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Winter 2010

Winter 2010

Features

Creative Flow

Creative Flow

It’s not a spot that would immediately appear to be an ideal home site — but, then again, sculptor Dave Taylor is well versed in recognizing the potential in what others overlook.

Material Difference

Material Difference

Anthony Brenner is a man with a mission: he’s out to change the way we build houses. In particular, what we use to build them. He champions the use of materials that go beyond “green building” to raise the bar on livability and sustainability…and do it with style.

A New Formula

A New Formula

Architect Mark Allison calls it the “Cartesian House” for the mathematical theory that informed it: a system of coordinates for locating a point in space by its distance from each of three mutually perpendicular, intersecting planes.

Back to the Future

Back to the Future

There are many reasons why a home in the mountains of Western North Carolina is often referred to as a “retreat.” But for Stephen Herbits, a Florida-based executive, it was not so much a case of moving away from something (in this case, the sweltering summers of the Sunshine State), but a moving toward...

Simple Gifts

Simple Gifts

“’Tis the gift to be simple, ‘tis the gift to be free, ‘tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,” proclaims the old Shaker song — and the sentiment resonates for those who long to find a more peaceful, uncomplicated way of life.

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Upfront

Home for the Holidays

Home for the Holidays

Step back in history and tour seven former residences that are now some of Hendersonville’s most notable inns during the Holiday Tour of Historic Inns and Cookie Caper, December 12, 1-5pm.

The Olmsted Project

The Olmsted Project

Lee Friedlander is considered one of the 20th Century’s most influential photographers. In the ‘60s and ‘70s he captured the look of modern life with his photos of storefronts, reflections in car windows, posters, street signs and urban architecture — thereby evolving the art of the urban “social landscape.”

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Design Talk

A Sharp Angle

A Sharp Angle

Bill Griffin and Michael Forde own the Asheville-based Four Corners Home (in two locations) and Mobilia. Their stores focus on furnishings with a modern but comfortable flair and design elements that run the gamut from tastefully affordable to downright show-stoppers.

A Spare Beauty

A Spare Beauty

Nothing says “minimalist” quite like a handful of naked stalks set in a wooden bowl. But Ikebana, a 500-year-old style of Japanese plant and flower arranging, never results from any careless gesture.

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On the Boards

Off a Cliff, Gently

Off a Cliff, Gently

Elihu Siegman, architectural designer and general contractor (Siegman Associates, Inc.), has executed a cutting-edge dream house for a potter and woodworker. His long-time building partner Michael Silverman enthuses about the lack of rules that has allowed for front-line innovation.

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At Home With

Man on  a Mission (chair)

Man on a Mission (chair)

The original Arts & Crafts movement of the early 1900s was, in part, a reaction against the perceived mechanical anonymity of the Industrial Age. But Bruce Johnson, the design style’s foremost national expert is himself no Luddite...

Miami Beach Meets the Mountains

Miami Beach Meets the Mountains

Marcus Katz says he was happy with the moosehead. But then what was a traditionally appointed mountain lodge evolved into a light-drenched mega-retreat with a dramatic poolside waterfall and a crush of other luxury accoutrements.

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Obsessions

Time Traveler

Time Traveler

Sometime during 1977, Georg Pilz decided he wanted a grandfather clock. It might have had something to do with his childhood in Regensburg, a medieval city in Bavaria graced with ancient clock towers; or it may have been Georg’s well-ordered mind as a chemical engineer for BASF.

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Exhibit A

The Peculiarity  of Knowledge

The Peculiarity of Knowledge

“A lot of who I am is where I came from,” says Jessica Stoddart, 32, who grew up in rural Tennessee, the daughter of artists. “I was raised in a ‘Little House on the Prairie’ kind of way,” she says, recalling a childhood spent chopping wood and riding horses. “I love tools, but I’m also a girly girl.”

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In My Garage

Grand Design

Grand Design

Bruce Hatfield grew up in rural Texas where the nearest town had a population of 350 souls. When he began classes at the University of Texas at Austin, it was a daily, 120-mile, round-trip commute. Cars were the only way to bust out.

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