9.24.2010
Castle Pines Update
Things are actually a lot farther than this presently but here is a little visual update of the construction progress...
6.25.2010
6.11.2010
Elysian Hotel Chicago
During my last visit to Chicago my client introduced me to the newly built Elysian Hotel in the Gold Coast, which was nothing short of breathtaking in both beauty and detail.
Designed by well known Chicago based architect, Lucien Lagrange, the exterior architecture and circular drive take me back to the Ritz in Paris which may be a major faux pas, I have yet to decide. The interior, designed by Simeone-Deary Design, is where the heart of this building dwells.
Simply elegant, every detail has been meticulously thought out and pulled together with few loose ends. Surprisingly this is new construction that pulls off the trick many others seem to fail at, it feels centuries old.
http://www.elysianhotels.com
5.28.2010
Castle Pines Residence
5.19.2010
Modular Wall Tiles Clean the Air!
Earlier this year, Ceracasa, a spanish ceramic manufacturer, pioneering in the production wall and floor coverings, unveiled Lifewall, a modular living wall tile for exterior applications. Lifewall was designed by Emilio Llobat of Maqla Architects, Azahar Energy, and Ceracasa.
The new system uses drip-water irrigation for water efficiency and can support a variety of plantings.
Lifewall works in conjunction with another Ceracasa product called Bionictile. Bionictile is a low-maintenance, ceramic, facade tile that reacts with moisture and ultra violet rays to eat nitrogen oxides in the air.
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azahar energy,
bionictile,
ceracasa,
Green Design,
LEED,
lifewall,
magla architects
5.17.2010
China Grove art installation by Brent Comber
Medium - Western Red Cedar, white porcelain paint, acrylic panels, wires
Photography by Gillean Proctor
From the artist... "In most of my work, I try to bring the outside inside. With my sculpture China Grove, however, my challenge was to display effectively a part of the forest within a forest setting.
I wanted to create objects that had the look of precious porcelain figurines and present them in an outdoor space that would serve as a natural display cabinet. With this in mind, I treated nine cedar flares—stumps that have been pulled from the ground—with a substance that gave them a china-like appearance.
In a beautiful forest grove, at Salt Spring Woodworks on Salt Spring Island, I hung them all at the same height to give the impression of a base supporting them. The shifting natural light within the grove plays over the porcelain-textured surfaces of the hanging flares and imbues them with a strikingly ethereal quality."
http://www.brentcomber.com
5.07.2010
5.04.2010
Whirlpool unvails green kitchen
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