Kris Perry is a sculptor who thinks big – conceptually and physically. Case in point: His 35-foot-tall “Mother Earth” installation at Rockaway Beach in Queens. It’s designed to bring people together, outside the realm of politics – and encourage them to consider their natural surroundings....
The pandemic has created an unintended consequence at New Ravenna: A bright, midcentury-modern palette. “We’re seeing an uptick in requests for color,” says Cean Irminger, creative director. “People want to see life and vibrancy these days, because they’re working from home.” So for the Glazed...
Alas, there will be no Burning Man on the playa in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert this year. Covid 19 saw to that. But the event’s virtual Museum of No Spectators – a provocative and creative space aimed at satisfying participants’ urge for art – is now open to the public. It was created by architect...
G8A Architects is an international architecture, urban planning and interior design firm with offices in Geneva, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore. In collaboration with CollinFontaine architectes, they recently designed a home in Geneva for a Swiss couple living in Singapore, one called TheTwin-Lah....
Tanja Hinder and Lauren Bugliarisi are interior designers who’ve been working together for four years now. They formed a company called Marrimor Objects in Vancouver, B.C. – specifically to create custom designs. And they just rolled out their first product lines – a table-turned-ottoman called...
Anyone who’s been following sculptor Sabin Howard on Facebook knows how painstakingly he’s been working on a sculpture for the World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C. After 50 weeks, he says he has 27 more life-sized figures to go. Here we have a post from late 2019 announcing the completion...
Known for its work on midcentury moderns in the Bay Area, Klopf Architecture has earned a new descriptor for the Eichler homes it renovates. Is it Klopf-able? That’s what a three-time client wanted to know. In the case of their third project, built in the 1960s, the answer was a definite “Yes.”...
One of the great late-1920s California hotels has found new life – as apartments aimed at college students and young professionals. The Tioga Hotel, the largest building in Merced, Calif., was designed in 1928 as a midway point for city-dwellers traveling from Los Angeles and the Bay Area for a visit...
Just north of Jackson Hole, a new stone home lies in a sage-filled field, with unimpeded views out to the Grand Tetons. It was a coordinated effort between interior designers from WRJ Design and architects at CLB, both based in Jackson. “It was very collaborative and great to work with CLB,” says...
Forty-five minutes from the airport, over the mountains and away from a Los Cabos Corridor jammed with tourists, lies a 1,000-acre desert oasis. It’s nestled into an agrarian plain between mountains and sea, and it’s called Costa Palmas. It’s being developed with hotels, custom homes, condominiums...
