This Contemporary house design sports beautiful spaces and dramatic details all in a package that’s both elegant AND fun! Designer Jaques LeBlanc captured the essence of modern; providing light-filled interiors with generous spaces, brining out the very best in this Arcadia Home! This home has had a recent major renovation and addition that now incorporates five bedrooms including a spa-like …
Once devoted to cane plantations, the island of Antigua is now one of the Caribbean’s premiere luxury tourism destinations. The newest member of its splendid lineup of resorts is the elegant Sugar Ridge, named after the nearby sugar-cane-covered hills. Inside and out, Sugar Ridge offers a sophisticated setting that takes its cues from this sweet commodity. Charged with the task of translating …
The design of this restaurant space within a University provides a template for a program that combines eduction & industry. Housed on the 5th floor of an institutional building, the School of Hospitality, Tourism & Marketing at Victorian University wanted to create a marketable educational environment to provide students with an indication of the future world but also provide a sense of …
This is very modern spatial in simplicity interior design. Rooms are interconnected and their functions amplified. Sculptural gestures, such as the central spiral staircase and over sized joinery units, heighten both the scale and a dynamic lifestyle. In essence, this project is a pure exploration in an uncompromising minimalist language. [ Source ] …
The location of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at the northern Edge of the Michigan State University Campus is infl uenced by a set of movements adjacent to and across it. The vital street life on the northern side of Grand River Avenue and the historic heart of the university campus at the south side generate a network of paths and visual connections.This highly frequented interface …
The Middle East Centre of St. Antony’s College is the University of Oxford’s centre for interdisciplinary study of the Modern Middle East. The centre was founded in 1957 and it is focused on research on humanities and social sciences with a wide reference to the Arab World and its geographic adjacencies. The Centre research core is a specialized library and substantial paper and photographic …
Yuxi is the birthplace of the famous Chinese composer, Nie’Er, amongst whose works is the Chinese National Anthem. With the completion of the Master Plan for the City of Yuxi, BTA was again commissioned by the City for the new Yuxi Opera Theatre. The main design challenge for this project is to cope with changes in architectural expression, as Yuxi is rapidly transforming from traditional town …
An extension to an existing 3 bedroom house in Fitzroy North to provide new living and kitchen space for a growing young family. Many of the design decisions were generated by the tight budget. The form is a simple box- the strongest form an architect can achieve at a bargain basement price. Every element needed to perform multiple functions for maximum return- hence the kitchen bench …
Put together a world-renown Japanese ceramic artist, a world-class German architect, 35 acres of pristine land in the mountains of Utah, a quest for spirituality, and the result is probably not what you would expect. After 14 years of rented office space converted into sanctuaries and classrooms, the Jewish community of Park City, Utah has opened the doors to its first synagogue, Temple Har …
The Mansion House, in the heart of the Square Mile, has been the residential home and a working office for the Lord Mayor of the City of London for over 250 years. Explore the building as Keeper of Walbrook Hall, John Davies takes you on a tour of this amazing building in the City of London. Mansion House features elaborately decorated rooms for large ceremonial events, banquets and …