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| LOVELY AND AMAZING: The renovated lobby of the Prestwick earns high praise. photography courtesy of Sawyer Design Associates |
Styles come and go, kind of like tenants in the Dallas Design District. One thing that remains constant, though, is the Design Ovation Awards. They happened again this year. Stacy Sawyer, Sawyer Design Associates, who took first place for “Renovation Over 3,500 Square Feet” says of her winning project: “It was a grim, brown apartment high-rise in Virginia called The Prestwick. Our mission was to transform the lobby, make it bright, and add color on a very limited budget.” Sawyer says she packed money into architectural details and that paint became her best friend.
In the “Bathrooms Under $25,000” category, award neophyte, Waco-based Jennifer Burggraaf of Count and Castle Designs, won first place for a “girl’s bath” and also snagged an honorable mention in the “Bathrooms Over $25,000” category.
Wilson Associates won “Residential Design Over 3,500 Square Feet” for private residence on a steep hillside in Anguilla. The home was positioned to capture seasonal trade winds overlooking the turquoise waters of Sandy Hill Bay. The company also won for Hospitality,” thanks to its incredible design of the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong. The hotel has commanding harbor views from the entry, restaurants, and bar with reflective tiles and an internally lit cast glass column.
Emily Summers Design Associates took the prize for “Historic Preservation” for the Highland Park Pump House. The firm also received two honorable mentions—for the Dallas Arboretum Camp House and in the “Residential Over 7,500 Square Feet” category for a home on Potomac Avenue in Highland Park.
Donna Guerra earned first place for Residential Over 7,500 Square Feet.” Stephanie Moore Hager, owner of Moore Design Group, won Model/ Showhome” and “Master Suite” for a project in Nashville, Tenn. Tommy Bishop won the top spot in the “One Unique Space” category thanks to his design of undulating, 17-foot-long curved cherry cabinetry in a guest house kitchen that also incorporates a refrigerator, dishwasher, all media components, and an illuminated faucet.
Jeannine Bazer and Scott Frelick won the “Renovation Under 3,500 square feet” prize. The duo transformed a dark, cramped Turtle Creek condo into a light and lofty space. Frelick, current chair of the ASID Dallas design community, also reports a venue change. He’s moved from IDS/B Architecture and Interiors to Faulkner Design Group, Inc.
Winds of Change
Starting July 9, Dallas ASID’S new community project will be an Extreme Makeover of the Dallas Wind Symphony’s historic, 1936-era Fair Park office. Look for new surfaces, workstations, chairs, and appliances, all of which ASID plans to locate, fund, and install pro bono via donations. The group even sponsored a cat house design competition for design students to create purr-fect digs for Miss Widget, DWS’s office cat.
All in the (Hayslip) Family
The vast talents of designer Sherry Hayslip are well-known. Turns out, the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. Sherry’s talented actress daughter, Peyton, was one of ten women in the world nominated for the “2007 Outstanding Women in Film and Music” award by www.myspace.com. The deadline is July 20, which means you still have time to vote at [email protected].
All in the (Bush) Family
Bushies continue to seek counsel from Fort Worth-based designer Bradley Alford. George P. Bush and his wife, Mandi Williams, have commissioned Alford to work on their Fort Worth home. Earlier this year, the handsome young politico, who works for Charter Holdings, joined the Naval Reserve for training as an intelligence officer. Bush graduated from Rice University and earned a law degree from the University of Texas.
Going Coastal
Marilyn Rolnick Tonkin has spent the last year and a half living amidst Sunbrella and beadboard in Florida’s West Palm Beach and on South Carolina’s Sullivan’s Island, a suburb of Charleston. Her Florida project is a contemporary third home for Dallas clients in an exclusive gated community on a golf course with a lagoon. “It’s landscaped like paradise,” Tonkin says.
The South Carolina project is for another Dallas client whose wife is from Charleston. The 5,500-square-foot home was under construction when purchased last January. The clients initially hoped it would be ready by Memorial Day; Tonkin says the Fourth of July is more likely.
“The two projects will culminate almost simultaneously,” Tonkin says, adding that almost all of the fabric in the South Carolina home is indoor/outdoor, “I defy you to tell the difference,” she says. Tonkin even had to pour grape juice on one sample as proof to the homeowner. Naturally, that sample was returned in pristine condition.
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| photography by Elizabeth Lavin |
Way Cool
Kul is one of the hip young design groups behind Mosaic, a newly-built apartment building in downtown. The company’s principals bring unique backgrounds to the job. Designer LaRue Thornton is an attorney from Littleton, Co. Stanley Ray spent his formative years in LA and worked in set design and media. This could explain why almost every Kul (pronounced “cool”) project works media in somehow—the stacked televisions behind the concierge desk at Mosaic and the old telephones in the Texas Power and Light building. Many of the buildings are loaded with elements made from old pressure gauges, electric meters, knobs, and lab equipment that other designers may have trashed. Not Kul. “We incorporate items made from recycled materials and reuse objects in our interpretation of modern design, “ LaRue says. “These pieces are works of art when reinterpreted and displayed properly,” as the photo at left of phones on display at Mosaic reveals.
