(Tampa, Florida)........Alfonso Architects is designing the new Streamsong Resort and Conference Center in Polk County, Florida. The 16,000 acre property located between Orlando and Tampa, is formerly mined phosphate land owned and developed by The Mosaic Company, the world's leading producer and marketer of phosphate-based crop nutrients. Alberto Alfonso, AIA is the lead architect on the 300,000 square foot resort, with 216 rooms in the main lodge, 12 rooms in the golf clubhouse, a full service …
Celebrate Spring with New Ravenna Mosaics
(Exmore, VA)........The fresh, vibrant colors of spring are celebrated in new mosaics from Sara Baldwin, founder and creative director of New Ravenna Mosaics. Made entirely by hand in Virginia, the mosaics are inspired by the inlay technique which originated in the 17th century India. Baldwin interprets her fascination with the cultures of South Asia, replacing traditional bone and mother of pearl with brilliant jewel glass and natural stone. Fiona, Jacqueline Vine and Climbing Vine are delicate …
Cleto Munari in Designers & Books
Born in Gorizia, Italy, Cleto Munari describes himself as a globetrotter, collector, and inventor. Evidently, he's also a bookworm. What's he reading? See what's on his reading list in Designers & Books. As his introductory says, "In thinking about some of my favorite books I cannot avoid dreaming about my own desires for adventure and imaginary worlds. Dumas and Salgari are part of those childhood fantasies whereas my early adulthood found me leaning toward the aristocratic world …
Introducing Hearst Castle Collection by Tilevera
(Sausalito, California)........In 1919 newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst was tired of camping in tents on his 250,000 acres on the coast of central California and hired celebrated San Francisco architect Julia Morgan to "build a little something." For the next twenty eight years craftsmen labored to construct the elaborate Hearst Castle. The majestic estate is a reflection of Morgan's engineering prowess and integration of Spanish Colonial, Mission and Moorish Revival architectural …
New Ravenna Mosaics Presents Winter White to Warm the Walls and Floors
(Exmore, Virginia)........ New Ravenna Mosaics uses jewel glass and marble to create elegant texture and sinuous movement in custom mosaics for floors and walls. The warmth of hand crafted mosaics in palettes of winter white produced by the company are classic and contemporary interpretations of myth and landscape. Central Asian Ikat textiles, silk ribbons, ancient Greek nudes, and florals inspired by the Silk Road all captivate the imagination. Exotic marbles are sourced from around the …