Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Julien Properties will receive a $148,000 loan for interior improvements to the Rhythm building to create new tenant spaces. The Houghton City Council approved the revolving loan fund expenditure Wednesday.
A Waterloo community center and library branch is getting $1.5 million for upgrades and renovations. The city announced it was releasing the funding for the Albert McCormick Community Center project at a meeting on Monday. “These upgraded spaces as you’ve shown, there’s expansion of educational programs, cultural events, recreational facilities, so it’s fantastic,” said Ward 3 Councilor Hans Roach. “We really demonstrated dedication to our wellbeing of community and our vision for a vibrant, inclusive, forward-thinking Ward 3.” Some of the proposed changes include a new city community room with commercial kitchen, new exterior building entrance, renovation and potential expansion The term ‘modern luxury’ loosely refers to spaces inspired by the streamlined aesthetic of this period, with touches of glamor achieved through gilt accents, high-end materials like marble and rosewood, or singular sculptural elements prioritizing form over pattern. “Rather than flaunting excess and ostentation, modern luxury often leans toward a more minimal and understated approach,” reiterated Lim. “It celebrates craftsmanship, attention to detail and the intrinsic beauty of materials.” On why the trend is so popular, Gwen Tan, co-founder of Studio iF attributes a possibility to the prevailing trend in hotel design that today’s well-traveled homeowners are drawn towards. She In the post-war years of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, architects pioneering a new kind of modernism unique to the West Coast chose the North Shore as a place to build their family homes. They included people like BC Binning, who built his own home in West Vancouver. With a flat roof and floor-to-ceiling windows that embrace the outside environment, it was regarded by many as the first Modern style home in Western Canada. Contemporaries included emerging architects such as Ron Thom and Arthur Erickson. The homes celebrate their environments of dense rainforest and rocky promontories. Floor plans were designed Albert McCormick Community Center getting $1.5 million for renovations
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