Tag Archive for 'Vanity'
An old, vintage bike becomes something to primp over in this design that turned a forgotten two-wheeler into a beautifully hand-crafted vanity and sink. Created by New Orleans-based crafter and decorator Benjamin Bullins, this bike sink is super clever and a great piece of decor for those who love cycling.
Read the rest of Benjamin Bullins Crafts a Chic Sink & Vanity fro... weiterlesen...
Photo: B. Alter, Flat Rock Cellars
In the past decade a whole region with new Ontario wineries has sprung up around Beamsville, near Niagara Falls. This was formerly a rich fruit growing area, but the peach and cherry orchards are disappearing as the wineries pop up.
Many of them are striving to be eco. They are making organic and biodynamic wines, and have recycled buildings... weiterlesen...
Give your bathroom or bedroom a well-traveled flair with these charming vanities made from recycled suitcases. Each one is made by lovenostalgicwhimsy, who takes time-worn leather luggage and turns it into one of a kind medicine cabinets that can be mounted on the wall as instant conversation starters. The suitcases are the perfect size and shape to hold all of your toiletries a... weiterlesen...
Adam Joseph Lewis Center, McDonough and Associates, Voted Greenest Building since 1980
When covering Vanity Fair's World Architecture Survey I asked "Where's The Green?" and wrote that there was a "profound disconnect between the architecture shown and the problems that architects have to solve today."
Lance Hosey, formerly a partner at McDonough and Associates and now a writ... weiterlesen...
Photo: Imgur, via Digg
Better to Laugh than to Cry
Getting off oil is one of the hardest things that our petroleum-addicted society will have to do. It's a challenge of epic proportions, and it's going to be hard especially in the transportation sector where oil utterly dominates as a source of energy. We'll need to change our cities (make them more like Copenhagen), and change... weiterlesen...
28 votes: Frank Gehry, Guggenheim, Bilbao
When I entered architecture school, a charming and brilliant Wayne Lawson taught a wonderful survey course on culture and communication. It was a hot couple of years at the University of Toronto (now John Daniels) school of architecture, and almost everyone passed through. Professor George Baird and Chairman Peter Prangnell snagged the ... weiterlesen...