The central modern living, dining area incorporates a dramatic ‘floating wall’ at the head of the stairs, balanced by the soaring, inverted ceiling. A wall of glass glides to one side, enabling the sleek, sophisticated kitchen to become part of the al fresco dining area on the spacious deck. Designing a luxury interior for celebrities, royalty or other wealthy people isn’t easier than creating interiors for those on a budget just because the finest decor materials may be used. (more…)
The new face of Indian architecture through this luxury mansion in the suburbs of Gurgaon. According to the architects, the house should as well serve as an example for fusion between modern and traditional style in India’s home building practice.
India Architects: An architect is a person who plans, designs and undertakes the process of constructing your home. Architect converts a plot into a beautiful building. Architect gives your home a new look. (more…)
Eager for more elbow room, Tina, Kulbir and their two children moved from the city to the suburbs. They renovated most of the rooms in their big, new house with ease, but they were stumped when they got to their cramped and dated basement. Both self-professed computer geeks, Tina and Kulbir wanted the room turned into an efficient home office space.
However, they also wanted it to function on several other levels: as a rehearsal space for budding musician Kulbir and his bandmates; as sleeping quarters for overnight guests; and as a TV and lounge area for the whole family.
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As the Final Four approaches, it seems fitting to relive in basketball terms how Ratio Architects Inc. came off the bench in dramatic fashion to save a high-profile downtown project after the star had fouled out.
The Indianapolis-based architectural firm played that role in 2004 after sketches from the original out-of-town architect designing the downtown headquarters of Simon Property Group Inc. failed to impress corporate executives. Ratio had one week to deliver, and did.
But while the firm’s portfolio is full of prominent work, its ability to outshine larger, national rivals might have helped it land the starting assignment on perhaps its most prestigious yet—the expansion of the Indiana Convention Center.
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I’m so excited about my upcoming visit to Thomasville Furniture in Farmingdale, on Sunday, March 11. They’re opening the store at 10 a.m., two hours early, so that I can meet and greet all of you and talk about furniture styles of the past and present.
In college, the required contemporary civilization course for four semesters was a big fat boring book that put me to sleep most nights. But history came alive for me in design school, when the people and times were coupled with the furniture. I’m still fascinated by the evolution of past styles and how some of them remain popular today and probably always will. This, of course, brings up the difference between styles and trends, and fad and fashion. (more…)
