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Pompeii Quartz
Any Old Stone of Northeast Florida, is an exclusive distributor of Pompeii Quartz, a product known for strength, durability, consistent color, and easy care.
Its proprietary natural surface material is made of over 90% pure and natural quartz with a mixture of resins and colors. It’s a great option if you are looking for the consistency and durability of granite in a more contemporary color palette.
Design Works Architectural Edge
Design Works has been proud to partner with DSA Tiles for many years. Inspired by the love of ceramics, unique room concepts can be created with unusual mosaics and tiles from the Deutsche Steinzeug group. One of the top vendors in Europe, with a Brand of the Century award in Germany, their products are showcased around the world in stylish hotels, restaurants, bars, stores, education, and ecclesiastical settings. Offering a variety of styles with sensitivity to low VOC material content and hygenic options, their mission is to provide ecologically responsible materials.
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read moreBuilding for Well-Being
We know that architecture is essential to creating buildings, but what is its role beyond the structures themselves?
read moreCelebrating the Pedestrian
Landscaping Downtown Jacksonville Mother Nature was kind to Jacksonville. With the St. Johns River coursing through Downtown, we have an abundance of riverfront property. But rarely has a major city’s biggest asset been so underutilized. Before Downtown Jacksonville can become a player in the modern world, we must first embrace its natural beauty. The Riverwalk is Downtown’s first true ode to the river, and its popularity is a testament to the lure of pedestrian-friendly public spaces. This may be an intrepid idea, but it certainly isn’t new....
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read moreNew Procedure Improves Joy Seiler’s Heart and Life
Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and often rapid heart beat. It can go undetected for a while, but it eventually causes poor blood flow and symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath and lightheadedness. An estimated three million Americans suffer from atrial fibrillation or Afib, the most common arrhythmia – or chaotic heart rhythm. It is a progressive disease that, if left untreated, can lead to stroke and congestive heart failure. It is called “atrial” because the fibrillation, or chaotic contraction of the heart, starts in the...
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We were sitting at the dinner table reviewing High Renaissance Art flash cards. It was actually an enlightening conversation as my son explained each work of art, its unique style and value. I think it was when he got to the portrait of Simonetta Vespucci by Botticelli when he pointed out that, due to the fact that women were considered someone’s property, they were always painted looking sideways. He then went on to educate me with the specifics of The Cumaean Sibyl by Michelangelo. He said, “You see mom, the women’s bodies are very...
read moreBranding Hemming Park
Great cities contain great places, but only in the past few decades has the “science of place” been given the same serious consideration that architects give to buildings. Placemaking is a multi-faceted approach that creates dynamic, vibrant, and magnetic public spaces. Jacksonville’s historically significant public meeting place has been Hemming Park since the city’s humble beginnings. Laid out in the early 1820s, this public square was created by Isaiah D. Hart, considered to be the founder of Jacksonville. After his death, his heirs...
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As of August 2014, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest civil rights organization in the United States working to achieve equality for LGBT Americans, acknowledges 200+ cities and counties across the US who prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity/ expression in both the public and private sector. The city of Jacksonville and Duval County are currently not on that list. An HRO, or Human Rights Ordinance, is a policy passed on the local level (city or county) to prohibit discrimination based...
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