Behind The Scenes at Eau Du Soleil: Landscape Architect Patrick Bollenberghe
In our Fourth Behind The Scenes video we sit down with MBTW Group Landscape Architect, Patrick Bollenberghe and learn about the different influences in desig...
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ATTRACTING CRITICS: The "disappointing" Spark Park on Hereford St.
A new central-city park built by telecom company Spark has been called unappealing and harsh by one of New Zealand's leading landscape architects.
The Spark Park was built on the site of the company's former Telecom exchange building in Hereford St. The building was demolished after the February 2011 earthquake.
The small park features some grass planters, four lamp-posts, free wi-fi and the royal crest that used to adorn the original building. At the back of the park is a new piece of street art by Christchurch artist Wongi.
Do you live near an ugly park? Tell us about it at reporters@press.co.nz.
However, Christchurch landscape architect Di Lucas said the park looked unappealing.
"The rest of it looks unfinished, like the spark is yet to arrive. It looks like it is more for vehicles than for people," she said.
"It is very hard and harsh and an unusual colour. It is not friendly. It is disappointing and it looks unfinished."
Christchurch writer and designer Barnaby Bennett was also critical of the space.
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'It looks like the spark is yet to arrive' at new park
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ATTRACTING CRITICS: The "disappointing" Spark Park on Hereford St.
A new central-city park built by telecom company Spark has been called unappealing and harsh by one of New Zealand's leading landscape architects.
The Spark Park was built on the site of the company's former Telecom exchange building in Hereford St. The building was demolished after the February 2011 earthquake.
The small park features some grass planters, four lamp-posts, free wi-fi and the royal crest that used to adorn the original building. At the back of the park is a new piece of street art by Christchurch artist Wongi.
Do you live near an ugly park? Tell us about it at reporters@press.co.nz.
However, Christchurch landscape architect Di Lucas said the park looked unappealing.
"The rest of it looks unfinished, like the spark is yet to arrive. It looks like it is more for vehicles than for people," she said.
"It is very hard and harsh and an unusual colour. It is not friendly. It is disappointing and it looks unfinished."
Christchurch writer and designer Barnaby Bennett was also critical of the space.
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'Spark yet to arrive' at new city park
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628 East Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20003
Unsurpassed luxury comes to Capitol Hill in this stunning townhouse, wonderfully sited on one of the most prominent streets in Washington. Both the main and carriage house underwent an exhaustive.
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Andrew Lefevre was an artist and interior designer whose curtains, bedspreads, tablecloths and drapes were valued by clients across Western Pennsylvania.
He was very artistic and talented and sensitive, said his business partner, Francis Simko Jr. of Swissvale.
Andrew Lefevre of Swissvale died of kidney failure Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. He was 79.
Mr. Lefevre was born in Adamsburg and graduated from Jeannette High School in 1954.
In 1976, he and Simko Jr. opened Originality Plus in Youngwood, a consignment shop that sold the work of local artists.
When the shop was moved from Youngwood to Swissvale, Mr. Lefevre started to receive many requests to design and make custom bedspreads, curtains and other textiles.
He learned his trade as a young man by installing draperies for JCPenney and by working with interior designers, Simko said.
By the mid-1980s, his design work took up all of his time.
It got so busy that we actually closed the gift shop, Simko said.
When he was at his busiest, Mr. Lefevre had eight to 10 employees, according to Simko.
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BOONTON TWP. - Suzan Lucas Santiago of Boonton Township received a Gold Award for excellence in interior design from the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers at a ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 19 in Red Bank. She is part of Santiago Design Group, based in Parsippany.
Santiago received the Gold Award in Large Corporate (50+ employees) for designing the 40,000 square foot corporate offices for New York Life Insurance Company, located in New York City, and the Gold Award of Design Excellence in a Single Corporate Space for designing the 6,000 square foot 300 seat Auditorium of New York Life Insurance Co., located on Madison Avenue in New York City.
Santiago also earned a Gold Award of Design Excellence in the Health Care category for the design of a 4,000 square foot Corporate Employee Health Department.
Universal Design Recognition Awards were also presented to Suzan for the three Gold Awarded projects, noting they are interior spaces accessible to all people, regardless of levels of ability or mobility, age, gender or physical stature without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
This is the 16th consecutive year Santiago has received Awards for Excellence in Contract Design from the American Society of Interior Designers, totaling 44 since the Awards inception in 1992.
She resides in Boonton Township with her husband, Philip Santiago.
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VILONIA, AR -- It's a big step for neighborhood hit hard by the April 27th tornado that devastated parts of central Arkansas. The first rebuilt home is currently under construction in the Parkwood Meadows subdivision of Vilonia.
Crews were busy Thursday putting in electrical wiring and working on the roof. A developer bought up 25 lots. He plans to build homes and put them on the market. For one of the guys working on the build its an extra special job. He's an electrician and also a volunteer firefighter -- one of the first to respond after the tornado.
"This is my home town and just to see the destruction , the life lost, it still gets to you a little bit," said Clay Heslep. "To be rebuilding the first house, it's just a testament to what this community is all about.
The developer says all the homes will be build with anchor bolts to better secure the walls to the foundation. Each will also have a safe room.
The builder says the plan from here out is to do two homes at a time. He hopes to have the first home on the market within the next three weeks.
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