Hello, Everyone! Today's featured Architect & Designer is Marianna Holoway of Greece, and New York. Holoway has specialized in Architectural Design and Industrial Design. Her design-range

Hello, Everyone! Today's featured architect/architetti is Stefano Sessolo of Italy.  Below is a brief biography about Sessolo from his about.me webpage.

Spilimbergo (PN) 1972. Nel 1996 è tra i soci fondatori di Agitazione Elastica, gruppo che opera sul territorio con interventi di Land Art. Si laurea nel 2002 in Architettura presso lo I.U.A.V. con una tesi di riqualificazione architettonica ed ambientale con il Prof. Arch. C. Magnani e la paesaggista Helene Hoelzl (Olanda).

Nello stesso anno si reca a Cambridge e lavora con il Prof. Arch. Tony Baggs ed in seguito, in Italia, si specializza sui temi del rilievo e della riqualificazione di paesaggio. Gli viene assegnato dallo I.U.A.V. un contratto di ricerca sul tema del "Riuso" in architettura e nel design industriale.

Arcosanti, an experimental town founded and designed by Paolo Soleri. Image courtesy of Al_HikesAZ at Flickr

Hello, Everyone! Today's features Architect, Paolo Soleri, The Prophet in the Desert.  I learned of Mr. Soleri while updating blog links for this blog.  The video trailer is for the documentary The Vision of Paolo Soleri: Prophet in the Desert, and features this great architect's exceptional accomplishments, which began in the '70s, toward his prophetic foresight of today's state of our world. 

This video, also, gives us a glimpse of Paolo Soleri's agelessness; he was still active toward achieving his goal(s) well into his 90s!  Watch him ride his bike!  Like Mr. Soleri, obviously did, I've set my mind to be totally active, ageless and productive well into my 90s and beyond.  Based on what I've seen so far, I think he is another good example of a long, positively-productive life. 

A few interesting facts about Paolo Soleri are:

Hello, Everyone! Today's featured design is a 'Luxury Cabin Estate' by Locati Architects.  Locati specializes in custom home design with focus on architectural and interior design.  I learned of the Locati Architects firm while viewing images of exquisite luxury cabins for sale, online. Now, I admire so much of Locati's design work, that I will be featuring more of it at this blog.

This luxury cabin estate, pictured below, is the Bridger Canyon Residence located in Bozeman, Montana. It is one of the most gorgeous luxury cabins I've seen, online. The cabin was built by Schlauch Bottcher Construction (they do an extraordinary job of taking architectural drawings from rendering to residence; they build dream homes) and photographed by Karl Neumann (his specialty is development/resort projects, advertising, editorial and studio work, as well as commercial and high-end residential photography, as seen below).  Together, these three entities have created exceptional work(s)!

Hello, Everyone! I appreciate beautiful architecture and I love to feature the great designs of others, here on this blog. Today's featured structure is a beautiful French-Country, hill-top estate home located in Anaheim Hills, California.  Sitting on top of the hills of Orange County, California provides this estate with glorious views in all directions.  This gorgeous home was designed by Brion Jeannette Architecture, of Newport Beach, California.  This firm provides architectural design services for new homes and estates, as well as remodeling projects. The full scope of the services provided by this firm is available at CustomArchitecture.com.

The Chateau at Woodbridge Place

The Chateau at Woodbridge Place

Hello, Everyone! Today's feature is a one-of-its-kind, custom-built European Chateau, nestled into five hardwood-rich acres in Brooks, Georgia.  It was designed with a historic, country-side French chateau (just beyond beautiful, picturesque La Roque Gageac in southwestern France) in mind.  I'd love to share the names of the design firms with you all.  However, at the moment, I do not know the name of the architectural, landscaping and interior design firm(s) that designed this gorgeous, stone chateau and its landscaping. When that information becomes available I will share it, here.  Please, note that all information shared in this post is believed to be reliable, yet is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. 

La Roque Gageac

Within the walls of this 4700sqft. French-styled European chateau (with an additional 2200sqft. at the unfinished, yet lighted lower-level) are: