Remodeling a bathroom has become as All-American as spring training, summer road trips, fall football weekends, and the winter blues. The kitchen may still be viewed as the epicenter of American home life but when it comes to renovation the bathroom is [...]
Any valuable discussion about Modern Terracotta Tile has to begin with a baseline of knowledge on terracotta in general. Let’s go! What is Terracotta? At Country Floors they never get tired of passing on information about modern terracotta tile. Here we [...]
Tuscan Bluestone springs from the verdant hills of Italy. A uniquely inspirational stone that has driven creative imaginations from Michelangelo & Brunelleschi to present day architects. THE PAST We share our past with Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, the Renaissance, the City of [...]
More Mid-Century Modern is always good. Today, we follow up from last week with two legendary furniture pieces, a few more residences, three clocks, and Charles and Ray Eames. Let’s get to it. Florence Knoll and Eero Saarinen [...]
Our post today is The Spirit of Architecture - Mid-Century Modern. Given that the Mid-Century in question is a full seventy years ago, the entire idea of it being Modern might seem a bit of an oxymoron. Rest assured that [...]
Any discussion of today's topic, The Spirit of Architecture - Art Deco, should probably start with some historical perspective. The first thing to consider is that the term “Art Deco” refers to far more than a highly stylized approach to [...]
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe achieved that quintessential level of fame where you are referred to by only one name, in his case, “Mies.” He was born in Aachen, Germany, in 1886 and emigrated to America in 1937, settling largely [...]
This series continues with The Spirit of Architecture - Bluestone, which is the first time that we have featured a material, rather than an architect, a style, a place, or a type of structure. That said, in terms of current [...]
Rem Koolhaas was born in Rotterdam in 1944. He spent his earliest years there, in Asia, and then Amsterdam. A snapshot of his career reveals vast contributions to theories on urban planning, mentorship of future architectural stars, and often controversial, [...]
We often consider our design ideas and subsequent plans by taking a room to room approach. There is certainly a logic to this when many spaces are involved, for example, in a new construction scenario. It is also fundamentally necessary [...]