Siddarth Parasnis is a native of India who lives, paints and teaches in San Francisco. A graduate of the Academy of Art University there, he began displaying his work in galleries right after graduation. He’s now being shown in four of the nation’s finest: Dolby Chadwick in San Francisco, Sue Greenwood...
Jamming five events into 48 hours, Miami architect, editor and academic Allan Shulman is touting the schedule of a rock star for the AIA 2010 National Convention and Design Exposition in South Florida. On Thursday, June 10 at 7:00 AM, the editor of Miami Modern Metropolis will be giving a talk on “Miami...
In the late 1880s, as George Vanderbilt was amassing nearly 228 square miles of land in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, he turned to Frederick Law Olmsted for counsel on what should be done with it. It was not in the best condition. He’d purchased about six hundred lots that varied in size...
Parker Andes and Suzanne Woodell deal on a daily basis with the colliding issues of time and speed and space at Biltmore Estate near Asheville, N.C. They are, respectively, director of horticulture and historic gardens manager for thousands of acres on the property. They’ve recently been charged with...
A new exhibit at Antler Hill Village on the grounds of Biltmore Estate near Asheville, N.C. examines a legacy in drawings and photos from three of the brighter lights of late 19th century design. The collaborative efforts in the Carolina mountains by Frederick Law Olmsted, Richard Morris Hunt and George...
Thomas Jefferson’s affinity for landscape design can be experienced today at Poplar Forest, where an observant pilgrim can see and feel how he molded land and plantings to his advantage during the early 19th century. The home takes its name from the view out its north portico. There, Jefferson...
Unfinished during his lifetime and not yet fully restored, the rural villa Thomas Jefferson called Poplar Forest still may be his most perfect architectural work – an idealistic symbol of the balance he sought between man and the natural order. It took a mere fourteen years to complete (compared to Monticello’s...
When the late-19th-century trains of progress began chugging up the slopes of the western North Carolina mountains onto the Asheville plateau, word soon spread that this little mountain village was a latter-day Garden of Eden. Its moderate summers appealed to tourists from the South and its short winters...
When he closes his eyes, North Carolina artist Steve Staresina says he sees images. So he began to paint with acrylics on canvas, back in the early ‘90s. Later, he branched out into working on walls. That led to jobs as an artisan plasterer for architects and interior designers. He took a trip to France,...
Richard Weston is a one-person cottage industry. He’s trained in architecture and landscape design. He uses the latest digital imaging technologies to make rugs, frocks and coffee tables. His newest design is being woven now into a scarf in Italy for Liberty of London. He builds. He teaches. And he writes....
