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From the Editor: CSTD Fall has residential design, achieving LEED

September 20, 2018

For this issue of Contemporary Stone & Tile Design, we have a focus on residential design, and achieving LEED status using natural stone. We had the chance to talk to Stephanie Vierra, who is the president of Vierra Design & Education Services, LLC.

From the Editor

September 14, 2018

For this issue of Contemporary Stone & Tile Design, we have a focus on residential design, and achieving LEED status using natural stone.

Connecting Stone to the Surrounding Landscape

Using the local topography, the architects and builder designed a Texan home to work with the pond and slope on the property

Jason Kamery

September 11, 2018

Located in the generally flat terrain of Dallas, TX, sits a house on a unique parcel of land. The homeowners wanted to transform the property and the house to be able to host friends, workout in and primarily live on the first floor.

Pasadena, CA update to cottage using Shibui tiles from Lunada Bay Tile

Creating an easy maintenance and elegant kitchen solution

Glass mosaic tile was used to transform the kitchen in a Pasadena, CA, home.

Jason Kamery

September 1, 2017

Located in Pasadena, CA, a college for a co-anchor of Los Angeles’s news station, gets an update to her cottage using Shibui tiles from Lunada Bay Tile.

porcelain tiles from Emilceramica's Fashion series

A beachside haven on Fire Island, NY

For the new guest house at a family’s summer retreat in New York, a modern design was complemented with neutral tiles from Emilceramica

Heather Fiore

August 1, 2017

One of the many beachfront residences on the island — a summer compound that includes a main home, dining pavilion, gym and beach/pool cabana — recently renovated one of its guest houses taking an effortless approach.

Hillside home highlights native stone

For the design of an upscale home in the Texas Hill Country, different variations of local stone were selected to create a stunning residential design

Heather Fiore

March 1, 2017

For a newly constructed home perched on the rolling hills of the small suburb, a local designer was enlisted to create a space that was reminiscent of the country, but also ecologically friendly.

Rebuilding a stone business

After a fire destroyed Sharon Re’s fabrication shop, she rebuilt it, sold it and eventually opened a new operation in the same building

Jason Kamery

March 1, 2017

Business was going great for Sharon until the night of February 17, 2004. “I went to bed that night only to be awoken by a huge explosion,” said Re. “In a heartbeat, my entire shop, the trucks, forklifts, the office, etc. — everything was gone in one second.

owned and designed by Jack Carson of Carson Design in Austin, TX

Building from the land

A custom home in Wimberley, TX, features Texas limestone that was quarried from its own property

Sara Garafalo

February 1, 2017

A custom home in Wimberley, TX, features Texas limestone, quarried from its own property, throughout its exterior and interior design.

A little bit of heaven in St. Barth

For a luxurious rental home in St. Barth, Barnes Coy Architects created a house designed around views of the Caribbean Sea using Pennsylvania limestone

Sara Garafalo

March 3, 2014

For lavish rental home La Danse des Etoiles, Saint Barthélemy (also known as St. Barth or St. Barts), architects Robert Barnes and Christopher Coy of Barnes Coy Architects of Bridgehampton, NY, were commissioned to create a property designed around views of the Caribbean Sea.

Breathing new life into American soapstone

Alberene Soapstone of Schuyler, VA, is producing high-quality slabs of American soapstone

Michael Reis

March 1, 2013

As design trends continue toward a classic, refined look, traditional products such as soapstone are finding their way to the forefront of consumer consciousness.