Australian-American Houses

La Primavera, Plato, Alchemy, Love, Flora and Venus in a garden grove with a flowery mead

La Primavera (Spring) was painted by Sandro Botticelli c1482 and is one of the worlds most popular paintings. It shows a playful group of young maidens, two males and one putti. They are in a garden grove of orange trees with a flowery mead beneath their feet. The charming scene is interpreted as an allegory of Neoplatonic and Alchemical love, according to the philosophy of Marsilio Ficino. Venus is the central figure, as she is in many garden scenes. The Zephyr on the on the right tries to rape Chloris but then transforms her into Flora (the goddess of flowers).

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Herman Miller: Through The Ages

Having been around

In 1905, Herman Miller actually started out as Michigan Star Furniture CO.

Continue reading below to see a visual history of the Herman Miller logo.

In 1923, D.J.

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Renovated Tuscan Villa in Boca Raton, FL

If you are looking for a dock side tuscan style villa to enjoy the water side then this estate located at the Northeast Spanish Trail, Boca Raton is a perfect one.

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The Alnwick Garden, Jacques Wirtz and Tadao Ando

Does Alnwick have the greatest garden made in the twentieth century?

Most of the people I have asked find the Alnwick Garden very disappointing, as I do. The Telegraph reported in 2003 that The Duchess of Northumberland has launched a scathing and bitter attack on bitchy and snobby gardeners in the south in a riposte to critics of her lavish £42 million peoples garden at Alnwick. The Duchess, whose garden has attracted 300,000 visitors in the past four months, making it the third most popular in Britain, said that she was dismayed by the sniping since starting the renovation project seven years ago. Read more…

Neutral Apartment interiors by Robert Bailey in Vancouver, Canada

Robert Bailey was used the fresh yet timeless approach in this apartment interior design project to resulted the modern style with respect for traditional values to be comfortably luxurious and visually quiet. Fairmont penthouse apartment is 6400 square foot Penthouse on two levels. Passionate about intelligent creative design, Robert Bailey using a warm and neutral materials, wide plank bleached oak flooring, walnut doors and millwork, taupe stone and marble for the skin of the apartment. Robert Bailey also designed specifically the furniture in a scale to befit the commodious spaces, but also with heirloom quality craftsmanship and materials.

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