The intent of home exterior design is two-fold. On the level of aesthetics, home exterior design provides an external and sophisticated compliment to the architecture of a house. By integrating Nature and man-made structures, the home interior designer creates a framework into the usefulness of the home interior can be expanded into the world beyond without compromising the beauty of the landscape.
A beautiful home design of Belzberg Architects. Modern interior design that combines the beauty of landscaped, exotic buildings, furniture that is unique and captivating. (more…)
Today the kitchen is a focal point of the house. Homes are designed with this in mind, big open plan dining room kitchens that can house grand dining tables, breakfast bars and any amount of seats for guests. It’s no surprise that most house parties end up in the kitchen! Most modern built kitchens are literally built around the user with counter tops, appliances and sink surrounding the user and as open as possible so the whole family are included in the cooking rather than the chef being excluded from the family. (more…)
When the School for Visual Theater was established in Israel and festivals for “Visual Theater” began to multiply, I used to ask for the sake of argument, “Is there such a thing as non-visual theater?”
I admit I dissembled a bit, because the name “Visual Theater” is supposed to emphasize the visual dimension of stage creation, thereby stating that the verbal and linear (plot development, if such a thing exists) elements are secondary. From the outset, the visual element in theater was always the most important. (more…)
The Art Deco Home has many new designs of Art Deco furniture for sale, including works by the great masters of Art Deco design.
PIERRE CHAREAU
The Maison de Verre (French for House of Glass) was built from 1928 to 1931 in Paris, France. Constructed in the early modern style of architecture, the house’s design emphasized three primary traits: honesty of materials, variable transparency of forms, and juxtaposition of “industrial” materials and fixtures with a more traditional style of home décor. The primary materials used were steel, glass, and glass block. Some of the notable “industrial” elements included rubberized floor tiles, bare steel beams,perforated metal sheet,heavy industrial light fixtures and mechanical fixtures.
The design was a collaboration between Pierre Chareau (a furniture and interiors designer), Bernard Bijvoet (a Dutch architect working in Paris since 1927) and Louis Dalbet (craftsman metalworker). Much of the intricate moving scenery of the house was designed on site as the project developed. The external form is defined by translucent glass block walls, with select areas of clear glazing for tranparency. Internally, spatial division is variable by the use of sliding, folding or rotating screens in glass, sheet or perforated metal, or in combination. Other mechanical components included an overhead trolley from the kitchen to dining room, a retracting stair from the private sitting room to Mme Dalsace’s bedroom and complex bathroom cupboards and fittings. (more…)
What makes a home eclectic? Surely, there’s no label of interior design that’s misused more often. Not to worry, Phoenix Suns’ basketball legend Alvan Adams and his wife Sarah are on hand to show the real deal. With their indisputably warm, inviting – and thoroughly eclectic – Paradise Valley home, the Adamses have hoisted the design term onto a pedestal of exquisite taste.
Alvan and Sarah began their home-building project eight years ago, in a neighborhood that allows only traditionally designed houses. True to the rule, their 5,000-square-foot Territorial looks like it’s been there for a long, long time. The effect is intentional. “We lived in Encanto from 1976 through 1996, and we loved the older architecture in that neighborhood,” Alvan said. “That’s one of the reasons we decided to build where we did.” (more…)
