Month: June 2007

Dun Laoghaire Library Competiton

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We were proud of our entry for the Dun Laoghaire Library Competition. Reese and MJ got to travel to Dublin and see the site in person. The location is on the Irish Sea and they stayed in a hotel right on the shoreline, a block and a half from the site. Field trips are something else… especially if there’s Guiness involved. We hope to go back to Ireland soon. We miss it! We’ve spent a couple of month-long summer vacations there. We especially liked the Connemara and Northen Ireland, all of Ireland is just perfect, really.

Anyway, here’s our competition entry.

The Bench Holds

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Speaking of the pilates studio, I don’t think I posted my favorite construction picture of alll times. John Bowyer took the picture; that’s some of Living Art’s fantastic crew. The guy in the red shirt with the blackcap is Michael Kalish, John’s partner at Living Art (and a proud daddy for the second time, congrats again Mike!!!)

Living Art is the construction company that built the pilates studio and our office, and they are building the Wolfe Den, and many more to come… In my book, they have a lot to be proud of. Stay tuned for updates, especially if you are in the market to buy a house designed by MJ. It looks like there will be a few good homes to be had in the horizon. These guys are not only working for us and our clients, but we are working for them too:-)

Next to Michael, at the very end, is MJ, with a beard, looking happy, eh??? (you can tell it’s him because his tennis are clean!)

Pilates Studio

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Pilates studio by MJ Neal, AIA

Check the Pilates studio out! It’s open for business. Ann Arnoult is an excellent Pilates instructor and a former dancer at Ballet Austin. This project was built by Living Art, Austin. John and Mike’s building outfit.

Update April 22, 2008

Foda Studio created the three illustrations for the project, I think they are our good luck charm:

We are proud to announce that this project has won the 2008 AIA Austin top Design Honor Award! This makes us the winners of the top local design award for two consecutive years! Stand by for celebration party:-)