Elzinga & Volkers Construction Professionals and Visbeen Associates took home an Award of Excellence for StoneWater Country Club's Restaurant and Banquet Facility as part of the 2011 Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) of Western Michigan Chapter Awards. That makes two-for-two on this project, since we were awarded a 2010 Award of Excellence for StoneWater Country Club's Clubhouse & Pool Facility.Here is a little tour of the completed project... Congratulations to all players involved in this award-winning Restaurant & Banquet Facility!Designed...
Brooklyn Museum Shop Tour
As your learned from our blog post two weeks ago, the Brooklyn Museum Shop is open for business and people are talking! Now we have the pleasure of giving you a pictorial tour of this rehabilitated and renovated space. With local artisan pieces like the chandelier and wooden toys by David Weeks, and Keith Haring paintings displayed behind the cash wrap, the shop brings the beauty of the museum's exhibits inside.For more photos of this retail space, please visit our website:www.visbeen.biz > gallery > commercial projects > retail > brooklyn museum shopInterior Merchandising...
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Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright
Ryan in our office recently took a tour of one of the most famous homes designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright called Fallingwater, located in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. The home was designed by Wright in 1935 for the Edgar Kaufmann family, president of Kaufmann's Department Store in Pittsburgh. This unique home is on the Smithsonian's Life List of "28 Places to visit before you die," it was designated as a National Landmark in 1966, and in 1991, members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) named it the "best all-time work of American architecture."The most recognizable...
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A little inspiration from Greene and Greene
Another architect that has paved the way for Visbeen Associates? It was actually a pair of brother architects - Charles & Henry Greene. Their custom residences and ultimate bungalows are prime examples of the Arts & Crafts, otherwise known as Craftsman, movement. After completing education at Washington University and MIT, and having apprenticeships at firms in Boston, Massachusettes, the brothers relocated with their family to Pasadena, California and established their firm, Greene and Greene Architects, in 1894. Their style was distinctly...
Houzz feature: Hanging Furniture for Swinging Rooms
One of our designs, the Stafford was featured in another houzz.com ideabook. Check out these tastefully creative beds, chairs and sofas hanging from the ceiling... Hanging Furniture for Swinging Rooms Hammocks, air chairs and hanging beds for the indoors make furniture fun againShare:I'll admit it, I'm a swinger. I love hammocks, porch swings and hanging beds. And I especially love them inside. Having a hanging seat or a bed indoors automatically adds playfulness to the space. It also lightens up a room, seeming to create more space and a little more air. These 14 examples illustrate...
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