Hotel & Home Studio featured in Spring 2013 “Green Operations”

Glavé & Holmes Architecture is committed to green and sustainable design principles, which we have applied to both new construction and historic renovations. Our clients have shared our commitment to become good stewards of the planet’s resources and together we have used design to educate and encourage our colleagues and fellow citizens to act accordingly. Working together, we believe that individuals, cities, cultural centers, hotels, and universities can fundamentally change the nature of architecture while also preserving the resources of future generations. The Hotel & Home Studio was pleased to partner with Liz Switzer and Green Operations Magazine to craft an article on the dos & don’ts of green design.

See the full article below.

Hotel & Home Spotlight: Hospitality Custom Axminster in Process – Part I

Axminister wool carpet was first developed in Axminster, England in 1755 as a way to emulate richly hued Turkish carpets. Two hundred and fifty-eight years later, it is still the preferred carpet weave for hotels, conference centers, and historic buildings.

This Axminster carpet is for Grand Prefunction and Ballroom spaces in a four star resort in North Carolina.

The carpet was a custom design and is the result of a collaboration between Hotel & Home designers at Glavé & Holmes Architecture, and Stark Carpet.

The scale of the patterns, the space in which it will be installed, and the client’s desire to minimize seams all led to production on a unique 5 meter wide loom.

The various elements incorporated into the design include references from architectural elements on the nearby Duke Campus as well as medallions, some of which are over 25 feet in diameter for the largest of the ballrooms.

Stay tuned for more updates as we follow the progress of the design, creation, and installation of this custom broadloom.

Hotel & Home Spotlight: Bespoke…The Perfect Fit.

Bespoke is a lovely English word, associated with fine Savile Row tailoring. In recent years, furniture makers have adopted the term to describe hand crafted furniture designed and built for a singular client.

Glavé & Holmes Architecture has a long history of these unique commissions to create one of a kind furniture, lighting, wallpapers, rugs, and fabric. Each is a reflection of the individual character and desires of the client and adds distinctive heirloom character to their hotel or home.

Sebastian Settle, an Arts and Crafts Movement inspired design by Gary Inman and Joseph Elko. The bench is named for the lead character in Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited.

A vintage inspired roll-top concierge desk for Pinehurst Resort, designed by the Hotel & Home team in collaboration with furniture-maker, Tim McCready.

The Hotel & Home team partnered with Kevin Lipnicki to create an Asian style sideboard in ribbon mahogany. The marble top makes it a perfect surface for culinary presentations while the case houses media equipment. Created for the Robert H. Smith Center at Repose, the 11,000-square-foot house atop Montalto, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.