
An Artful Transition
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 Businesswoman Joan Bialek and her husband Louis Levitt, an orthopedic surgeon, approach art collecting as a spontaneous activity. The couple routinely purchases…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 Businesswoman Joan Bialek and her husband Louis Levitt, an orthopedic surgeon, approach art collecting as a spontaneous activity. The couple routinely purchases…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 They say doctors shouldn’t perform an operation on a friend. But that adage clearly doesn’t apply to interior designers. When a couple…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 "Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. These words rang true to a college student who…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 A Modern Mix When architect Robert M. Gurney gutted his clients’ 1876 Washington, DC, row house, his intent was to create a…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 With its coveted spot on the corner of 15th and P Streets in trendy Logan Circle, the newly completed Metropole apartment building…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 At Play THG’s Bagatelle collection brings a sense of whimsy to the bath with its Roman Tub Set à Manettes. French designer…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 Washington, DC Adams Davidson Galleries American and European art, by appointment 2727 29th Street, NW, Suite 504; 202-965-3800; www.adgal.com Carroll Square Gallery…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 With summer drawing to a close, thoughts of the al fresco life will soon be replaced by falling leaves and temperatures. But…
It was the spacious 28-foot terrace and breathtaking view that first attracted the owner to a fifth-floor, one-bedroom condo in Arlington, Virginia, back in…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 A treat is in store for visitors to The Washington Design Center this fall: the Halls of Fame 2010 Design House, a…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 This fall, owners of a number of beautiful homes in DC, Maryland and Virginia will open their doors to the public for…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 The Boffi showroom in Georgetown just reopened after its franchise owner shuttered the business in early 2010. The Italian kitchen-and-bath manufacturer decided…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 The 12th annual AIA | DC Architecture Week spotlights the melting pot of architectural styles represented by the foreign embassies and institutions…
GET THEE TO A SPA IN TUSCANY Adler Thermae Spa and Resort in Tuscany’s Orcia Valley is luring guests with a romantic spa break…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 Design/build architecture runs in Mark Kohler’s family. When his father hung his shingle in 1963, he was one of the first to…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 Soon after first-round draft pick LaRon Landry joined the Washington Redskins in 2007, he began searching for a home in the area….
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 When the time came to construct a new embassy in Northwest DC, China turned to the sons of renowned architect I.M. Pei…
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 What happens after an artist devotes two years to working on exhibitions that come to an end? For John Dreyfuss, sculptor of…
JULY/AUGUST 2010 Spanish Style Showcased recently at the 2010 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), the GEA pendant by Spanish lighting designer Arturo Álvarez is…
JULY/AUGUST 2010 Windsor Luxury Estates has been specializing in mansion- and estate-size custom homes since 1983, when this family-owned company first recognized a demand…