On sleepy Leveta Terrace in Echo Park, LA, Tom of Finland's private residence is the location for the new biography and photobook Tom House. Book design by Hoffman Creative

乍一看，拉维塔露台1421号的四层工匠风格的房子看上去像是那种完美的修补鞋面，会被蜂拥到洛杉矶回声公园(Echo Park)的各种已兑现的创意类型抢购一空。但这座有着106年历史的健康房子，坐落在修剪整齐的常绿树篱后面，是一座渴望拥有一种明显非房地产性质的圣地。

汤姆·豪斯(TomHouse)是叛逆的芬兰艺术家图科·拉克森(Touko Laaksonen)的故乡和工作场所，他或许是20世纪最具影响力的同性恋艺术家(如W*188中所示)。现在是汤姆·芬兰基金会(Tom Of Finland Foundation)和忠实管理它的团队的家，这套房产第一次在汤姆·豪斯(Tom House)被永久化，这是Rizzoli的一本豪华新书，于3月8日出版。

汤姆于1991在故乡芬兰逝世，但由于基金会及其创始人Durk Dehner的不懈努力，他的作品和遗产一直在蓬勃发展。他是一位拥有皮革的玛丽姑妈，他拥有并监督了对性欲的广泛赞颂。（有超过3500件艺术品和100000份文件、图像和纪念品项目，它是世界上最大的情色艺术仓库）。20世纪70年代末，Dehner第一次见到汤姆的画作，这一刻改变了他生活的进程，并促成了家庭和基金会的建立。基金会的使命是真正继承汤姆的遗产，这一切都是为了拥有一种更健康、更自然的看待性行为的方式。我们认为当你离开卧室时性生活不会停止。Dehner说。

这本书本身-创意总监和美国编辑迈克尔·雷诺兹(MichaelReynolds)的愿景-反映了该地产独特、广泛的协作精神。雷诺兹说：“大约20年前我发现这座房子的那一刻，我就被迷住了。”我一直被挑衅和潜藏在主流文化阴影中的东西迷住。汤姆·豪斯就像一个活生生的公社-与一个死去的艺术家的博物馆正好相反。这只是等待时代精神为这个项目做好准备的问题。“

奢华的室内照片由马丁汤普森提供了一个亲密的一瞥散乱的17个房间的房子和它的周围。这里有一个书房，里面有无数的皮革玩具；汤姆的房间，这是一个阁楼，艺术家可以在那里把自己隔离，一边抽着烟，一边整理参考书、素描和预备画(其中许多是首次在汤姆·豪斯(Tom House)印刷出来的)；还有一个露台，以厚颜无耻的名字命名的“快乐公园”(E乐公园)，为房客提供了安排壁画的机会。

雷诺兹的创意梦之队是记者兼评论家梅耶尔·鲁斯，他贡献了这本书引人入胜的前言。罗斯把芬兰的汤姆和它的家放在一个更广阔的艺术环境中，并捕捉到了这座房产独特的本质。德纳说：“汤姆·豪斯一直是一个受欢迎的聚集地；它是一个安全的地方，一种情感，也是一种近乎精神上的体验，因为这里有大量的艺术品。”最终，它是一个在页面上或亲身经历的最好的目的地：一部分是框架，一部分是波希米亚的地堡，另一部分是非变形的堡垒。在汤姆豪斯，快乐总是一种道德上的必要，而生活本身就是一种积极主义的形式。

Behind a wholesome looking 106-year old façade, situated behind a manicured evergreen hedge, is a shrine to desire of a distinctly non-real estate kind. Photography: Martyn Thompson

The book itself – the vision of venerated creative director and Wallpaper* US Editor Michael Reynolds – reflects the property’s idiosyncratic, wildly collaborative spirit. Photography: Martyn Thompson

The terrace – cheekily named Pleasure Park – promises house guests the opportunity for alfresco assignations. Photography: Martyn Thompson

Lavish interior photographs by Martyn Thompson provide an intimate glimpse into the rambling 17-room house and its surrounds. Photography: Martyn Thompson

Rounding out Reynolds’ creative dream team is journalist and critic Mayer Rus, who contributed the book’s fascinating foreword. Photography: Martyn Thompson

Tom House, as its become known, was the erstwhile home and workplace of renegade Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen, perhaps the most influential homoerotic artist of the 20th century. Photography: Martyn Thompson

Tom died in his native Finland in 1991, but his work and legacy have continued to flourish due to the foundation and its the work of its founder Durk Dehner. Photography: Martyn Thompson

Now, it's home to the Tom of Finland Foundation and the charming team who faithfully administer it. Photography: Martyn Thompson

Dehner explains, 'The mission of the foundation is really to carry on Tom’s legacy...' Photography: Martyn Thompson 

'...which is all about having a healthier, more natural way of looking at sexuality. We think sexuality doesn’t stop when you leave the bedroom'. Photography: Martyn Thompson

The moment I discovered the house some 20 years ago, I was entranced,' says Reynolds. Photography: Martyn Thompson

'Tom House is like a living, breathing commune,' says Reynolds, 'the very opposite of a dead artist’s museum. It was just a matter of waiting for the zeitgeist to be ready for this project.' Photography: Martyn Thompson

'Tom House has always been a welcoming gathering place; it’s a safeplace, a sensibility and an almost spiritual experience given the amount of artwork that is guarded here,' says Dehner. Photography: Martyn Thompson

Tom’s Room, an attic eyrie where the artist would sequester himself, chain-smoking cigarettes whilst working on collaged reference pages, sketches and preparatory drawings. Photography: Martyn Thompson

Many of the sketches and drawings appear in print for the first time in Tom House. Photography: Martyn Thompson

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