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Inspiration: A Visit to Copenhagen

November 11, 2011

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Last week I attended the Design Leadership Summit held in Copenhagen. This is a gathering of the nation’s top architect and design principals. The event featured outstanding speakers who shared their expertise in organizational development, marketing strategy and inspirational projects with the overall objective of strengthening the design community. This year, as in years past, the gathering was exhilarating, the conversations stimulating as well as provocative, the speakers inspiring and camaraderie at an all time high.

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A Great Bathroom in Paris

November 10, 2011

The water closet and bidet sculpted out of the same hauteville as the rest of the suite.Slideshow

The bath pictured in this post is one I visit nearly every time I am in Paris. The renovations and additions to her newly purchased house on the very fashionable Faubourg St. Honor was designed for Madame Jeanne Lanvin in 1924 by Armand Rateau, one of the fashion assistants in her atelier. These images are part of a suite that includes not only the bathroom but also an adjacent boudoir that is on permanent display at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs. As a friend said recently, it is a bit of a hike to find this hidden gem, but well worth the effort.

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Inspiration: Mosaics in Paris

November 9, 2011

Our last day in Paris we decided to have a look at the newly restored dome of Galleries Layfayette. On the way we stepped into Au Printemps and found this wonderful encaustic mosaic in the entry. The colors are vibrant and it is a lively and welcoming floor.Slideshow

Most people go to Paris and record vistas of beautiful gardens, remarkable architectural detail and people in cafes or walking their dogs. I do that as well, some of the time. But on my most recent trip in March, I wanted to find really beautiful mosaics that were not in museums. By accident, I happened to look in an apartment vestibule and spied a really wonderful mosaic and photographed it.

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New Books: New Traditional Architecture Ferguson & Shamamian Architects

November 9, 2011

The book's cover. A glorious classical house.Slideshow

Our design and architecture clients create distinctive and timeless interior and exterior spaces from the most traditional to more modern. Their work is often featured in magazines, online, and now in the books they have written. One of the most recent additions to my library is the glorious folio of the work by the firm of Mark Ferguson and Oscar Shamamian called New Traditional Architecture: Ferguson & Shamamian Architects published by Rizzoli.

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