Word: glassing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
True to its name, the steel structure, encased in a groundbreaking design of reinforced fiber-glass panels, is anchored to an elliptical ring. Only a skylight and spiral staircase penetrate the minimalist building's center. For this home, Endoh's brief was disarmingly simple. The client "wanted to have a big area" to live in, wrapped in a space eye-catching enough for it to make its mark on the psyche of Japan's architectural cognoscenti...
...maverick Endoh aims to try something new for each project. In the case of Natural Strips II, a glass house completed this year, Endoh had a company that usually makes ducts for industrial plants twist a large iron plate and used the result as a column in the center of the house. The column works not only as a beautiful objet d'art but also as blinds for the bathroom and for the dressing room of the boutique on the ground floor...
...Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Lego bricks - interwoven with Swarovski crystal, Venetian glass and semiprecious stones. Of the pieces on display, Manoonphol cites the I Can Fly necklace as his favorite: it features a stuffed caterpillar adorned with bejeweled wings and spiky vinyl beads of deep purple. Don't feel like braving the traffic? Then Monoonphol might come to you, assuming you have...
...Start with The Voice. The Four Seasons' sound begins with Valli, who functioned as both the lead tenor and the falsetto backup singer; he told the story and provided the color. What astonished immediately and lastingly was the power of his glass-shattering, dog-dementing falsetto (often multiplied on record by having him dupe his solos on a second track). First time around, hearing "Sherry," listeners may have thought it was a gag. Sometimes he used it for fun, in high-pitched baby talk, as George Rock's comic falsetto had for the vocal in Spike Jones' 1947 novelty...
...Harvard, but he was one of the single most influential people I’ve ever met.” Lamb often took a personal interest in students’ lives and work, whether that interest was manifested by encouraging Leaf to experiment with sand on glass or by holding a lamb-cooking contest with students. Hallowell still elatedly talks of Lamb’s enthusiasm and creativity. “Every project I ever did with him, he was as excited about it as I was,” Hallowell said. Hallowell described Lamb as a veritable fountain...