Interior Design articles from June 2006

Interior Design archives from June 2006

Bios.
June 1, 2006... by Staff Cabinet Jean-Pierre Hanki "The Libertine and the Beauty Queen," page 160 principal : Jean-Pierre Hanki. completed projects : A Sofitel in Essaouira, Morocco. Château Malartic-Lagravière winery near...

Books.
June 1, 2006... edited by Stanley Abercrombie Art + Architecture: The Ebsworth Collection + Residence Stanley Abercrombie edited by Dung Ngo, essay by Franklin Kelly San Francisco: William Stout Publishers, $65 128 pages, 75 color...

Boy Wonder.
June 1, 2006... by Cindy Coleman There's no defining the creativity of Jurgen Bey Jurgen Bey isn't out to invent something. Rather, he reinterprets what already exists. From furniture to offices and museum installations, projects undertaken by...

Let There Be Light.
June 1, 2006... by Jessica Dheere To bring sunshine into a New York duplex, Giovannitti clad a dark rear garden entirely in white Corian--there goes the neighborhood On New York's upper east side, cladding your entire garden in yacht-white Corian is...

Designwire.
June 1, 2006... edited by Sheila Kim-Jamet Your hyperlink to interiordesign.net eWalk-Through Sheila Kim-Jamet Bromley Caldari Architects's principals, Interior Design Hall of Fame member R. Scott Bromley and Jerry Caldari, mixed...

A Cloud With A Silver Lining.
June 1, 2006... by Mark Pupo When wineries don't have a long, august history, they often conjure the impression of one by building a faux château. Stratus Vineyards, in the burgeoning wine region of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, did something...

Two From The Heart.
June 1, 2006... by Cindy Allen Right before we go to press each month, I always enjoy jotting down a few bon voyage remarks about the portfolio you're about to read. In this issue, though, two stories in particular steal the klieg lights. It's hard for...

Power House.
June 1, 2006... by Kristyn Komarnicki In 1916, the wartime need for electricity gave rise to a massive power station in Chester, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia. The 400,000-square-foot beaux arts building featured commanding Doric columns and a...

Farm And Function.
June 1, 2006... by Lisa Selin Davis It all started when 8-year-old Kamren Colson spotted a cast-iron kitchen sink peeking from a ravine on his grandparents'tobacco farm in Williamstown, Kentucky. "I dug it up out of the dirt, and I was a scavenger from...

Hold The Spareribs.
June 1, 2006... by Annie Block Michelle Jean paid attention in high school--especially to her Chinese history class. The myriad dynasties fascinated her. So much so that she continued her education with a master's in hospitality management from the...

Flour Power.
June 1, 2006... by Annie Block From the day he opened New York's City Bakery, 16 years ago, Maury Rubin has been ecologically conscious. The muffins, pastries, and scones on his menu are prepared from locally grown, organic ingredients. And the nearly...

Piece Of The Pie.
June 1, 2006... by Annie Block You can take the designer out of the Rocky Mountains, but you can't take the Rocky Mountains out of the designer. Make partner Ian Colburn's pizzeria, Slice, the Perfect Food, pays homage to his Colorado upbringing. "The...

Bios.
June 1, 2006... by Staff Designers in Hospitality Dodd Mitchell Design "A Star Is Reborn," page 223 principal : Dodd Mitchell. completed projects : Katana restaurant, Lodge Steakhouse, Dolce Enoteca Ristorante, and the Crescent hotel,...

Hospitality Products.
June 1, 2006... edited by Karen D. Singh Green Comes in Many Colors Karen D. Singh To produce a lively, ecologically responsible line of veneers, aptly named Green, Tabu has partnered with the Forest Stewardship Council. The three wood...

The Other City of Light.
June 1, 2006... by Craig Kellogg Milan's historic center is ringed by gigantic stone gates marking the onetime entry points to the medieval city. For seven days in April, however, these stone monuments symbolically marked designers' arrival at the...

Market.
June 1, 2006... edited by Craig Kellogg Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan 100 Percent Urquiola Craig Kellogg If Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile had to crown a queen, this year's would have been the prolific Patricia...

The Great White Whale.
June 1, 2006... by Kevin Walz A designer's epic voyage to the Salone Internazionale del Mobile Rho-Fiera is the stop for the Nuova Fiera Milano, the new home of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile. The metro is filled to capacity. Registration...

High Fiber.
June 1, 2006... edited by Craig Kellogg As a fiber sculptor, Sheila Hicks spends life up to her elbows in yarn. Even when she leaves her Paris studio, she packs a travel-size loom to weave miniature prototypes while on the road. Together, they make up a...

Master Suite.
June 1, 2006... edited by Craig Kellogg The Troy troop--including a business manager and a publicist at the New York furniture gallery--has moved on to open Suite New York. Troy's former creative director, Chris Kraig, will assemble the collection, with...

Back in the U.S.S.R.
June 1, 2006... edited by Craig Kellogg They say clothes make the man. Ergo the hammers, sickles, and tiny tractors in patterns that kept patriotic Soviet workers looking red from 1927 to 1933--an era when not even tablecloths and skirts escaped the...

SPF Zero.
June 1, 2006... edited by Craig Kellogg With even Wal-Mart getting into the game, "green" isn't just for celebrities with hybrid SUVs. Françoise Bollack Architects has proposed wallet-friendly, eco-sensitive apartments for New York's South Bronx....

The Chair Man.
June 1, 2006... edited by Craig Kellogg This year's Pritzker Prize winner, Brazilian architect Paulo Archias Mendes da Rocha, isn't afraid of furniture. Way back in 1957, he introduced the Paulistano, which canny Design Within Reach has reissued. The...

A Sound Idea.
June 1, 2006... edited by Craig Kellogg The acoustics in most symphony halls can be fine-tuned, thanks partly to adjustable "clouds" that hang over the orchestra. That won't be necessary at David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services's $120 million...

Sexy Beasts.
June 1, 2006... edited by Craig Kellogg Perennially overshadowed by the Walker Art Center, now with its Herzog & de Meuron building, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is finally getting its moment in the sun, with a renovation and extension by Michael...

Pinups.
June 1, 2006... edited by Karen D. Singh Up, down, around Graphic appeal for fabrics on the move 1. Escana polyester in 196 by JAB Anstoetz. circle 300 2. Multicolor Stripe cotton in solid silver by Carolyn Ray. circle 301 3. Garbo silk with...

Snapshots.
June 1, 2006... by Staff Good Works A nonprofit that trains and employs artisans living with HIV and AIDS, then markets their work to designers, Alpha Workshops hosts an annual awards ceremony to recognize individuals and groups who've championed...

Update.
June 1, 2006... edited by Jen DeRose Catch these events in July and August Just in time for mosquito season, the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, presents "Bug Out of the Box: Contemporary Art, History, and Science of Bugs."It's abuzz...

With Flying Colors.
June 1, 2006... by Mairi Beautyman Graduate architecture students at the Universitat der Kunste Berlin designed and built an A+ weekend retreat Just 10 minutes by ferry from central Berlin, Valentinswerder feels miles away from urban life. The island...

Opening Night.
June 1, 2006... by David Sokol To remake Stockholm's iconic Operakallaren restaurant, Claesson Koivisto Rune paired white-tie architecture with an open-collar attitude Stockholm's Royal Opera House and its regal restaurant, Operakallaren, opened...

Houston on Thames.
June 1, 2006... by Bethan Ryder Founded in Texas in 1840, law firm Baker Botts has staked out new territory in London--a Gensler-designed office in a neoclassical building "Law firms are incredibly competitive, especially when it comes to each...

A Star is Reborn.
June 1, 2006... by Edie Cohen And the Oscar goes to. . .Dodd Mitchell, for his revamped Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel "Go West, young man," Horace Greeley advised. And Jason Pomeranc heeded the call. With Thompson Hotels properties already in New York...

Out of This World.
June 1, 2006... by David Sokol A 15th-century church and monastery in the Netherlands finds resurrection as the Kruisherenhotel Maastricht by Henk Vos and Ingo Maurer The Kruisheren Church has seen its share of profane uses. In 1797, Napoleon...

What Does Luxury Look Like?
June 1, 2006... by Susan Brandabur Yabu Pushelberg reinterprets an East Coast classic at the St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco Founded in New York by John Jacob Astor as a haven for his swell friends, the original St. Regis Hotel shouts old-world...

White Hot and Cool.
June 1, 2006... by Tom Austin At a bachelor's high-rise getaway in Miami Beach, Slade Architecture explored the idea of apartment as sculpture Walk into most beachfront condominiums in the state of Florida, and there's one special sofa parked facing...

Future Shock.
June 1, 2006... by Edie Cohen With his Fine Living installation at NeoCon West, Patrick Tighe traveled to the world of 2026 Why would a successful architect spend six months on a complex project, only to have it demolished one week after completion?...