From the monthly archives:
Modern Homes New England is a new website dedicated to, you guessed it, modern homes in New England. They are currently looking for content: MHNE is looking for your photos and stories. Are you dreaming of building your own modern, pre-fab home? Already in the permitting process? Renovating your kitchen with products from IKEA? Do [...]
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Montage and Arclinea have teamed up for the 2nd Annual Montage Arclinea Contemporary Design Scholarship Competition. The goal is to see who can best incorporate the design philosophy of Italian architect Antonio Citterio in one of two different kitchen/living room redesigns. If you are currently enrolled in an architecture/design program at any school in New [...]
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Linda Garriot said to save the date, so here is my way of doing so! On Saturday, April 28 and Sunday April 29, 2006, from noon to 4:00 PM, check out the eighth annual West Medford Open Studios. Over 45 artists – including visual artists, writers, and musicians – will be opening their studios for [...]
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A new question came in to DB Central, and I would like to share it with the masses: Hi Gradon–We stumbled upon your blog and love it. We share your interest in modern architecture and design and are in the process of purchasing a brownstone duplex in the South End that we’d like to do [...]
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I was supposed to meet with Sam Grawe, the Editor-in-Chief of Dwell, last week at Residential Design & Construction. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, but Sam was nice enough to answer a few questions for me via email: What is your personal design philosophy?Less is more, except when it isn’t. Since I’m not really a designer, [...]
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What do you think about this kitchen? Your typical, modern kitchen, with plenty of stainless steel and dark wood accents? You wouldn’t be wrong if that was your guess, except for the typical part. This kitchen was refurbished by Sustainable Construction Services Inc, a Boston-based “green” contractor. SCSI “performs high quality construction with a goal [...]
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Dolce Vita Kitchen & Bath had the most striking kitchen display of the whole show. (Sorry for no photo, I’m working on getting it!) Clean straight lines; modern accents of wood, color, and metal. Absolutely stunning. Of course, it’s Italian! Dolce Vita offers the complete line of various Italian kitchen and bath cabinet-makers, including Aster [...]
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As everyone but a few politicians seem to be aware of, our use of fossil fuels is the single biggest factor in global warming. I met with a few reps from one company that’s working on changing that: groSolar. In only six years, groSolar has gone from a husband-and-wife team, to a company with offices [...]
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I’m a bit behind in my reports back from Residential Design & Construction. After looking over all that I collected while I was there, I decided to highlight a few of the companies that really stood out to me. Of course I was looking for great design ideas, but also environmentally conscious companies as well. [...]
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This question just came in, and it’s such a great question that just couldn’t post it right away: Hi there, I have a bit of an odd question for you. I came across your blog and noticed your affinity for modern architecture and design (me too!). I’m looking for a contemporary or industrial space in [...]
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