Word: patios
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...dreary or demeaning: this is a lively and dignified piece of tightly woven architecture. Architects Christine Killory and her partner, Chilean-born Rene Davids, have used as their central idea a traditional Latin American form: each two- and three-bedroom unit is built around a small internal patio, and all 13 are arrayed around a central plaza and playground...
...have wandered into the new Ethel's Chocolate Lounge in their Chicago neighborhood. The pair ooh and ah over the plush pink furniture and giggle about the writing on the walls ("Is it a tryst if it's with a truffle?") before settling into chairs on the brick patio with two iced mocha drinks. "Oh, my gosh," Schlamadinger sighs happily. "I love it here...
First the kitchen crept out into the backyard, with super-stylized appliances and full-on living areas showing up on the patio. Now the trappings of traditional living rooms--lamps and elaborate furniture--are suddenly migrating to the bathroom. "Bathrooms are becoming more and more of a retreat," says Barbara Sallick, co-founder and senior vice president of design at Waterworks. "As that phenomenon evolves, people want better quality, more beauty and more comfort in their bathroom." So instead of the standard toilet and sink, newly styled bathrooms are elaborate extensions of the bedroom, furnished with pieces like Williams-Sonoma...
When weather permits, Via Matta opens its outdoor patio, a small urban oasis shielded from the street by a ring of trees. The restaurant attracts a varied crowd from the downtown and South End area, according to manager Chrystyna Kassaraba. “Everyone from Boston VIPs to owners of club to just people who were in the area,” she says...
...summer, the outside patio becomes a destination in its own right. Kassaraba says, “You can just sit at a table until two in the morning – get a bottle of wine, a pizza—it?...