June 27, 2016
Meadow Lake Residence Spout
Meadow Lake Residence Courtyard Garden
Meadow Lake Residence Spout
This elegant water spout the recently completed Meadow Lake Residence is deceptively simple in appearance. Its traditional bronze lamb’s tongue scupper form took hours of careful labor to create. The method of casting designer and fabricator Martins Zinsbergs of Waterbearing Designs employed, the lost wax technique, dates back to Roman times. Watch this beautiful short to see how Roman craftsmen in 2000 BC made, and bronze artists in 2016 make, melted metal take form.
Hadrian / Bronze Casting Using The Lost-Wax Technique from Renana Aldor & Kobi Vogman on Vimeo.
June 20, 2016
Summer in Seaside, Florida wouldn’t be complete without a dip in the pool and lemonade shared in the shade with family and friends. Thanks to Dering Hall for featuring the Seaside Avenue’s cozy guest house among this summer’s 15 Charming Pool Houses!
June 17, 2016
Porch swing? Check. Crisp paint colors? Check. A cocktail of classical architectural features just this side of whimsical make the porch at Seaside Avenue a winner in the “welcome” department. Thank you to Dering Hall for including us in the Journal this week.
June 14, 2016
No question that the hilltop site of Longwood Farm affords some of the most dramatic views in the state of Texas. The sidelong view of the dramatic porch and surrounding landscape were included in Dering Hall’s Journal section offering a slideshow of inspirational gardens.
June 14, 2016
Longwood Farm landscape and back facade, Chappell Hill, Texas
Longwood Farm living room, Chappel Hill, Texas
An Ideal Collaboration, a book recently published by our esteemed colleague, Phillip Dodd, captures the spirit of the shared labor of design and creation in traditional architecture and highlights the importance of the talented hands of many over the genius of few.
Praised by
Period Homes for its inspirational collection of 16 essays by a diverse selection of professionals,
An Ideal Collaboration expounds the value of joint efforts. As essayist John Milner writes, “Design is the first step, but the craftsmen’s contributions are fundamental to realizing, enriching and giving personality to a final creation.”
Those personalities come alive throughout the pages of the book in essays but also in illustrations and photographs. Longwood Farm, the collaborative work of Curtis & Windham
architecture,
landscape and interior design groups, represents the beauty of a comprehensive experience. In this weekend country home, informed by its Texas landscape and guided by a traditional English model of living and entertaining on a rural estate, every view is carefully choreographed. As shown time and time again in
An Ideal Collaboration, seamless, exciting transitions result from the creative work of many parts moving in unison.
The full
Period Homes review is available
here.