Interior Design articles from March 2009

Interior Design archives from March 2009

Viva La Rumba.(design of dance facilities)
March 1, 2009... Edie Cohen Hagy Belzberg shakes it up at the Conga Room in downtown Los Angeles "What does a young Jewish guy from the prosperous West Side of Los Angeles know about Latin dance and culture?" That, architect Hagy Belzberg recalls, was...

The Start of Something Big.
March 1, 2009... Mark McMenamin We sent you a letter, and you wrote back in droves with enough eureka moments to launch an ongoing forum--watch this space Grow Your Own On the roof of a Los Angeles apartment complex, SCI-Arc's Synthe grows...

Books.(Famous Interiors: The Originals)(Book review)
March 1, 2009... Edited by Stanley Abercrombie Famous Interiors: The Originals by Cornelia van Gelder Arnhem, Netherlands: Terra Lannoo, Publishers, distributed by Antique, Collectors' Club, $65 160 pages, 167 illustrations (152 color) ...

Unconventional Wisdom.(Interview)
March 1, 2009... Laura Fisher Kaiser Exhibition designs by Alfred Zollinger and Sandra Wheeler challenge assumptions about what's green Alfred Zollinger and Sandra Wheeler have a reputation for not taking things at face value. Designing "Ecotopia: The...

Closeup.
March 1, 2009... Edited by Karen D. Singh Festival of Rugs Moroso celebrates Diwali with Doshi Levien's reincarnations of Hindu floor painting Rangoli I quilted wool felt in orange and blue. Rangoli II quilted wool felt in red and cobalt. ...

Contacts.(Directory)
March 1, 2009... Staff Designers in Special Feature Aviation Aesthetics ("Destination: Transportation," page 226), 249 Old South Road, Southport, CT 06890; 203-984-2607; aviationaesthetics.com . BauWerke ("Destination: Transportation," page 226),...

A Streetcar Named Design.(Ammar Eloueini )
March 1, 2009... David Sokol Celebrating a new tramway in Paris, Ammar Eloueini's shimmering installation took center stage Patience is a virtue. Way back in 2001, the design advocate Pavillon de l'Arsenal--the Paris equivalent of New London...

Not Your Grandpa's Adirondack Chair.(contruction of arts centers)
March 1, 2009... Edited by Annie Block, Text by Mark McMenamin and Meghan Edwards What do you get when you pair six contemporary designers with a half dozen traditional furniture-makers? The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, answered that...

One more Reason to Smile.
March 1, 2009... Cindy Allen As I write this in the wee hours of the AM, news is hitting the ticker. They say that 4 million home owners are going to get their mortgages under control, avoid foreclosure, and keep a huge amount of real-estate inventory off...

Headliners.
March 1, 2009... Staff Belzberg Architects "Viva la Rumba," page 210 PRINCIPAL: Hagy Belzberg . PREVIOUSLY SEEN IN: October 2008. 1507 20th Street, Suite C, Santa Monica, CA 90404; 310-453-9611; belzbergarchitects.com . Emmanuel...

The Un-Private Apartment.(Hariri and Hariri)
March 1, 2009... Staff Hariri & Hariri makes theory reality, combining two New York co-ops for art collectors When Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri designed a speculative Digital House in 1998, it was a captivating if unlikely stab at tomorrow's "smart"...

On the Ropes.(interior design of art museum)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Meghan Edwards The nine colossal black forms greeting visitors to the Indianapolis Museum of Art are at once threatening and inviting, a duality that's at the core of "Orly Genger: Whole." Through June 14, this installation fills the...

Contacts.(Brief article)(Calendar)
March 1, 2009... Staff Designers Rahel Belatchew Arkitektur ("Global Flavor," page S16), 88 Regeringsgatan, 111 39 Stockholm, Sweden; 46-8-558-01-414; rbarkitektur.se . Gerrard + Tan Architects ("Blissed Out," page S4), 145 Hudson Street, New...

Blissed Out.(housing design)
March 1, 2009... Deborah Wilk For one fortunate young family, heaven is just an elevator ride away. New York is notoriously a city of tiny, windowless kitchens and bathrooms, so any apartment where both are spacious and light surely qualifies as domestic...

Under The Desert Sun.
March 1, 2009... Mairi Beautyman Throw dozens of dishwashers, refrigerators, and cooktops into one space, and you run the risk of looking like a big-box retailer. That was something Merz Project was hired to avoid when retained by BSH Bosch und Siemens...

Global Flavor.(Rahel Belatchew Lerdell)
March 1, 2009... Annie Block Rahel Belatchew Lerdell is an international woman. Born in Ethiopia, she moved to Sweden with her family when she was 6. She completed her master's degree at the École Speciale d'Architecture in Paris, then worked as an...

Market.
March 1, 2009... Edited by Karen D. Singh, Text by Karen D. Singh and Mark McMenamin Toss Across Karen D. Singh, Mark McMenamin Pillow talk turns vivacious in the hands of Ontwerpduo studio cofounder Tineke Beunders. Leolux recruited her to design...

Sleek and Savory.
March 1, 2009... Deborah Wilk Deceptively simple ambrosia, spaghetti with tomato and basil is the signature plate at Scarpetta, a New York dining destination that owes its cult status not only to chef Scott Conant's cuisine and celebrity clientele but also...

Some Like It Hot.
March 1, 2009... Craig Kellogg P.S.1's 10-year-old summer party keeps the beat pumping--and the inspiration flowing Philip Johnson was well past 90 years old when, in 1999, he designed a summertime DJ booth and nightclub outside the P.S.1 Contemporary...

An Independent Spirit.
March 1, 2009... Annie Block Gary Hustwit's documentaries zoom in on design, from fonts to furniture A childhood avocado stand and a teenage encounter with punk rock may seem altogether unrelated. But they're not in the world of Gary Hustwit, the...

Chez Prouve.
March 1, 2009... Staff Furniture aficionados move their stellar collection into a Paris apartment by Emmanuel Combarel and Dominique Marrec It all started in 1979. Back then, Philippe Jousse was a photographer, his wife, Patricia, a window dresser....

Investing in Creativity.(design of office buildings)
March 1, 2009... Edie Cohen Boom or bust, a San Francisco office by Rottet Studio proves just how highly Artis values art and design It's a teaser. Break the name Artis in two, art is, and it implies a gallery or an art consultancy. So does the...

And the Oscar Goes to. . .
March 1, 2009... Staff David Rockwell went to Hollywood. While the Interior Design Hall of Fame member watched, in person, as the crystal curtain rose on his set for the 81st Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre--another Rockwell Group production--editor in...

Destination: Transportation.
March 1, 2009... Sheila Kim-Jamet By air, rail, or road, these projects are going places Kengo Kuma & Associates Project Hoshakuji Station, Tochigi, Japan. Standout Diamond-shape plywood coffers, bolted onto the ceiling's steel frame,...

Hot Rods, Cool Digs.(design of automobile showrooms)
March 1, 2009... Edie Cohen It's a long way from a hippie commune to the showroom of $100,000-plus cars. But that's the road traveled by Cass Calder Smith. He spent four years growing up on a commune in Northern California and recently designed the Los...

Higher Learning.(environmental sustainable building design)
March 1, 2009... Alan G. Brake Sometimes sustainability is not about high-tech systems, solar panels, or wind turbines. It's about getting back to basics. For the renovation of Slocum Hall, home to the Syracuse University School of Architecture, Garrison...