by Mariela | Oct 25, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News, Rosemary Beach Architecture
Aino Aalto (1894-1949) was a well-known Finnish architect and designer. She studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology like her husband, the famous Alvar Aalto. In 1920 she went to work for architect Oiva Kallio in Helsinki. Then in 1923 she went...
by Mariela | Oct 22, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
In an animal loving office, we felt a dog house was a great design exercise and an excellent way to raise funds for a charity that we strongly believe in. It was also a fun and exciting experience for us. We had a great time collaborating with Danny...
by Mariela | Sep 27, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
Kowloon Walled City is one of the most fascinating and extreme examples of human settlements I have ever read about. It is more cramped and crowded than any pre-law tenement house I know of. Kowloon Walled City was a densely populated, ungoverned settlement in...
by Mariela | Sep 12, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
Greta M. Grossman (1906 – 1999) Greta Magnusson Grossman (1906-1999) maintained a prolific forty-year career on two continents, Europe and North America, with achievements in industrial design, interior design and architecture.In the late 1920s Grossman...
by Mariela | Sep 12, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
Andre Balazs, to convert JFK’s historic TWA terminal into a hotel and conference center “The Eero Saarinen-designed terminal will be transformed into a hotel and conference center, along with food and beverage offerings, retail space, a spa and fitness...
by Mariela | Aug 30, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
‘A house is NOT a machine to live in,’ Eileen Gray The Wall Street Journal recently detailed the complex history of E-1027, the house which Eileen Gray designed in Southern France. The article discusses how one of the 20th century’s most important...