The Orlando Business Journal columnist Susan Lundine polled local interior designers to get their take on the latest in office interior trends. The cubical is being replaced by ‘benching,’ long two sided counters and tables that lap top users can land on, and work in collaboration as a groups. Below is a photo of the Pilot Offices by Workscapes to illustrate the idea. The lineup of designers, with a link to their websites, includes: Craig Caswell, president, Common Sense Offi

Curious about design? Interested in learning how various architects and firms approach the design process? Well here is your opportunity! Member firms are opening their doors to the public for an evening of architectural exploration.  Meet and talk with architects, tour their offices and work spaces, see models of current work and past projects on display. WHEN: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM) WHERE: 3 Baldwin Park Firms to visit- Cuhaci & Peterson: 1925 Prospec

As part of the Orlando Business Journal’s focus on interior design last week, they asked local firms to name some of their most promising designers: The up-and-comers who will shape the next stage of the region as well as some veterans who still are innovating, shared some of their insights and comments: L2 Studios’ Margaret Brock: “A room needs to make an impact from a three-dimensional perspective. Scale and proportion are paramount.” Design Studio 15’s Yari Cruz: “It is cr

The Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona has a new facility open for business: the Community Living Center, which is the VA’s local nursing home. The 120-bed, 120,000-square-foot facility moved patients from Lake Baldwin to Lake Nona Dec. 2-10. Rooms are arranged around a common living and dining area for 30 residents, making it seem more intimate and personal. These areas open to an outdoor patio as well for each “household.” The nursing home has about 170 employees, its s

Untamed. Wildly eccentric. Crazy and unpredictable. That’s what architect Art Fenton meant when he asked his protégé Carmelo Monti, “Is your mind like your hair?” Always creative, Carmelo saw his fellow employees and their exploits as “fodder” for his cartoons and caricatures. Politicians and world events received his most sarcastic barbs. With a career in architecture that spanned more than forty years, Carmelo lived in four states and worked with hundreds of people. While m

In 2015 the private art collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown will have a public home for all to enjoy. The Museum of Arts & Sciences, will own and run the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, which recently broke ground on a 5-acre clearing framed by a thick patch of woods off Nova Road in Daytona. “At night this will be a beacon with light glowing out of hidden windows in the lattice,” Andrew Sandall said recently as he toured the site on the north end of his property. “The