Virginia Architecture

I'm in Charlottesville/Madison County for the weekend. While Thomas Jefferson's SERPENTINE walls at the University of Virginia maintain a top spot on my list of favorites, the below photo depicts my favorite kind of Virginia (and country) architecture.

Coolest new GREEN material

Metal tile from Coverings, Etc. made out of RECYCLED airplanes. Look for it at ICFF May 16-19.

MoMA Exhibit

You should not miss:

Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection

at MoMA. It was curated by our friend Christian Rattenmeyer and it is truly amazing. "The exhibition brings together historical works by Lee Bontecou and Joseph Beuys; Minimalist and Conceptual works by Donald Judd and Hanne Darboven; detailed narrative drawings by Elizabeth Peyton and John Currin; collages by Amelie von Wulffen, Mona Hatoum, Lucy McKenzie and Paulina Olowska; and large-scale installations by Nate Lowman and Ján Mancuska, to name just a few. In its exploration of diverse artistic tendencies at the turn of the twenty-first century, this exhibition proudly celebrates the panoramic state of drawing today."

Alighiero e Boetti (a favorite piece)

Opening Night

Handmade Dolls

Reinaldo and I discovered a pattern for handmade felt dolls at Purl on Sullivan Street today. We are both going to make one. http://www.purlbee.com/hand-sewn-felt-dolls/

Best Chairs for Summer

Tropicalia chair by patricia urquiola for Moroso.

Green in Brooklyn

We biked to Brooklyn today to see the cherry blossoms at the BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN, explore Prospect Park, check out the BROOKLYN FLEA and visit a friend's eco-friendly home furnishings store on Atlantic Avenue, GREENHOUSE.

It's Friday

Chelsea Loft (Updated)

Below are some updated images of the recently completed Loft in Chelsea. The round chairs were owned by the client and we upholstered them in teddy bear fabric. They came out looking like polar bear paws. The kids love them and so do we.
Try to spot Ariel in the pics below.

B&B Table, Vintage Chairs (reupholstered)

Vintage Library Chair and Side Table, Long Horn Skull, Palm Tree

Vintage Rug, B&B Sofa, Art by Carol Rosenblatt, Vintage Atlas

World of A+L

Upper West Side One-Bedroom Duplex

Check out...

The Girlfriend Experience, a film by Steven Soderbergh. Click HERE for the trailer.

Pritzker Prize 2009

The well deserved honor went to swiss architect Peter Zumthor. This project is the Field Chapel to St. Nikolaus von der Flüe, completed in 2007, in Mechernich, Germany. It was hard to choose one project of his to feature since they are all really amazing.

It's Friday.

Walking to work.

Lizzy wrote a book!

NY Post called it required reading.

Cat Power: A Good Woman

by Elizabeth Goodman (Crown)

Talented, if tortured, singer-songwriter Chan Marshall, performing as Cat Power, famously broke down during a Bowery Ballroom performance one cold January night in 1999. Goodman, a Blender editor, goes behind the breakdown and all the way back to Marshall's Southern childhood for some insight.

Buy it here!
Amazon

It's Friday.

Its raining here in NY and our follower 'Tu Madrina' submitted this view from her house in Margarita, Venezuela. Wish I would be there.

Casa Box

This awesome house was done by architects Alan Chu & Cristiano Kato in Sao Paulo-Brasil.
Its around 400 sqf and has a great view.

before

Denim After Dark | Topshop

I LOVE these jeans! Well done Alix from Madewell!
I also got to check out Topshop last night. It's awesome. I'll try to post what I bought later on.
Click here!
Denim After Dark
April 2, 7-9 p.m.
Madewell
486 Broadway (at Broome)
(212) 226-6954

Vintage Rattan Cups on Ebay

Click here.

3 current projects.

1 Bedroom, Upper West Side.
3 Bedrooms, Upper West Side.

4 Bedrooms, Upper East Side.

Best TV Ever

And best review ever.
Rumble in the Concrete Jungle