Rooms with Light (202)Creating your breathing room is more than just executing a concept. It's about merging lifestyle with a way of being. Furniture and floor layouts are important, but there are other details that can enhance your environment without adding clutter. Light, shape and color are all-important elements to the this episode's California and New York City breathing rooms.
Villa Rosenthal Music Room Facts:
- The Rosenthals' home is 3,800 square feet.
- None of the windows need curtains because their tint makes it impossible to see in from the street.
- Air conditioning is rarely needed. Sliding-glass doors allow sea air to flow through the home.
Deconstruct: Villa Rosenthal Music Room
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Contact Information:
Fitzgibbons Associates Architects
J. Frank Fitzgibbons
Architect
323-663-7579
ifitzgib@hsc.usc.edu
Villa Rosenthal Library Facts:
- The library faces west. It is filled with light most of the day.
- The room is surrounded by a purple railing — a theme repeated throughout the house.
Deconstruct: Villa Rosenthal Library
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Crystal Facts:
- Benjamin Noriega Ortiz has graduate degrees in both architecture and design.
- The chairs in Ortiz's crystal room were upholstered with Gretchen Bellinger drapery fabric.
- Ortiz started with a blank floor plan of his apartment, then looked for unique items to fill it.
Deconstruct: Crystal Room
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Contact Information:
Benjamin Noriega Ortiz, Architect
www.bnodesign.com
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