Posts Tagged ‘color’
Painted Beam With Piranhas & Diamond Post Detail
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, color, decoration, details, interiors, paint, painted beam, patterns, small buildings, whimsy on September 26, 2020| 1 Comment »
Mexico City Architecture
Posted in Found Objects, tagged color, mexico city, patterns on October 29, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Last year I spent a week in Mexico City with my aunt, a retired Mexican history professor. What an architectural treat! I’m finally getting a chance to share a few of the highlights.
Palacio de Bellas Artes- Inside this recently restored, golden-topped, art nouveau building are several spectacular murals by Diego Riviera
Casa de los Azulejos- This is the dining court inside a department store in the Centro Historico. The mural wraps around all sides of the light-filled courtyard. I don’t have a photo of the outside of the building, and old palace covered in blue and white tiles
Bold red-orange facade in Centro Historico
Another facade in the Centro Historico, this one a bit less flashy, but has a variety of artful details
Aunt Susan at the giant sundial at UNAM
Approaching the Biblioteca Central UNAM – This walkway seemed a bit out of scale, but the shade was nice
Biblioteca Central – UNAM – The Central Library at UNAM was built in 1948, a collaboration between artist and architect Juan O’Gorman, and Architects Gustavo Saavedra and Juan Martinez de Velasco. The exterior is covered in murals depicting the history of Mexico and made out of stones collected from around the country.
Around the Biblioteca Central was a grid of grass squares and concrete pathways that seemed like they could be a giant board for a game. The simple white painted arrows on some of the paths direct bikers properly through the maze.
Grid of lawn squares and concrete paths
The graphic simplicity of bike path through UNAM
Zona Rosa Art Deco Industrial
Zona Rosa greenery
Zona Rosa Glass and Steel
Fuente de la Diana Cazadora
Amber Dome- Museo de Arte Moderno de Mexico
Living Roof – Jardin Botanico, Chapultapec
National Museum of Anthropology Fountain Column
Marquee – Polanco
Mural and Fountain in Los Danzantes Coyoacan
A real drawing!
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, color, design process, details, doorways, Garage, hand drawing, sketch, small buildings on July 8, 2016| 1 Comment »
Inspection in Oakland
Posted in Design Projects, tagged black, black & white, cedar, charred cedar, color, Oakland, rainscreen, small buildings, utilitarian, wood on March 25, 2016| 1 Comment »
Rockridge Bedroom with Stained Glass & Custom Closet
Posted in Design Projects, tagged cabinets, closet, color, creative, details, furniture, lighting, lighting design, metal, Oakland, Rockridge, stained glass on December 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This bedroom was part of a recent full house remodel in Rockridge. I finally had a chance to publish a few photos. Due to the multicolor light, the colors are not perfect in these photos, but hopefully you can get the idea. Photos are by Nancy Kalter-Dills.
This one shows the pair of colorful stained glass casement windows – A collaboration with Sabina Frank of Berkeley. It also shows the steel bed designed by myself to go with the windows and fabricated by Frank Trousil in Richmond. Lights are from Metro Lighting in Berkeley and the flooring is ash.
The next few show the custom closet system fabricated by Martin Lee in Oakland. My favorite part is the picture frames built into the doors. This gives the owner the opportunity to personalize the doors that they look at from the bed every day.
Hard to see in this photo, but Martin created crafty little wooden levers to hold in the picture and the glass on the inside of the door.
More progress at Valley Street
Posted in Design Projects, tagged black & white, color, dining room, kitchen, panty, process, storage on October 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Tall Shelving Between Kitchen and Dining Area for All the Dishes
Efficient Pantry For All the Food
Final Details Underway
Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, color, indoor-outdoor, kitchen, minimalist, orange, pantry, process, punchlist, rearrange, remodel on October 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This Berkeley addition and full house remodel is almost finished and we are all very excited.
I’ll do a full post with before and after photos soon, but I can’t resists giving you a preview. Steve Coleman is the contractor.
Mudroom with Built-in Benches
Posted in Design Projects, tagged ash, color, mudroom, Oakland, paint, storage, utility on July 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »
There is a spot for everything in this mudroom – Shoe cubbies below, ample storage for scarves, dog leashes, hats, and bags under the bench seats (solid ash), and lots of pegs on the wall.
Photo Credit – Nancy Kalter-Dills
More snapshots…getting ready for a real photo shoot at this Rockridge Full House Remodel
Posted in Design Projects, tagged barn door, bathroom, cabinets, color, fir barn door, glass tile, houses, interiors, kitchen, lighting design, metal, stone tile, teak bench, tile, tin tiles, whimsy, wood, zinc on March 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
My Rockridge project is getting finishing touches slowly but surely. These are just quick snapshots of things I am excited about.
Teak Shower bench with glass tile walls and stone tile floor
Fir Barn Door
Kitchen
Tin Ceiling Tiles
Colorful diningroom
Blue Hardware
Posted in Found Objects, tagged color, details, houses, Oakland, whimsy on January 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Not long ago I was checking out a house in the Oakland hills that caught my client’s fancy – 
I’d call it rustic modern with a bit of whimsy. I like it. I also like that it was surrounded by trees and shrubs so that I had trouble getting a good photo of the whole building. I noticed one nice detail that is daring and unusual. 
If you look closely you will see that the post bases and the other structural connectors are blue! Here is a close up: 
Even closer:
Blue Rays
Posted in Design Projects, tagged color, details, Oakland, paint, patterns, process, whimsy on August 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Stained Glass Sundial
Posted in Design Projects, tagged color, details, Oakland, patterns, windows on August 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
With this many bright colors, it will be hard not to take note of where the sunlight is falling throughout the day and year.
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