Interior Design articles from December 2007

Interior Design archives from December 2007

Richard Hywel Evans Architecture & Design.(contract with HuVaFen Fushi)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Edie Cohen HuVaFen Fushi, Maldives Swimming with the fishes has a new meaning at this underwater spa off the coast of Sri Lanka. Richard Hywel Evans's $180,000 renovation allows guests to be just inches away from the Indian Ocean's...

Gensler.(HNI Corporation acquired Gunlocke Co.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Annie Block HNI CORPORATION, MUSCATINE, IOWA After HNI acquired Gunlocke, sustainability topped the combined companies' wish list for a new headquarters. HNI not only preserved its Iowa roots by purchasing a 1927 printing plant...

Elliott + Associates Architects.(Oklahoma Heritage Museum)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Deborah Wilk OKLAHOMA HERITAGE MUSEUM, OKLAHOMA CITY Sure, education is part of the mission of most museums-along with conservation, appreciation, and the flaunting of civic pride. But Interior Design Hall of Fame member Rand Elliott...

Ball-nogues Studio.
December 1, 2007... Edie Cohen 'RIP CURL CANYON,' HOUSTON A temporary installation commissioned by the Rice Gallery with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, exemplifies this three-year-old Los Angeles firm's investigations into modulating space. The 8-ton...

Ballinger.(Weill Greenberg Center)(American Red Cross' contract with M. Arthur Gensler Jr. and Associates Inc.)(Anshen and Allen's contract with Intermountain Medical Center)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Deborah Wilk WEILL GREENBERG CENTER, NEW YORK Drawing on industry research indicating that good design fosters good health as well as stress relief and a heightened quality of patient care, principals Eric Swanson and Louis Meilink...

Parallel Design.(hotel reconstruction)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Annie Block OMNIA, ZERMATT, SWITZERLAND This contemporary interpretation of a mountain lodge sits high ona Swiss Alp. Owned by furniture manufacturer USM, the hotel opened in 2000 but closed soon thereafter due to structural problems....

Desai/Chia Architecture.(Ronnette Riley Architect)(Johnson Chou)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Deborah Wilk APARTMENT, NEW YORK Cool elegance permeates a 4,000-square-foot loft by Arjun Desai and Katherine Chia. In the center of the sealed concrete floor, the open kitchen is defined on one side by a 24-foot-long stainless-steel...

Patrick Jouin.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Deborah Wilk VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, PARIS 'Jewelry should be about pleasure,' Patrick Jouin says. To update a venerable boutique once patronized by the Duchess of Windsor and Princess Grace of Monaco, he opened up the warren of rooms that...

Studios Architecture.
December 1, 2007... Annie Block EDMUNDS.COM, LOS ANGELES Just because your client makes his living providing information on cars such as the $170,000 Aston Martin DBS doesn't mean he's springing for a pricey office. With a budget of $88 per square foot,...

Clive Wilkinson Architects.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Annie Block MAGUIRE PROPERTIES, LOS ANGELES Set foot in the 14,400-square-foot headquarters of this real-estate developer, and it's clear that something's up: the surf. Surfboard-shape tables are a trademark of Interior Design Hall of...

Gensler.(Creative Artists Agency)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Annie Block CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY, LOS ANGELES With Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep on its client roster, Creative Artists Agency needs a workplace with star power. But that's easier said than done at a spec development in Century City....

Elliott + Associates Architects.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Annie Block UNDERGROUND, OKLAHOMA CITY Leave it to an Interior Design Hall of Fame member to take a mile of utilitarian underground passageway, 42,000 square feet in total, and turn it into a spectacular light sculpture. That's what...

Pascal Arquitectos.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Deborah Wilk MEDITATION HOUSE, MEXICO CITY A triangular cumaru - wood door 30 feet high marks the transition from the secular world to this place of meditation, designed by Carlos and Gerard Pascal for members of the Jewish faith....

Randy Brown Architects.
December 1, 2007... Annie Block LABORATORY, OMAHA On 10 acres in Ponca Hills, just north of Omaha, Randy Brown masterminded an eco-oriented expansion for himself, his wife, and their two sons. He says he calls the 5,100-square-foot result the Laboratory,...

Shelton, Mindel & Associates.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Deborah Wilk COMPOUND, SOUTHAMPTON, NEW YORK Just off the Peconic Bay, this 2-acre property's main house of cool concrete looms against vistas of bright blue sky and blue-green water. In the center of the 6,500-square-foot structure, a...

Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts + Partners.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Deborah Wilk TOWN HOUSE, NEW YORK This house by Steven Harris and Lucien Rees-Roberts is a study in minimal grandeur, 4,000 square feet of it. Each of the five levels-outfitted in a uniform palette of white oak, white paint, and...

Cl3 Architects.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Deborah Wilk NISHIMURA, BEIJING Bamboo, tree branches, slate, pebbles, sand, water. These elements of traditional Japanese gardens were principal William Lim's inspiration for the 5,400-square-foot restaurant, part of a new tower at...

Giorgio Borruso Design.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Deborah Wilk SNAIDERO, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA In spite of the popularity of open kitchens, they pose a dilemma for serious cooks. Is it better to conceal the commotion of preparing dinner or to show off for your guests? Giorgio...

The Best.(Best of Year Awards)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Cindy Hosting the second annual Best of Year Awards ceremony in the theater at Renzo Piano's New York Times building was a treat in itself-and we continue to fete the recipients in these pages. Again, it was a banner year of achievements...

Studio Sofield.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Annie Block TOM FORD, NEW YORK If a store could be an exquisitely tailored men's suit, it would be this New York flagship by Interior Design Hall of Fame member William Sofield. The 8,700-square-foot, two-story emporium is a showcase...

Carl D'Aquino and Francine Monaco.
December 1, 2007... Deborah Wilk 'We don't really make a distinction between residential and commercial work,' Carl D'Aquino says. 'We're always looking for what's personal about any project.' And that holds true whether he and Francine Monaco are designing a...

Ingo Maurer.
December 1, 2007... Julie V. Iovine Ingo Maurer makes lighting feel like a discovery. No matter how familiar or even plain a fixture's parts, it throws an emotional switch to 'On.' How else to explain the instantaneous delight in Lucellino? (His signature...

Murray Moss.
December 1, 2007... Stephen Treffinger 'The only thing I haven't done is practice law,' jokes Murray Moss, whose unique career path has taken him from actor to design arbiter-arguably theworld's leading one. (And he'd be the first to argue. Against.) His two...

Todd DeGarmo.(STUDIOS Architecture)
December 1, 2007... Laura Fisher Kaiser In the world of design, war stories usually involve a notoriously picky client who demands the moon and stars, plus a few random neutrinos. The absurdity of the request is often proportional to the spectacularly silly...

A Heavenly Light.(Sarah Hall)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Peter O'Brien Stained glass carries the weight of a 1,000-year history. Think back to Chartres Cathedral, then up to Louis Comfort Tiffany, Frank Lloyd Wright, even Gerhard Richter. Still, glass artist Sarah Hall has managed to make her...