Interior architectural design for the modern lifestyle
So much work and talent went into the redesign of the spectacular home featured as 2011's Portland Symphony Orchestra Show House! Maine Home + Design has published a great article detailing some of the work involved, including the transformation of the Butler's Pantry by Tracy Davis. Read the Full Article Here->> … [Read more...]
Tracy Davis' beautiful kitchen redesign for the 2011 Portland Symphony Orchestra's Show House was featured this month in Design New England. Tracy took great care in ensuring that her vision was in line with that of the home owners, and what was originally a compartmentalized butler's pantry was transformed into a bright and inviting space. … [Read more...]
The design experts at Project Nursery recently took note of our project for young client, Thea, a nursery turned special personal space that she could enjoy all through her growing years. As a result, they featured an interview with Tracy Davis on their blog. Read the full interview here, and for more details on the project itself, keep reading below. Child's Name: Thea Child's Age: At the time of completion Thea was 2 Location: Coastal Maine Description: This project was designed to be a special, personal place for a little girl to enjoy throughout the many stages of youth. Design Inspiration: My design inspiration for Thea's bedroom and adjacent playroom was based on the desire to create a unique, individual space -- a space that was so personal and fun … [Read more...]
Principal Tracy A. Davis is featured in the March/April 2011 issue of Design New England, giving her top picks for bringing the outdoors in. … [Read more...]
Recently the NYT featured an article highlighting must-do/see activities in Portland, ME. Bayside Bowl, a project that Urban Dwellings was privileged enough to work on warranted a mention. Click here to read the entire article, and then take a trip down to Bayside Bowl and see what all the hype is about! … [Read more...]
Recently Urban Dwellings had a hand in the newest bowling joint in town, Bayside Bowl! Below is an article featured in the September issue of Maine Magazine. The building on Alder Street in Portland, a short street that slants one way from Oxford to Preble, is tucked onto a quiet section of the Bayside neighborhood, where it's no surprise that it once housed light-industrial activities like telephone sales. Just barely open the door and you hear it: the dulcet knocks of the lanes at Bayside Bowl. "Bowling's been one of those things nobody talks about," says Nat May, executive director of SPACE Gallery. Or, as he is known at the lanes, "Michael Bowlton." May's unassuming character shifts slightly once he dons his bowling shoes and hooks the ball toward the rows of pins sixty … [Read more...]
Greg Day's roots are in rural Maine, where as a young child he began to consider the permutations of light, the extravagances of space, and what he perceived as a nucleus of urban landscape and infrastructure - long before he had the vocabulary with which to understand or communicate any of it. He went on to study architecture and architectural engineering at the University of Kansas, followed by years abroad and in New York City. Today he can be found in his studio in Bath overlooking the Kennebec River, being both "a full-time lighting designer and a full-time painter." He says that each feeds the other. Day calls himself a "builder of paintings." Using computer-aided drawing software, he has designed an organic grid that theoretically never ends. Each painting - intricacies … [Read more...]
