Little Elm resident Derwin Broughton, project manager for Ron Hobbs Architects, is the first place winner of the Gus Garcia Park Design Competition. The competition was created to provide an opportunity for young design professionals to present ideas for developing Gus Garcia Park, a 47 acre parkland located in the rapidly growing northeast section of [...]
The Kadiyev family have long been builders in Chechnya, but no one has had a job quite like that facing architect Dzhalal Kadiyev: reconstructing the entire city of Grozny from the ashes of war.
Kadiyev, a small, bird-like man sporting large spectacles, is unfazed by the task ahead of him and often draws inspiration from [...]
Famous Uncle Al’s Hot Dogs & Grille, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FDOG - News) has unveiled an enhanced design of its traditional hot dog and grille franchised restaurants. Opened this week in Las Vegas, the new restaurant presents a more sophisticated image than the traditional Famous Uncle Al’s Hot Dogs & Grille restaurants.
President, Dean Valentino [...]
A proposed land swap with Barron Collier Cos. could save the city of Naples money on the design of a new downtown parking garage, an architect told a city advisory board Monday.
Amid grumblings about the cost, the Naples City Council voted 5-2 earlier this month to pay Andrea Clark Brown & David Poorman Architects up [...]
Cincinnati-based architectural, engineering and interior design firm KZF Design Inc. elected William H. Wilson III its new president and chief executive officer. Wilson, formerly the vice president of technical operations and senior project architect with the company, has been with KZF for 22 years.
He’s a University of Cincinnati graduate. During his years at KZF, he’s [...]
The 49ers may again be in the market for a new home. After burning most of their bridges with San Francisco and then annoying Santa Clara with demands, the 49ers are stirring up memories of 1997’s failed stadium plan.
What the team needs is a new location, and we have one in mind: the Concord Naval [...]
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Tired of looking in design magazines for tips and not finding anything that suits you? The spring issue of Decorating (a special-interest publication of Better Homes and Gardens) has ideas for decorating smaller homes with human-scale rooms, as opposed to the cavernous rooms seen in more high-end design magazines:
• If you are re-covering furniture, [...]
Walking up to Wetherington Signature Homes’ Le Chateau model, you may think you have been transported to your own private estate in the French countryside.
Elegant, yet not ostentatious, the 4,632-square-foot, four-bedroom Le Chateau is an homage to the classic designs of yore. In addition to five full baths, the home has two half baths.
An oval [...]
Marcia is my No. 1 fan. She has seen every episode of Divine Design and has memorized all my makeovers. Yet her own home, which she shares with husband Frankie and their four children (and dog and parrot), was a design debacle. The family moved into the house two years ago, and the place has [...]
Al Gore, the environmental activist stung by criticism over his home’s energy efficiency, says renovations are nearly complete to make it a model “green” home.
“This plan has been in the works for a long time,” the former vice president said Friday. “The only thing that has changed is that we’re more public about it because [...]
Homearama is like a fashion show for the home design world, with builders, architects, interior designers and landscapers all striving to push the boundaries and showcase their abilities.
“I love design and it’s a great opportunity to show off what we can do,” says Rick Seitz, co-owner of Artisan Estate Homes, one of the 10 homes [...]
As a professional interior designer with Birmingham-based Maddalena Design, Sally Matak spends her days in a swirl of color, pattern and textures. So, when she heads home, it’s to a purposely serene and simple space where she can relax and refuel.
The 30-something Matak, who grew up in a “teeny, tiny town in Ontario two hours [...]