The Echo House by Kariouk Associates architects

Sunday, May 30th 2010
The Echo House by Kariouk Associates architects

The Echo House, the beautiful house architecture designed by Kariouk Associates in Ottawa, Canada; The Echo House is the re-built building site from the existing 1924 Victorian-style house into an updated fashioanble and sophisticated contemporary home. The architecture work is To marry eighty-four years of history by integrating a contemporary, open and functional living space inside a 1924 landmark that overlooks the Rideau Canal. interior room... 

Mid-Century Modern Ranch Restored by Paul Christian Yaeger Architect

Tuesday, July 28th 2009
Mid-Century Modern Ranch Restored by Paul Christian Yaeger Architect

Lovingly updated and restored, this 1955 Modern Ranch by celebrated Architect Paul Christian Yeager, was originally the Harry Nace house, the Movie Theatre Mogul who built and ran the, Bethany West, Kachina and Cine’ Capri theatres. A richly detailed example of Yeager’s work displaying a clear influence of Frank Lloyd Wright in its use of texture block and horizontal line. This large compound was recently updated and restored, maintaining original... 

Talbot Residential Interior and Exterior Design by Matt Gibson

Wednesday, December 10th 2008
Talbot Residential Interior and Exterior Design by Matt Gibson

This narrow single fronted ‘period’ terrace involved an exercise in re-configuring, re-cycling & ultimately re-generation. Eschewing a desire to wipe clean the slate & start afresh the intervention here was instead one of assimilation & working with what was there. This included the ‘givens’ of a narrow site (4.3m), and the ability to ‘muck in’ with the workings of the existing envelope, materials & the eclectic as-built... 

Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century: An Integrated History

Sunday, November 16th 2008

For courses in History of Architecture, Interior Design, Furnishings, and Decorative Arts. Exceptionally comprehensive, this single-source text/reference allows students to compare and contrast architecture, interior design, interior architectural features, design details, motifs, furniture, space planning, color, lighting, textiles, interior surface treatments, and decorative accessories through many centuries–from antiquity to the 18th century–from... 

Empire Stylebook of Interior Design: All 72 Plates from the “Recueil De Decorations Interieures” with New English Text (Dover Books on Architecture)

Sunday, November 16th 2008

Now for the first time in an inexpensive paperback edition: the “bible” of First Empire style in interior decor, one of the most important and influential sourcebooks in the history of French design, reprinted from the rare 1812 edition, and essential reading for interior designers, architects, and architectural and social historians. View product detail on Amazon.Com

History of Interior Design and Furniture: From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Europe

Sunday, November 16th 2008

A comprehensive survey of the major historical periods of interior architecture and decorative styles, History of Interior Design & Furniture, Second Edition features more than 175 new illustrations, including over 150 full colour photographs. From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles that characterise the Victorian age, furniture and design are placed within the broader context of of

Interior Design and Decoration

Sunday, November 16th 2008

Addressing interior design and decoration from the ancients to the moderns, this text describes the dominant influences of fashion design and focuses on the close relationship between interior design and the architecture of our times.   With the Sixth Edition of Interior Design and Decoration, Stanley Abercrombie continues continues

St. Regis Makes the Next Stop on Its Global Expedition with the Opening of the St. Regis Bali Resort

Tuesday, September 16th 2008

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announces the opening of The St. Regis Bali Resort, located in Nusa Dua, an elite beach enclave on the Southern tip of Bali. Offering an unrivaled dimension of luxury, bespoke service and refined elegance at one of the best addresses in the world, The St. Regis Bali Resort features 79 luxurious, oversized suites, 42 private villas and two exclusive Residences, as well as world-class restaurants and bars,... 

HOK and Biomimicry Guild Form Alliance to Integrate Nature’s Innovations in the Design of Buildings, Communities and Cities Worldwide

Tuesday, September 16th 2008

HOK and the Biomimicry Guild have forged a first-of-its-kind alliance linking the natural and built environment. This exclusive relationship between one of the world’s largest architectural design firms and the only bio-inspired innovation company will integrate nature’s innovations in the planning and design of buildings, communities and cities worldwide. Established by biologists Janine Benyus and Dr. Dayna Baumeister in 1998, Biomimicry...