CUSTOM WALL PATTERN PAINTED ON CANVAS FOR ROBIN BELL, INTERIOR DESIGN
THE PROPORTIONS AND ORNAMENTATION OF THIS COURTYARD EVOKE THE TRADITION OF USING GEOMETRY TO IMPART SERENITY AND ORDER TO THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS PROTECTION FROM THE DESERT ENVIRONMENT. AN INNER OASIS, THE PATTERNS AND STONE DETAILS HAVE DELIBERATE MEANINGS, FOR EXAMPLE THE ZIG ZAG PATTERN SURROUNDING THE COURTYARD FLOOR SUGGESTS WATER WHEREAS THE "HAMSA" OR 8 POINTED STAR SYMBOL IN THE FRIEZE ABOVE THE ARCHES IS SYMBOLIC OF THE SUN.
ANOTHER GATHERING PLACE IN THE COURTYARD.
THIS FEATURE, TYPICAL OF HOUSES IN DAMASCUS IS CALLED A "BAHOU" OR BANQUETTE FROM WHICH ONE CAN ENTERTAIN GUESTS AND ENJOY A VIEW OF THE INNER COURTYARD WITH IT'S FLORAL FRAGRANCES AND SOUNDS FROM THE FOUNTAIN.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND INTERIORS/ QUINN RESIDENCE, A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT VILLA OUTSIDE OF SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO. THIS HOME FEATURES ARTISANAL DETAILS THROUGHOUT. CUSTOM FURNISHINGS AND UNIQUE TILE ARRANGEMENTS BENEATH GRACEFUL MOORISH ARCHES. THE EXTRAORDINARY HAND CRAFTED LIGHTING FIXTURES AND MANY FURNISHINGS WERE PROVIDED BY DESIGNER JULIE HARWOOD.
ONE OF THE MANY SEATING AREAS IN THE COURTYARD WITH VIEWS OF THE REFLECTING POOL.
A TYPICAL ELEMENT OF AN ISLAMIC HOUSE INTENDED TO RESTRICT VIEWS OF PRIVATE AREAS WHILE ALLOWING THOSE INSIDE TO SEE THE GARDENS. THOUGH THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT MUSLIM WE INCLUDED THIS DETAIL TO INDICATE THE LOCATION OF THE THE MBR SUITES.
VIEW OF LIVING ROOM, ALL FURNISHING AND LIGHTING WERE CUSTOM MADE, INCLUDING NINE FOOT DOORS MADE OF WOOD AND STEEL. THE CARVED PLASTER ORNAMENTATION WRAPPING THE ROOM WITH AND UNBROKEN CHAIN IS EVOCATIVE OF ISLAMIC HOUSES FROM ANTIQUITY THAT INCORPORATE OVERLAPPING GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK PREFORMED BY LOCAL ARTISANS WE EMPLOYED FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE LIVING ROOM FIREPLACE WAS INSPIRED BY SIMILAR EXAMPLES SEEN IN THE SULTAN'S PALACE IN ISTANBUL AND CREATED BY LOCAL ARTISANS IN SAN MIGUEL.
CUSTOM LIGHT FIXTURE FOR THE LIVING ROOM. THE LIGHTING DESIGNS AND FABRICATION WERE A CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROJECT BY DESIGNER JULIE HARWOOD.
CUSTOM WOOD AND STEEL DOORS NEXT TO CARVED GEOMETRIC WALL DETAIL.
HELLENISTIC STYLE PAINTED FRIEZE COUPLED WITH EXTRAORDINARY CUSTOM FURNITURE AND LIGHTING FOR THIS ROOM. THE CHANDELIER FROM JULIE HARWOOD INCORPORATES CARVED BOWLS OF LOCALLY SOURCED ALABASTER.
THIS DESIGN WAS INTENDED TO CREATE THE EFFECT OF BEING INSIDE AN ANCIENT DECORATED CLAY VESSEL.
THE BATHROOMS INCORPORATE DETAILS FROM ISLAMIC STYLE HOUSES USING HAND PAINTED TILES.
THIS ROOM HAS FLOOR TO CEILING WALLS OF SOLID SANDSTONE IN ALTERNATING COLORS TYPICAL OF HOUSES IN DAMASCUS. THE FAUCETS, DOOR HANDLES AND OTHER BRASS DETAILS WERE SOURCED AND PURCHASED IN SYRIA THEN BROUGHT TO MEXICO BY CLIFTON FOR THIS PROJECT.
WITH SO MANY MASONRY SURFACES IT WORKED WELL TO INTRODUCE A WOODEN CEILING TO THE MASTER BEDROOM TO IMPART A WARM INTIMACY.
UNIQUE TILE FIREPLACE DESIGN AND CUSTOM LIGHTING FOR THE GUEST HOUSE LIBRARY.
A BARREL VAULT CEILING AND CUSTOM CABINETS WITH MARQUETRY DETAILS SET THIS KITCHEN APART.