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We need your votes!
It's time again for the Detroit Home Design awards and we need your votes! We are up for a reader's choice Best Overall Home Award with one of our projects, Carlton Shores. Here is how to cast your vote...Step 1: Visit Detroit Home Design Awards' ballot webpage for the 2012 Reader's Choice for Best Overall Home: http://www.detroithomemag.com/Detroit-Home/Detroit-Home-Design-Awards-2012-Readers-Choice-Ballot-for-Best-Overall-Home/Step 2: Scroll down and select Carlton Shores, which is Entry #6.Step 3: Scroll down to the bottom of the page where you are asked to enter your email address, answer...
In this Holiday Season, we reflect on the past year and are grateful for those who have helped to shape our business. We value your business, your support, your interest, and your feedback and look forward to working with all of you in the years to come.We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year filled with peace and prosperity....
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Harbor Shores made The New York Times!
Harbor Shores, the "emerald oasis" of Benton Harbor, MI, was featured in The New York Times last week in the article featured below outlining the history of Benton Harbor, its past and present economic challenges and the hopeful resurgence that developments like Harbor Shores will bring. Visbeen Associates is proud to be a part of Harbor Shores and the revival of Benton Harbor and the home we designed can be seen in the multimedia slideshow of the article!Now That the Factories Are Closed, It's Tee Time in Benton Harbor, Mich.Mark Peterson/Redux, for the New York TimesBy JONATHAN MAHLERPublished:...
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Architectural Tutorial: Mountain Style
Rugged. Sturdy. Warm. Strong-featured. Cozy. Textured. Rustic.These are all words that can be used to describe a Mountain Style home. This type of architecture is meant to "blend in with the natural environment" with characteristics like extensive use of stone and timber for building materials. It has more to do with "materials and details than house type" and has characteristics that include over-hanging roofs, small paned windows and ornamentation with natural elements like logs and branches. It offers an "expression of nostalgia for the simpler life of the Colonists who'd founded the United...
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Make-A-Wish Offices
Wayne and Ryan had the opportunity to design the office space for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan. Check out these photos of the finished office from their recent open hou...
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Staff Post by Wayne Visbeen
I have had the privilege of playing some of the most revered golf courses in the world in the past 15 years. Many of these classics have been in the East Coast, which has a wonderful tradition of great courses, and for me, even better, great clubhouses. In the East I have played, Oakmont, Oakhill, Baltusrol, Winged Foot, Merion, and most recently Ridgewood Country Club. These courses have all hosted PGA events and have a long tradition of golfing excellence. Several of these courses have two things in common that I want to refer to today: golf course Architect, A.W. Tillinghast and Architect...
Highfield Progress
We recently received these images of the progress being made on the Highfield residence. It's really coming along!This will be the final produ...
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