A Glowing Icon for a Growing Town

A Glowing Icon for a Growing Town

19. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

The little town of Holly Springs in North Carolina is on a roll. In the first decade of the 21st century, its population more than doubled, to nearly 25,000 people. “It’s one of the fastest growing towns in North Carolina,” says architect Michael Stevenson, in the Raleigh...

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In Newport, ‘Radiance’ by Ally Coulter

In Newport, ‘Radiance’ by Ally Coulter

18. Jun, 2013 1 Comment

If you’re going to spend your summers in Newport, you might as well do it in style. On the water.  With a view of the Bristol Bridge.  And in a home with interiors by Ally Coulter, fresh from designing “60th on Fifth,” Forbes magazine’s private club in Manhattan. The...

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Lush Minimalism in Outdoor Furniture

Lush Minimalism in Outdoor Furniture

17. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

Ilan Dei’s new collection of outdoor furniture is playful and clean. The 47-year-old self-taught designer, originally from Israel but now living and working in Venice, Calif., calls his chairs and tables “lush minimalism.” “They’re made of as few parts as...

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GLASS: Last Tower for South of Fifth

GLASS: Last Tower for South of Fifth

14. Jun, 2013 1 Comment

It’s the final word for Miami’s tony South of Fifth neighborhood. Zoning restrictions prohibit any more towers there, driving potential buyers to the 20-story high-rise called GLASS.  It’s been designed by Rene Gonzalez and developed by David and Pedro Martin of Terra...

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Debating Architecture, Art and Nature

Debating Architecture, Art and Nature

13. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

Lee Skolnick is an architect who’s interested in leading the aesthetic, philosophical and sometimes political debate about the overlaps between architecture, art and nature. He’s also chairman of the board for Architecture Omi, which, not coincidentally, is dedicated to...

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Modern Artwork with Digital Canvases

Modern Artwork with Digital Canvases

12. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

Ever the entrepreneur, David Diskin saw a vacuum in the design world, and filled it. With affordable, modern art. “I come from a design background – in clothing, furniture and home design,” he says.  “I wanted to create a design collection for historical, modern...

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Super-Insulated and Passive Homes

Super-Insulated and Passive Homes

11. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

Once you’ve built a super-insulated, passive house, says architectural designer Julie Torres Moskovitz, it’s hard to go back. “Whatever I’m working on now, I want it to be efficient and airtight,” she says.  I can’t think of any other thing that would change...

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Relighting Montreal’s Carmelite Chapel

Relighting Montreal’s Carmelite Chapel

10. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

Since 1875, contemplative prayer has been the order of the day in Montreal’s  Carmelite Chapel. The sisters of the Carmelite Chapel, the last in the city, use the structure mostly for their own purposes, but open it up to the public on Easter and Christmas. So when they...

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In Paris, Expanding the Ecole Boulle

In Paris, Expanding the Ecole Boulle

07. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

Established in 1886 near the historic heart of the furniture business in Paris, Ecole Boulle was intended to train professional furniture makers, and later carvers and engravers.  In 1969 it became a High School of Applied Arts, and includes three entities: the ESAA Boulle,...

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Lucien Hervé’s Photos of Le Corbusier

Lucien Hervé’s Photos of Le Corbusier

06. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

Photographer Lucien Hervé began working with Le Corbusier in 1949. As the architect’s “official” photographer, Hervé documented his work until Le Corbusier’s death in 1965.  While MoMA readies its retrospective on Le Corbusier, scheduled to open June 15, the...

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Organic and Passive Solar in Brittany

Organic and Passive Solar in Brittany

05. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

French architect Patrice Bideau adheres to the principles of organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and David Pearson.  He recently designed and built a passive solar home in a town in Brittany in an area made up of medieval townhouses overlooking the busy and historic...

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An Art Flotilla ‘On the Road’ in L.A.

An Art Flotilla ‘On the Road’ in L.A.

04. Jun, 2013 1 Comment

Food trucks, schmood trucks. What Los Angeles needs are more art trucks – like the flotilla of moveable galleries that popped up in a parking lot at Temple and Alameda in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. Five U-Haul trucks, each 14-and a-half-feet long, cruised up at noon for...

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Kitchens and Living Space from Effeti

Kitchens and Living Space from Effeti

03. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

If you’re going to spend most of your time in the kitchen, you might as well surround yourself with quality. And if you’re really serious about it, then you might stretch your kitchen out to living areas and media centers – even adding a fireplace along the way. That’s...

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