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This distinctive bench, designed by Robb & Stucky and manufactured to their exacting specifications, combines modern materials with sensuous shapes and geometric details to create a visually exceptional accent piece. Mixing stainless steel – used for the sleek base – with a natural reed called agzam – used for the”wavy” seating surface – Robb & Stucky has produced a wonderful new look…of which Kris Kolar, VP Interior Design says “It’s the next wave – eco-chic that’s fresh, fun and simply stunning.” Wherever this accent bench is placed in the home – entryway, at the foot of the bed, in a living room seating arrangement – it is sure to add unexpected style. more details
In an era of mass marketing and production, home construction can become
cookie-cutter. But for architect Mark Domiteaux, every house is a chance to
reinvent and hone his design.
“We never have any standard details every house is a prototype,” he said.
“We always have really tight budgets and that compels us to be eclectic
with our style.” He and partner Laura Baggett
are Domiteaux Architects, a decade-old Dallas practice
that covers the bases from historic to midcentury modern
to old ranch house remodels. The goal is to be seamless and
freshen and modernize things. “We’re contemporary, but
we’re not stripped down,austere modern,” Domiteaux said.
“We tend to be much more inclusive of our material
choices and more experimental at times of
how things go together.”
Float is comfort, Float is lounge, Float is social. Float is an outdoor furniture
collection that will transform your space into a beautifully clean modern
landscape. The lightweight construction of the hard rubber coated foam and
modular extrusion shapes allows for maximum flexibility. Float is currently
available in white as a lounge, couch, and chaise. more details
6000 Mccommas Boulevard
Marilyn Donsky Pailet – Ebby Halliday Realtors // $695,000
Exceptional custom stone, stucco and glass contemporary home enhanced with metal roof and staircases, scored concrete floors, Japanese soaking tub with private courtyard off the master bath secluded by metal fence, 2 interior balconies, 2 covered balconies, office or exercise room above master suite. Amazing design with windows galore. Stainless counters and appliances in eat-in kitchen adjacent to large courtyard. Unique landscaped grounds include courtyards, patios and lagoon pool. 727 square feet media-game room basement not included in square footage. Priced to sell. Just appraised for $695,000. more details
Tricia Weiner // David Griffin & Company Realtors // 3510 Armstrong Avenue
$675,000
Timeless, crisp contemporary Lionel Morrison single family attached all on one level!
Just steps from the Katy Trail, this sophisticated home has limestone floors, commercial sliding glass doors that open onto a sexy cocktail pool in a low maintenance backyard with tree lighting. Stellar location abutting Highland Park on a secluded street just minutes away from your choice of a myriad of restaurants. The house has a flexible floorplan that provides the option of being a two bedroom or a one bedroom with two living areas or a private
dining room. The kitchen features all stainless appliances-Subzero
refrigerator, Fischer/Paykel 5 burner gas cooktop, Bosch double ovens and Thermador dishwasher and warming trays. There is also a built in wine cooler in the laundry room.
Clerestory windows and skylights provide a great deal of natural light. The two master baths each have their own set of walk in closets with built ins. This was the architect’s own home and he customized it to suit his needs, but it can easily be modified.
There is gated entry for security and an oversized garage!
Once you enter the Goss Michael Foundation, you sense that this is no ordinary exhibit. The collaboration with noted Dallas collectors Cindy and Howard Rachofsky brings to Dallas influential British Artist Marc Quinn.
Marc Quinn Sky 2006 Human placenta and umbilical cord, stainless steel,
perspex and refrigeration equipment.
The GMF and The Rachofsky Collection bring together a strong array of Quinn’s works dated from 1998 to present. Utilizing both traditional mediums such as bronze and marble, in addition to more innovative materials such as ice, blood, insulin and DNA, Quinn breaks the boundaries of historical sculpture-making. The works included in the exhibition comment on the modern preoccupation of eternal preservation of the self and explore Quinn’s obsession with the unpredictability of the human body and the dualisms that define human life, such as: spiritual and physical, surface and depth, cerebral and sexual.
The
art of
architecture
FOSTER+PARTNERS
Continuing its investigation of contemporary architecture, the Nasher Sculpture Center will present a retrospective of the work of PritzkerPrize-
winning architect Norman Foster and his architectural firm, Foster + Partners.
Scheduled to coincide with the grand opening of the new, Foster-designed
Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the Dallas Center for Performing
Arts, the exhibition will explore Foster + Partners’ major architectural
achievements in a practice that spans the past four decades. Focusing
on cultural buildings and civic spaces, as well as select infrastructure projects.
Foster + Partners: Computer Visualization of the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, 2003-09. © Foster + Partners
The Art of Architecture: Foster + Partners will present important milestones in the firm’s practice that reflect its emphases on structural innovation and sustainable design and provide important precedents for the Winspear Opera House. Architectural models, along with drawings, renderings, photographs, and videos, will give insight into the formal and conceptual underpinnings of Foster + Partners’ architecture and provide context for better understanding their new contribution to the panoply of modernist architecture in Dallas
