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Using Miniature Bulbs Another option for outdoor lighting is the "miniature," which costs less and consumes less power than the classic outdoor light string. It can be used around the perimeter...
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CASUAL FURNITURE SHOW REFLECTS AMERICA'S LOVE OF EASY LIVING
By Pat Terry
CHICAGO -- America's love affair with casual living -- indoors and out -- continues to boost outdoor rug sales, with no saturation point in sight, according to major outdoor rug exhibitors at the International Casual Furniture & Accessories Market, held here Sept. 16 to 19, 2014
Outdoor rug sales represent from 10 to15% of total rug volume for major rug firms interviewed by Rugnews.com, including Surya, Loloi, Couristan, Capel Rugs and Trans-Ocean. Companies making a strong push to build outdoor sales, such as Surya Outdoors, expect to see that figure increase.
But it's not just about the outdoors. Fashion-forward looks (cut-and-loops, high-low loops and wool-like appearances) are further blurring the definition of "outdoor" rugs. In addition to patios, porches, sunrooms and atriums, these stylish, but easy-care rugs are hitting the floor in greater numbers of bathrooms, kitchens, halls and entryways, utility rooms and kids rooms. They are even going under the billiard table in the family's entertainment center aka rec room.
In addition to sales growth in outdoor rugs, Surya and Loloi have added or are expanding their outdoor accessory categories to capture a greater share of the outdoor market. Trans-Ocean has long been cross-merchandising. To generate larger tickets, these manufacturers are coordinating colors and design across category lines, upscaling fashion. Other major rug producers, such as Couristan and Capel, joined their multi-category colleagues with an emphasis on new patterns, textures, and such colors as spiced-up earth tones persimmon, luminescent/pearly grays and blues, bold Navy blues, deep reds and lots of stripes) and textures.
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Seth King, vice president - sales & marketing (left) and Jim Levine, vice president - Surya Outdoor
Surya, which first showed at the 2013 Chicago Casual Market , took a much larger space for this 2014 to show more than 700 new outdoor products and several new categories.
The company's new categories include outdoor lighting, mirrors, ceramic planters, garden stools, hurricane lamps and candle holders in a variety of textures and finishes. The firm plans to become a one-stop source for coordinated home accessories.
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Serene scene: Lake Burley Griffin provides a haven for many species of bird. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Keep the hard-edged clutter away from Lake Burley Griffin and respect this designed urban lake as a national rarity.
These are the aims of Juliet Ramsay, who has nominated the lake for the National Heritage List.
"There is no other city lake in Australia that has such a central designed lake and landmark feature," says Ms Ramsay, who has a background in landscape architecture and heritage, and specialises in cultural landscapes.
Ms Ramsay's nomination is on behalf of Australian members of the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes, of which she is a member. The committee is a non-government organisation for cultural heritage professionals.
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The nomination captures the outstanding planning, engineering and landscaping that create Canberra's magnificent centrepiece.
The proposed heritage listing notes Walter Burley Griffin's knowledge of natural geography and appreciation of space in design. The Molonglo flood plain's natural terrain needed only a little help from the designer to transform it into outstanding ornamental waters, and change the gentle slopes of the foreshores into parklands.
Inspired by the great US landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted,Mr Griffin loved geography and botany.
"He gave to Australia a unique landscape vision to make a city where landscape features, low-level buildings and an abundance of spaces are the most significant features," Ms Ramsay writes.
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Art meant for public enjoyment was stolen for private profit. When San Francisco revamped the Embarcadero, the project included bronze plaques and figures. Some of those have gone missing.
"Public property goes missing, I guess that is stealing," said Dan Hodapp, landscape architect with the Port of San Francisco, which owns the waterfront stretch of property. "There are very resourceful people in the city from all walks of life. We ask that they respect public property for the enjoyment of others."
The missing items include bronze discs embedded in the sidewalk that depict San Francisco Bay animals and birds, and rectangular strips with words that tell the story of the waterfront. When one is missing, it's a like a page torn out of a book. You don't get the full story.
"Some of the components have a recycling value to some individuals." Hodapp explained. The bronze fabricator for the project, Gil Hernandez from South Bay Bronze, told KTVU a stolen bronze plaque that weighs about eight pounds can get about $1.50/lb at a scrap metal recycler. Hernandez said he's replaced dozens of stolen bronze items along the Embarcadero.
"How do they even pry them up from the ground," asked Steve Busichio as he ate lunch on a sunny Wednesday afternoon along the Embarcadero. "I didn't know you could possibly do that!"
The Port is working with the San Francisco Arts Commission to take inventory of what public art is there and what is missing, and figure out better ways to keep public art from getting into private hands. "We go back to the fabricator, have these re-poured. When we do, we look at stronger ways to put them in," Hodapp said. "We try to learn from the experiences we have on the waterfront to make this as good as we possibly can."
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The sky will be the limit during the initial planning stages to restore the LSU lakes, the project's lead planner said Thursday (Sept. 25).
Kinder Baumgardner, a landscape architect with SWA Group in Houston, answered questions from reporters in Baton Rougefrom a spot overlooking the six-lake system's biggest water body, University Lake.
Cost, of course, will steer what can be accomplished. But Baumgardner said the first goal is to pinpoint exactly what the community wants from the lakes and then deliver the vision. Cost analysis and sorting out who pays for what will come next, as well as a potential paring down of the design elements in necessary.
Many cities "would kill" to have such a beautiful natural environment perched in the middle of an urban environment, he said. But the challenges that brings with it are complicated ones, which his team will explore to find solutions that meet both the ecological needs of below thelakes' surface and the community's needs for the recreational space around them.
Part of his firm's task is to identify funding sources to execute the plans. Those may include a bond issue, donations or a combination of public and private funds. Most projects like this one, he said, are done these days through such a combination of public and private dollars.
"I'm guessing that's probably going to be the answer," he said.
Baumgardner joined Jeffrey Carbo of Lafayette in Baton Rouge Thursday to begin formal work on a master plan to restore the ecological soundness of the lakes and design 45 acres around them for recreational use. BRAF, which raised $750,000 in private fundsto hire theplanning team, along with other stakeholders,selected the team in June among a number of candidates for the project.
They will meet with leaders from LSU, the city-parish government, BREC and an advisory committee established by theBaton Rouge AreaFoundationcomprised of a number of stakeholders.
Plans will include:
-Recommendations for shoreline improvements with dredged materials, such as a trail system.
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Sept. 24, 2014
Construction workers install stone facing on the sides of a new stairway at the base of Bascom Hill. The stairway leads to a raised pedestrian crosswalk at North Park Street and State Street Mall, also under construction in the foreground.
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After four months of construction, the State Street Mall and related Bascom Hill staircase projects are nearing an October finish line.
The new staircase, which merges the north and south sidewalks into one grand entryway, awaits completion of stone facing on its retaining wall, installation of handrails and some final landscape work, says Gary Brown, director of campus planning and architecture. He expects this to be finished around October 20.
The staircase is oriented toward the south side of the hill rather than the center because Bascom Hill and State Street do not align perfectly, Brown says. The new stairs are meant to be a transition point between these two distinct features of campus and are centered on State Street looking west toward the hill.
The work on State Street, extending from North Park Street to North Lake Street, will take a bit longer to complete, estimated for the end of October. Workers still need to pour concrete and finish several large planters in this phase of the project.
Meanwhile, the City of Madison is finalizing a sculpture to be placed just east of the intersection of State Street and East Campus Mall. The metal structure will depict a large leaf and include LED lighting.
Some of the final landscaping will continue into November and next spring based on planting cycles, Brown says.
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Val Thorens Sensations Interior Designer Sophie Jacqmin shares inspiration behind design concept
The design of the new Club Med Val Thorens Sensations is reflected by its dynamic, warm and contemporary positioning. The interior designer Sophie Jacqmin re...
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