Chaya Tea House by: Kathy Guardado  Growing up in Orange County and its fast development I have grown up with new upcoming design all around me. In order to keep up with the growing population and the never ending changing of trends many restaurant and local commercial building have been forced to remodel their businesses to accommodate for the heavy flow of traffic and the changing of building codes. A place that I am grateful for and that I feel I have grown with is this tiny, little tea house located in our city of Costa Mesa named Chaya. Chaya is part tea house, part restaurant, part bar with ample seating for studying, and televisions...

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Rite Aid Dayna Boe          Rite Aid is a store that is known for its day to day small grocery items its pharmacy and photo lab. This particular building was just recently designed and installed, and had a grand opened about 2 months ago. It uses red, blue and white as its marketing colors to advertise for the store. Red is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, passion, desire and love. Red stimulates your mind and increases your metabolism. Blue is often associated with stability, trustworthy, wisdom, confidence, faith and truth. This color of blue also is avoided while advertising...

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Café Calacas Julie Wyand On the corner of a quaint street in Santa Ana lies a small shoppe known as Café Calacas. The bistro was once a theater from the 1800s (http://www.santaanahistory.com/articles/richardson.html), but has been renovated into a contemporary Hispanic eatery. Café Calacas has great food and an ambiance that will keep you coming back. When I walked through the antique doors of Cafe Calacas for the first time, I was so enthused by the décor that I forgot about food for a minute. I began gawking over the ceramic tile flooring before I even made it to the counter (which was made of a smooth white quartzite). Flooring isn’t...

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Red O Restaurant Mexican Inspired Cuisine Shiri Klipper Raz & Cheila Keuilian By Rick Bayless - Interiors by Martyn Lawrence Bullard  Fashion Island, Newport Beach, CA         Red O restaurant is known for its menu of authentic regional Mexican and lighter California style dishes. It is most definitely a departure from the typical Cali-Mex eateries of Orange County, and offers patrons a very unique experience.          The dramatic award winning interiors are credited to the international designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard.  He has said, "This modern and luxurious space...

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Das Stue Hotel: Berlin, Germany Ashley Pringle         In 1844 King Wilhelm IV kindly donated wild animals to the Zoologischer Garten in Berlin, Germany. Many years later, in 1940, the Royal Danish Embassy was opened right next door to the zoo. During this time, the Embassy was used as one of Adolf Hitler’s capital-building projects. The Embassy was sold in 1978, soon to become a luxury boutique hotel. It was later named Das Stue which in Danish means “the living room.” Architecture firm Axthelm Rolvien Architeken has recently done a full interior renovation as well as a minor renovation to the exterior face of the...

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The Casa Madrona Hotel & Spa  Breyanna Brisbine             The Casa Madrona Hotel & Spa was created with you in mind. This hotel offers some of the best services around yet most of what they do is green! Even being a member of the Green Hotels Association, they made sure to do their research and pick sustainable, eco-friendly products to use in their space. Although not all products were “green”, they are still playing a huge roll in helping our environment as well as setting expectations for future hotels being built and/or restored. With this hotel being one of which...

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Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel Interior Renovation Elise Kunihiro  photo #1: photo credit: www.hotels.com         Located on one of the most premiere white sand beaches on the Big Island of Hawaii, the Hapuna Prince Hotel began their interior renovation project in phases, starting in 2011 and finishing in the fall of 2013.  While the open-air architecture of the hotel remained untouched, a local Oahu-based interior design firm Philpotts and Associates was hired to update the lobby, guest rooms, pool area, and restaurants.  The colors, artwork, fabrics, and furnishings were inspired by the natural setting...

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Getty Center Chieh-Ling Yang             Getty Center is perhaps the most important architecture in the Santa Monica Mountains. It is a unique attraction; the Getty Center incorporates the elegant design by architecture Richard Meier. It has beautiful gardens, open spaces, and spectacular views of Los Angeles. There are six building in the museum. They all built with marble. When people enter to the Museum, they can see the museum displays with curvilinear design element that made with travertine squares. The stone-travertine is one of the most remarkable materials. This beige-colored,...

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