Royal Flush by Susan Welsh - 07/01/2008
Imagine the scene: Local officials working on a regeneration plan are discussing a new public toilet for a parking lot. "I know!" says one. "Let's devote $590,000 to this toilet and make it a real architectural point of interest." Sounds like fiction, but that's more or less what happened in Gravesend, a dowdy commuter town 25 miles east of London. More
Ritz-Carlton Tower Rising in Los Angeles by Mairi Beautyman - 08/06/2008
Designed by architecture and design firm Gensler, the 54-story will feature a 123-room hotel, the Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles, and 224 private condominiums, the Ritz-Carlton Residences at LA Live.
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Boffi Relaunches Joe Colombo's Futuristic Minikitchen by Laura Fisher Kaiser - 07/08/2008
To celebrate the occasion, the kitchen and bath manufacturer tapped five photographers and stylists to reinterpret Colombo's design -- first released in 1963 -- in real or imaginary contexts.
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Triple-Decker Sandwich by Christy Hobart - 07/01/2008
When it gets a little warm in her new kitchen in Manhattan Beach, California, Carol Madonna, an ad agency office director, cranks open two small corner windows above the sink and lets the Pacific Ocean breeze cool things off. "Those windows embrace the wind," she says. Their placement is one of few vestiges of the original house, a dark 1970's beach shack.
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Sun, Sea, And Stone by Maria Shollenbarger - 07/01/2008
Houses are often decorated with travel souvenirs: masks from Africa, majolica from Italy—keepsakes with both aesthetic and sentimental value. When the owners of a penthouse in Knokke, a chic seaside resort in Belgium, took a trip to Tuscany, the memento that caught their eye and captured their hearts was nothing less than an enormous piece of Calacatta marble.
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Cindy's Salon Ghislaine Viñas, Interior Designer, September 1, 2008 Thank You Hanne (and Angus)
About one and a half years ago, my good friend Hanne said that she was thinking o... More
Cindy's Salon Ghislaine Viñas, Interior Designer, July 21, 2008 The Perfect Marriage
When I was first starting out on my own as an Interior Designer, I only had eye... More
Cindy's Salon Ghislaine Viñas, Interior Designer, July 18, 2008 Dishing It Out
These lamps are by Belenko Interiors. I am not sure where they are from because... More
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