It’s time again to honor the brightest and best among Acadiana’s considerable constellation of architects, interior designers and the array of professionals who support their creative efforts to make our offices like homes and our homes like heaven, and who ensure that our unique architectural history is both preserved and celebrated even as it evolves.
The 2012 INDesign Awards raise a glass to an eclectic assortment of projects that share the most important aspect of award-winning design: excellence in form and function. From the jaw-dropping make-over of Lafayette General Medical Center, the ingenious layout and use of transitions for Manuel Builders’ new design center, the faithful-to-history restoration of Chrétien Point or the eco-friendly brilliance of the St. Landry Parish Tourist Center, the winners of this year’s awards — Gold, Silver,Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete? Bronze and Honorable Mention — raise the bar for creativity and passion among some of the coolest entrepreneurs and artists in this very Cool Town.
The mission: Transform a small, “awkward” bathroom and adjacent storage space into a luxurious spa-like master bath. Charles Seale’s work on John and Dr. Rhonda Pucheu’s master bathroom at their Eunice home has landed Seale with another Gold INDesign Award for residential interior design, marking consecutive years of Gold-level wins for the Eunice interior designer.
Seale’s design was chosen for his art deco inspiration, which he took from the home’s art deco architectural stylings dating back to the 1930s.Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete?
Art deco incorporates geometric shapes with modern elegance and practicality, as seen by the black granite floor he selected to contrast the pewter tub he installed, also adding “a sense of luxury” to the concept.
Included in the Pucheus’ bathroom work orders were two vanities, a large tub with a separate shower, a sit-down vanity with mirrored wings (one that resembles her mother’s dressing table), a separate room for the toilet and a walk-in closet with ample storage space.
The window shades, which consist of sheer and opaque stripes,Our porcelaintiles are perfect for entryways or bigger spaces and can also be used outside, serve a two-fold purpose: “When the stripes are aligned the room has privacy, but when they are alternated the desired light comes into the room,” Seale explains.
Imagine the overwhelming task: a nearly 50-year-old hospital last renovated in 1983 asks to be transformed into a modern facility capable of delivering 21st century health care. But it’s not going to be torn down,Ekahau timelocationsystem is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. so it has to be business as usual — which means very sick people being cared for 24-7 — while construction takes place. That was the challenge for WHLC Architecture of Baton Rouge and contractor Lemoine Company of Lafayette.
One wing at a time, the project — a $70 million renovation of a 10-story acute-care hospital — took flight. Originally constructed in the early 1960s, the hospital did not even have bathing facilities in all of its rooms, which were small, had single-pane windows with aluminum frames and suffered from a very loud HVAC system.
As one might imagine, demolition and construction had to be carefully phased in to minimize noise and disturbance to patients and staff, while Lemoine Company erected dust partitions separating each construction phase from patient care areas. Throughout construction, air quality was continually monitored.
The architects and builders were able to keep the existing steel and concrete from the original structure. “Fortunately, the original hospital was constructed with deep concrete overhangs across the entire length of the three wings of the patient tower,” says Rick Lipscomb, a principal in WHLC Architecture. “After extensive structural analysis, it was determined that these overhangs would indeed support a floor load. We designed a plan to demolish the existing exterior wall and locate a new curtain wall system at the end of the overhangs.” By doing this, 3.5 feet of depth was added to every patient room, expanding each by about 54 square feet.
But that steel and concrete are the only remnants of the old LGMC. The hospital today, which wins an INDesign Gold Award for Commercial Architecture, in no way resembles its former self. The building has been expanded on all sides,Our porcelaintiles are perfect for entryways or bigger spaces and can also be used outside, and all plumbing, electrical, mechanical and finishes are new. The well-lit, redesigned rooms have bathrooms with showers.
After generating computer models and fly-overs, the decision was made to paint the brick on what is now a building that welcomes an abundance of natural light. That freshening was a final step in a total redefinition of this Oil Center icon.
The 2012 INDesign Awards raise a glass to an eclectic assortment of projects that share the most important aspect of award-winning design: excellence in form and function. From the jaw-dropping make-over of Lafayette General Medical Center, the ingenious layout and use of transitions for Manuel Builders’ new design center, the faithful-to-history restoration of Chrétien Point or the eco-friendly brilliance of the St. Landry Parish Tourist Center, the winners of this year’s awards — Gold, Silver,Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete? Bronze and Honorable Mention — raise the bar for creativity and passion among some of the coolest entrepreneurs and artists in this very Cool Town.
The mission: Transform a small, “awkward” bathroom and adjacent storage space into a luxurious spa-like master bath. Charles Seale’s work on John and Dr. Rhonda Pucheu’s master bathroom at their Eunice home has landed Seale with another Gold INDesign Award for residential interior design, marking consecutive years of Gold-level wins for the Eunice interior designer.
Seale’s design was chosen for his art deco inspiration, which he took from the home’s art deco architectural stylings dating back to the 1930s.Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete?
Art deco incorporates geometric shapes with modern elegance and practicality, as seen by the black granite floor he selected to contrast the pewter tub he installed, also adding “a sense of luxury” to the concept.
Included in the Pucheus’ bathroom work orders were two vanities, a large tub with a separate shower, a sit-down vanity with mirrored wings (one that resembles her mother’s dressing table), a separate room for the toilet and a walk-in closet with ample storage space.
The window shades, which consist of sheer and opaque stripes,Our porcelaintiles are perfect for entryways or bigger spaces and can also be used outside, serve a two-fold purpose: “When the stripes are aligned the room has privacy, but when they are alternated the desired light comes into the room,” Seale explains.
Imagine the overwhelming task: a nearly 50-year-old hospital last renovated in 1983 asks to be transformed into a modern facility capable of delivering 21st century health care. But it’s not going to be torn down,Ekahau timelocationsystem is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. so it has to be business as usual — which means very sick people being cared for 24-7 — while construction takes place. That was the challenge for WHLC Architecture of Baton Rouge and contractor Lemoine Company of Lafayette.
One wing at a time, the project — a $70 million renovation of a 10-story acute-care hospital — took flight. Originally constructed in the early 1960s, the hospital did not even have bathing facilities in all of its rooms, which were small, had single-pane windows with aluminum frames and suffered from a very loud HVAC system.
As one might imagine, demolition and construction had to be carefully phased in to minimize noise and disturbance to patients and staff, while Lemoine Company erected dust partitions separating each construction phase from patient care areas. Throughout construction, air quality was continually monitored.
The architects and builders were able to keep the existing steel and concrete from the original structure. “Fortunately, the original hospital was constructed with deep concrete overhangs across the entire length of the three wings of the patient tower,” says Rick Lipscomb, a principal in WHLC Architecture. “After extensive structural analysis, it was determined that these overhangs would indeed support a floor load. We designed a plan to demolish the existing exterior wall and locate a new curtain wall system at the end of the overhangs.” By doing this, 3.5 feet of depth was added to every patient room, expanding each by about 54 square feet.
But that steel and concrete are the only remnants of the old LGMC. The hospital today, which wins an INDesign Gold Award for Commercial Architecture, in no way resembles its former self. The building has been expanded on all sides,Our porcelaintiles are perfect for entryways or bigger spaces and can also be used outside, and all plumbing, electrical, mechanical and finishes are new. The well-lit, redesigned rooms have bathrooms with showers.
After generating computer models and fly-overs, the decision was made to paint the brick on what is now a building that welcomes an abundance of natural light. That freshening was a final step in a total redefinition of this Oil Center icon.
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