who designed the gamble house was very qualified. The contractors worked together so as to increase the quality of the organization.

They house mood is more casual. It is cool to relax there since the atmosphere there is also very cool. The ceilings too are also very different (Bosley 9). This is in that the heights are designed in different ways, the heights are different in that some of them are bigger that the others. The outside of the house is aisle as lovely as there inside. There are numerous porches that are strategically placed in the outside. These are used for sleeping and are also used for resting. They are very advantageous in their house and serve a very special function in the house.

The contactors were very perfect in that they carefully planned the gigantic master house in a very orderly manner. This makes the house very special. They are also very important in that the house can accommodate very many people at ago. The wooden planes from afar make the house look very smart. Thus, the name mater piece since it is perfectly built.

The house is very well arranged and has planting areas. Theses planting Ares are very useful. They are useful in that they beautify the place a lot. They are also advantageous as they are involved in the shaping of the house. These shaping is the outside description of the house in the long run. The gamble house is landscape shaped. This means that its terrain is in the landscape mode. The garden is surrounded by paths which are very colorfully designed. They have very large water worn stones that surround the paths. The paths are made with clinker bricks that are very attractive (Gullichsen 231). The door also is very attractive reflecting an Asian influence that runs through the house. David and

Gamble lived in the house so many years ago. They lived mostly in the winter months. They lived in the house until they died in the year 1923 and 1929 respectively. Consequently, their younger sister lived in the house until she died in the year 1943. Many of the designers talked about painting the mahogany white.

The whole house was designed and built with a main intention of natural resources using. The wood carvings are also very attractive. The rugs are welcoming while the lighting signifies a very cool environment. It is very important to maintain the culture of the house. The gamble house also uses very high technology in oats building (Bosley 52). The craftsmen exhibited very high technology through the high quality and well organized wood work. It depicts a high art of building.

Villa Maier as we had seen is an l shaped house. It is built with a high technological level too. The Villa Maier is mostly build of wood, stones and brick. The stones and spaces between the blocks vary from one police to another. It was designed mostly for mare Gullichsen and harry. In most cases, the furniture is also made of wood. They are very attractive in the long run. They are strong and depict a good wooden culture. The house was the third house which was of Ahlstrom money.

The house was founded by Marie’s grandfather. He had designed it as a complete wooden house that would be very attractive. The balconies are very big and are also boldly cantilevered (Gullichsen87). There is a ceiling in the house. In every house, there is also a fire place. The house won a price as the best design. This was due to the linings. Carvings are also very good and depict a good culture. They l shaped house is very advantageous to them. This is because it separates the main house or the family accommodation from that of the court yard.

The basement of the villa was a much reduced area. The design was revised. The main entrance door was moved to an obvious location in the front door living room. The l shaped was much more a stone wall. The living room is very neat (Bosley76). It depicts very high class organized architecture. This is very necessary for it to be termed is a great success of the architectures. There are also structural streamed columns are structural placed. This makes the interior design of the house very smart. The ideal is so good and the house is very smart. The house is loved by many as it depicts a very good architectural background.

There is a big seat at the opposite of the table. The kitchen is well furniture with wood and very colorful colors decorate it. It boss depicted by the strong curves in the interior of the house that are very attractive (Thomas87). It is also very important that they are very attractive. This is the reason why the house is referred to as the master mind of the buildings. The dining room has a flat roof. This makes it look very cozy. It expends to the front of the room and hence depict a very attractive villa. The angels of the villa are also very accurate. It took the architecture much time to design the house. It was argued that the villa depict a very strong social tradition of the family. This is very advantages.

There is a speculation which runs through the door of the house. Comparing the first floor and the ground floor, there is a very great difference. The difference is that they are different. The floor is a very straight forward house. It contains many private rooms that are very well arranged. The main stair also has its own main fireplace. All they fire places are directly below each other. These are some of the reasons why the villa is describes as the masterpiece, the master bedrooms are pried in most sides of the bathroom. They usually are very cozy. They are unique as they drop under the ceiling.

This is very advantageous of the villa. This is because it gives very ample room for air conditioning. Air conditioning is very vital in this villa. This is because it creates a very good atmosphere. The atmosphere is very cool and relaxing (Thomas42). The carvings are also attractive and they add the beauty of this villa. The children’s room is very unique. This is because they have very big and spacious space which the children use to p [lay in. they are very necessary for the healthiness of the children. They have various and much equipment’s that the children use in playing, in this, the children remain fit and healthy.

This is very advantageous to those living in the house. There is a very beautiful garden in this villa. It makes the exterior look so attractive. It is very necessary in that the beauty of the house is clearly defined. The guest room faces the beautiful garden. In this, the guestroom is very cozy. The guests in the area Rae welcomed here and are given a very wall welcome. The garden is used to depict the nature of the sweet welcoming atmosphere in the region. In this case, the house is hence described as the masterpiece (Bosley 23). This makes it stand out from other houses. There is a swimming pool outside the villa. In this case, the swimming pool creates a cool environment for the people relaxing there. The chairs too are mostly curved made of wood.

This depicts the attractive culture of the villa. The villa however is being transformed from the traditional to the modern culture. In this case, the trunks in the region are being removed. The place is also surrounded by very many tees (Thomas 12). The place looks very attractive hence it is very unique. There is a wooden grass roof sauna which makes the exterior very attractive. This in the long run shows the reason why the place is very special.

The materials are slowly changing from the stones to glass and steel in the gardens. In the long run, the place is very good and attractive to everyone.

Work cited

Aalto, Alvar, and Juhani Pallasmaa. Villa Mairea. Helsinki: Alvar Aalto Foundation, 1998. Print.

Arntzenius, Linda G. The Gamble House. Los Angeles, Calif.: University of Southern California, School of Architecture, 2000. Print.

Bosley, Edward R. Gamble House: Greene and Greene. London: Phaidon, 1992. Print.

Gullichsen, Kirsi, and Ulla Kinnunen. Inside the Villa Mairea: Art, Design, and Interior Architecture. Jyväskylä: Alvar Aalto Museum & Mairea Foundation, 2009. Print.

Thomas, Jeanette A, Theodore Thomas, and Kuniko Okubo. Images of the Gamble House: Masterwork of Greene & Greene. Pasadena, Calif: Gamble House, University of Southern California, 1989. Print.