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A Savannah Home Melds Georgian Architecture With ’60s Flair
IN THE MID-1950S, Savannah, Ga., was crumbling. The effects of the Depression had left the city’s buildings in disrepair. And as residents fled to new postwar suburbs, developers began planning to bulldoze many of the deteriorating, expensive-to-maintain grand antebellum homes, as well as the once elegant public squares conceptualized, beginning in 1733, by the city’s founder, James Oglethorpe. The impending loss radicalized many of the locals, among them an energetic real estate agent, developer and contractor named David Morrison and his wife, Zelda, who became part of a preservation movement that would lay the foundation for what the 2.2-square-mile landmark district would become: a mannerly grid of graciously restored homes,…
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Harbor Hideaway / The Up Studio
Harbor Hideaway / The Up Studio © Alan Tansey + 26 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Mail Or https://www.archdaily.com/972389/harbor-hideaway-the-up-studio © Alan Tansey Text description provided by the architects. Located in the centuries-old whaling village of Sag Harbor, NY, Harbor Hideaway is a single-family two-story residence. The property is situated in the center of a small peninsula and is one of the only lots in the neighborhood without direct water views. Although the instinct would be to design a new house to face the street, The Up Studio flipped the traditional orientation of the home to face the rear corner of the yard. This design decision created privacy from the…
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In Brussels, a Designer’s Home Awash With His Own Vibrant Creations
WHEN THE SWISS textile designer and artist Christoph Hefti worked for the Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten in Antwerp from the late 1990s to 2010, he was involved in many parts of the process, from fabric design to budgets to collaborating with Italian printmakers. “It was rewarding,” says Hefti. “As part of the team, we built a vision with a great deal of concentration and mutual understanding.” When Hefti left the company to freelance, he eventually became frustrated — he found himself missing Van Noten’s holistic approach: “I design the fabric but someone else develops it into the final product, and I began to realize that wasn’t enough. I…
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Time to turn off irrigation controllers
California has welcomed recent rain showers with open arms and we will continue to hope for a wet season throughout the winter. While we celebrate the much needed precipitation, it’s also the time to be consciously conserving, Home Decor Ideas. Water management is a phrase you will hear a lot as we collect our efforts as a community into every pipeline of saving water. One of the easiest ways you can do this is by adjusting and/or turning off your irrigation controllers this time of year. A controller is the device, or electronical “clock” that operates an irrigation system with intended frequency, duration and start times. It plugs into a…
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Artist Kerri Rosenthal’s Connecticut Home Is a Neutral Backdrop for Her Art
Anyone who knows Kerri Rosenthal’s art—or her cheerful shop in Westport, Connecticut—might expect her home to be busting with color. But, despite the bold hues favored in her creative work, Rosenthal’s family home goes neutral, relying on texture and light to bring coziness and warmth. “For me, my business world is all about color—our business model is a happy chaos, but it feels chaotic—so when I go home I need to chill out,” Rosenthal says. “I need my home to be as neutral as possible.” The other benefit of a neutral backdrop? “It allows me to paint whatever paintings I want and hang them up,” says the artist. “I’m not…
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