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May 11, 2023

Abstract: The Art of Design

The show profiles different artists in the design field and each episode gives the viewer an inside look at their craft. It is incredible what we’re able to create – all it takes is the belief that it is possible…and a lot of hard work. A final product may look effortlessly flawless, yet it took hours of construction and usually, multiple minds to make it come to life. Once you start seeing the behind of scenes, you can’t quite look at things the same. While every episode left us with tokens of inspiration, Architect Bjarke Ingels and Interior Designer Ilse Crawford hit home.

“When architecture is at its best, you’re coming up with something that is pure fiction and then after all the hard work, all the permits, all the budgeting and all the construction, it now becomes concrete reality.” – Bjarke Ingels

“Human values are non-negotiable” – Ilse Crawford

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May 11, 2023

Casa Mexico

The other week we serendipitously came across Casa Mexico by Annie Kelly with photos from Tim Street-Porter. While flipping through the pages, we were brought back to Casa Wilson Serrano – a memorable project we did in downtown Mérida, Mexico for our friends Robert Willson and David Serrano.

Ultimately, we were tasked to bring order, light, and modern amenities to an old Spanish colonial town home in the region’s sixteenth-century capital. We kept the three original rooms and added guest rooms, a new kitchen, a dining room, a pool, and a master suite that is now connected to the rest of the house. As designers, Serrano and Willson were able to create a space true to them with ideas and pieces that they had been holding on to for years. Thanks to Annie and Tim, we don’t have to travel back to Merida to feel the beauty of this special home.

Experiencing a home in person is the best way to fully understand and appreciate it as a true piece of art. If it’s too much trouble to hop on a plane and roam through the vibrant streets and casas of Mexico, this book gets pretty close to the real thing. Annie’s words make one feel like they are walking through each of these houses, while Tim’s photographs capture the essence of each space beautifully. After reading through this book, one can close their eyes and feel as if they have traveled through Mérida and the Yucatán area and met multiple designers and artists along the way. One will feel a part of the liveliness in these areas – likely leaving with a creative crush!

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May 11, 2023

National Women’s Day

In honor of International Women’s Day, our creative crush goes out to all the inspirational women out there! Here are several quotes from some influential women…

“The creative adult is the child who survived.” – Ursula Le Guin

“You can’t use up creativity, the more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou

“What we know matters, but who we are matters more.” – Brene Brown

“There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?” – Zaha Hadid

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart

“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.” – Oprah Winfrey

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” – Frida Kahlo

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” – Jane Goodall

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” – Helen Keller

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May 11, 2023

Chefs Table: Pizza

Creative crush goes to…Chef’s Table! And to the creator of this mouthwatering docuseries on Netflix, David Gelb.

Chef’s Table is not only filmed beautifully, but it shows food as an art form and tells the story of a chef’s WHY. Every episode is unique and leaves the viewer with a deeper appreciation for the thought that goes into each dish…and of course, a deeper appetite. There are a few different Chef’s Table additions on Netflix, with the most recent highlighting pizza chefs. If you haven’t seen it, we highly recommend.

The first episode features Chris Bianco and here are a couple photos of his masterpieces of pie (pun intended) at his restaurant in Phoenix. We have a creative crush on this show because of its captivating cinematography and emotional storytelling. We believe it’s important to understand and listen to a person’s why. Whether that be a fellow architect or one of our clients designing a home with us, we want to know why someone is putting the time and energy in. Each member of the Bohl Architect’s team brings a different why to the table (another pun…) and that is what makes our work special.

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May 11, 2023

Ansel Adams

Something we love about Ansel Adams is that he captured moments of the atmosphere interacting with the landscape. Dramatic lighting is a strong theme in his photography and that shows in nearly every one of his black and white images. He coined the term visualization – where you visualize the final image in your head before you take the photo and then, you take your materials and bring that visualization to life. Similarly, that is what we do as architects when designing a home.

Connecting the interior of a home to the outside landscape is one of the number one thing that Bohl keeps in mind while creating a space. The comfort of inside and the feeling of outside is the best of both worlds. We’re inspired by Ansel’s ability to slow down and capture unique moments of time in nature.

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May 10, 2023

Sundance Film Festival

From film team Q/A’s and cinema cafes to street performers and a gorgeous Park City landscape, Sundance Film Festival was a very memorable experience.

There are so many parallels between cinema and architecture. Different art mediums, yet both tell a story using space and time with humans at the center. Architects and directors seem to follow a similar creative process – spending many hours and a lot of energy on a single project, with each decision holding an underlying meaning and reasoning. There’s always more than what meets the eye!

Big crush on the talented filmmakers and teams sparking inspiration in the industry, as well as the fellow volunteers and Sundance Institute staff bringing the festival to life. Grateful to have been a part of it!

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May 10, 2023

The Grand Tourist with Dan Rubinstein

We enjoying listening to podcasts and one of our favorites is The Grand Tourist with Dan Rubinstein. Whether it be other architects or famous chefs, we love hearing stories and different perspectives from renowned creatives who speak with Dan. Today we’re listening back to conversation with Moshe Safdie.

“We’ve come a long way to understanding our dependency on nature as a fundamental quality of well-being,” says Safdie.

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May 10, 2023

DeVOL Kitchens

We just binge watched “For the Love of Kitchens” and now we need to share our love for deVOL…So we’ll title this post, “For the Love of deVOL” because we enjoyed following along as the deVOL team documents the creation of their clients’ dream kitchens.

Bohl Architects loves collaborating with the client and the design process includes invention, discovery, and the pleasure of creating something new. It shows that deVOL shares a similar philosophy.

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May 9, 2023

Annapolis Film Festival

Film helps take the load off – especially when it’s a world premiere in a theatre with limited distractions. One can completely immerse themselves in a reality outside of their own. Film simultaneously has the power to leave someone with a fresh perspective – evoking memories and emotions, while encouraging thoughtful conversations around important topics. Whether it’s a documentary or narrative film, it’s rarely only about entertainment.

Appreciation for film and appreciation for architecture run parallel. While filmmakers use the environment to be conducive to a story, architects use the environment to be conducive to a person’s reality. AFF is 11 years strong and we’re so glad to have been a small part of it this year’s festival by sponsoring!

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May 4, 2023

Doors – Your Home’s First Impression

Your Home’s First Impression

Of all the elements of a building, doors and other openings we walk through are the most important and symbolic of the structures we encounter in our daily lives. The door’s concept and application are simple, with ambivalent meanings since doors are used to either enter or exit a space and to provide safety or freedom.

Doors or other openings in walls are transition points leading to other rooms. A closed door signifies privacy or a dead end. An open door encourages entry and provides a vista to another space. Metaphorically, the door has long symbolized the entrance to the afterlife.

Doors first appeared in Ancient Egypt and temples in Pompeii as early as 79 AD. Throughout history, doors have been made from leaves, hides, paper, stone, metal, wood, glass, or a combination of materials and their functions ranged from swinging, sliding, folding, pivoting to rolling. Famous examples of carved bronze doors were the doors designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti for the Baptistery in Florence and the 24 foot tall doors of the Pantheon in Rome.

During the Renaissance, door design combined classical Greek motifs with realism. In the 17th century, a door design appeared that remains popular to this day; this Georgian style door had raised panels, usually six per door, with stiles and rails as the centerpiece of a symmetrical facade. Glazed doors also appeared in the 17^th century. In the 20^th century, sliding doors became popular and today we now have “smart glass” that can switch from transparent to translucent by clicking a switch.

At Bohl architects, we understand that entrance doors are an important part of your home for the choice of a front door’s style, design, texture, materials and color combine to make your home’s first impression. Red doors say “welcome”; in an early American tradition, tired travelers would understand a home with a red door would take them in for a night’s rest. White doors are universally associated with cleanliness. Black doors convey the authority and power of the Owner. Blue or teal doors exude a feeling of calm and serenity that evoke the pristine water of the Caribbean. Green doors symbolize ambition, since it is the color of money, or echoes the color of a surrounding landscape. If none of these colors appeal to you, the warmth and stability of stained wood is always a great choice.

Through the years, we have specified front doors for our modern art houses, historic preservation houses, renovations and new houses in a variety of styles. Here are some of our favorites from our website portfolio of houses:

Our “Storybook Getaway” house began its life as a three-bay Victorian cottage. The original two-paneled door has a top rectangular panel with chamfered edges and a bottom square panel with chamfered edges. The green door takes its cue from the surrounding landscape of green.

The “Magothy Modern” house has a modernist touch of a wood door fabricated from horizontal lengths, flanked by full height sidelights. We especially like the juxtaposition of the solid door with transparent sidelights. The mullions and other framing are stained a lighter color than the door for contrast and the sleek vertical hardware complete the look.

The “Bembe Beach” door is fabricated from dark metal with slender top and bottom rails and side stiles to maximize the glass area. The discrete lever hardware disappears into the side stiles to give a visitor a clear vista to the Chesapeake Bay beyond.

The “Severn River View” house has a front porch with a wooden door and threshold. The door is detailed with a top panel of three glass panes, two middle raised panels and an oversize bottom rail. The door is centered into a half stone wall in warm earth tones below windows painted white. The craftsman detailing begins with the post and beam framing, side benches instead of handrails and exposed rafters and decking, all in white to focus your eye on the door

The “Waterfront Shingle Style” house has the entry door at the side of the front porch. The door is next to two long windows and has a top glass panel above two recessed panels framed by wide rails and stiles. Period hardware, including the lockset, complete the period look.

The “Wye River House” has a wood front door detailed in three horizontal panels, with the two middle panels being the same height and the top panels one third the height. The door’s stained wood is a focal point for the foyer’s interior of white, with an accent of back in the pendant light fixture that resembles a Calder mobile.

The “Whitehall Creek Modern” entry foyer is part of a “hyphen” connecting two parts of the modern house. The foyer is detailed in grey brown mullions and framing with slim rails and stiles. As an accent, a vertical panel of wood is both an accent and the backdrop for the sleek modern hardware.

Whatever style, material or color you prefer, we can help you select the front door that is the perfect introduction to your home!

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Abstract: The Art of Design

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