Top 100

Architect Magazine‘s third-annual ranking of the top 100 architecture firms surfaced not too long ago.  I think it is a list worth noting.   A sampling of some of my favorite firms:

richard meier & partners architects

bohlin cywinski jackson

julie snow architects

100th Post! How quickly this milestone has arrived.

Thank you for visiting cabbagerose.  The door is always open.

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Heavenly

I have seen a few chapel renovations, and I have to say Chapel House is my favorite.  You will find Chapel House in the quaint Flemish village of Bazel.  I like its quirkiness.  A mix of modern and vintage furniture, wonderful artwork, fabulous draperies, beautiful windows, and chunky marble all come together to sing, “Amen.”

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Veil

Belfry Tashkent/Ippolito Fleitz Group

Cooperative Credit Bank Interior designed by Studio Kuadra

the tandemDUO house designed by Works Partnership Architecture

Rojkind Arquitectos studio visit: New Tamayo Museum

Distance of Fog, Japan/Studiogreenblue

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Smile

This image makes me smile.  My middle name is ‘wrong way.”  I wonder if map heels would wash away this curse…probably not.

photography by jeremy murch

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Inspiration

Hmmm…I’m searching for inspiration…

Perhaps I’ll find it here…

Will a bulb go off here?

Ta da!  Inspiration found!

Time Out…

…for you and for me.

Jane Street by Steven Harris Architects, photography by Scott Frances

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Hiroko Koshino

I am  in awe of the uber-talented Japanese fashion designer Hiroko Koshino.  Hiroko is highly regarded in the fashion world as a pioneer of reinventing traditional Japanese dress.  While her contemporaries favor the avant-garde, Hiroko creates wearable clothes based on ceremonial wear updated with more volume, natural materials, and assymetric designs.  Her hallmark is the modern reinterpretation of the kimono as well as gorgeous textiles and prints of her own design.  Hiroko paints; she owns a gallery; she is considered a master of calligraphy; and she plays the Japanese three-strings guitar.  You know, I guess when you’ve got it, you’ve got it…

Tadao Ando designed Hiroko’s Tokyo home, his first private project.

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What’s New?

Same old, same old here…

jason schmidt photography

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On the Wall…

Yes, the writing is on the wall!

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D dress

I am having fun designing my D dress…

Ruby Inspired

The Library resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, designed by Tirawan Songsawat sports a red swimming pool by day and by night.

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The Luna2 Private Hotel

Luna2 is a private beachfront hotel in Bali, Indonesia that has been designed by American architect David Wahl, with interiors by owner and interior designer Melanie Hall.

The hotel is called “private” because they only accept one guest booking at a time for the five bedroom Richard Neutra-inspired beachfront house.  If you notice, the hotel does provide a private butler; now that all t’s have been crossed and i’s have been dotted, time to pack….

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Clouds

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There’s No Place Like Home…

Dorothy surely would have chosen these beauties to wear in Oz…

Sergio Rossi at Cannes 2011

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The Sliding Top by Minimal

I was happy to receive Minimal’s new project, The Sliding Top designed by Stefano Venier.  Minimal states:  While the countertop silently slides ahead through a gentle push, it reveals both a singular induction stainless steel cooktop and a retractable faucet. When it’s open, the top serves as a sophisticated linear table that can be a bar, a serving or a dining space, while closed the kitchen forms a unique block.

Major magic from Minimal…let’s cook…

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