Building Materials: Corten or Weathering Steel

Last week’s post featuring the recently completed Jordano Photography Studio also showed off a favorite exterior materials – Corten steel – in both its front facade and alley-side patio.  We’ve used it before at the Crew Bar + Grill and also have it on the books for several up and coming designs.  What is this intentionally weathering material…

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Start of Summer: Love the sun … and keep your cool

Yesterday was both the summer solstice and the Strawberry moon!   Those two events – plus the weekend of sunny, muggy days – has kicked off Summer in Chicago.  If you missed it don’t panic, today will be almost as long and the moon nearly as full tonight … and its going to be hot for a…

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Moss in Detail: a Linear Drain Shower

The walk in shower, with linear drain, is a key component of most of our recent bathroom designs.  By popular demand, and because genuinely like them, we find that we’re drawing linear shower drains into walk-in showers for nearly every project.  Today we explore how they work … and why we like them so much.…

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11 Local, Modern Decorating Ideas for Christmas

The sky is twinkling with stars by 4:30pm, and the streets are slick with ice and snow. Indoors is the place to be this time of year. And oh, what a magical place it can be. Far from feeling oppressive, with the right hangings and foliage, the living room is our respite from the cold…

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Developed Countries Need to Step up on Energy Reform

Warsaw Climate Talks Opened this week In a disheartening report by the New York Times this morning, Japan declares it will not meet the reduced carbon emissions target it set for 2020, citing the Fukushima disaster of 2011. The country is currently using zero percent nuclear power, which had previously supplied around 30% of the…

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