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For 70 years, Liollio has provided sustainable architecture, interior design, and historic preservation for public projects. We are an award-winning architecture firm located in Charleston, SC, who value subtle & restrained design, rooted in context, culture & collaboration.
Rick and Geoff also traveled to Atlanta, GA to complete our site investigation to renovate 443 Edgewood. This building is owned by the Martin Luther King Jr NHS and is a part of the Historic District. Our scope is to rehabilitate the historic façade and complete renovations to the interior to allow NPS to lease the space to a local business.
Last week Rick and Geoff traveled to Homestead, FL to review several projects with the Everglades National Park. Some for the projects include exterior renovations to the Coe Visitor Center, replacing the Bobcat Boardwalk at Shark Valley, designing a new fee/entrance station to the Long Pine Key Campground, renovating the LPK Amphitheater, re-roofing three buildings and completing some renovations/rehabilitation to the Mission 66 Historic Shark Valley Tower Comfort Station.
Liollio's Mez Joseph, Marketing & Graphic Design Lead, is excited to be attending this year's Revolve Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, located at the beautiful Wild Dunes Resort. Join Mez and many other talented creatives at this inspirational and informative 2-day event now. Sign up before Friday September 16th for the Early Bird Special [$399]! #REVOLVECONF https://lnkd.in/e9yivTeless
Charles Eames (1907–78) and Ray Eames (1912–88) gave shape to America's twentieth century. Their lives and work represented the nation's defining social movements: the West Coast's coming-of-age, the economy's shift from making goods to producing information, and the global expansion of American culture. The Eameses embraced the era's visionary concept of modern design as an agent of social change, elevating it to a national agenda. Their evolution from furniture designers to cultural ambassadors demonstrated their boundless talents and the overlap of their interests with those of their country. In a rare era of shared objectives, the Eameses partnered with the federal government and the country's top businesses to lead the charge to modernize postwar America. Visit their Library of Congress page here.
The West Ashley James Island Business Association (WAJIBA) meeting drew over 70 local business members as we heard a round table discussion on the business of beer. Extremely interesting and informative as it relates to this growing enterprise in our area. The next WAJIBA meeting will be September 23rd when the Charleston city council candidates for four West Ashley seats join us at the Holiday Inn Riverview at 11:30 am for a discussion forum. Should be insightful...
The Fall Lecture Series flyer is hot off the press! Join AIA Charleston and the CAC.C for three free lectures. The fall series kicks off next Wednesday, September 2, 2015.
This year’s round of Library Journal‘s New Landmark Libraries returns to its roots, honoring public libraries completed between 2010 and 2014 (the previous public competition, held in 2011, honored public libraries completed through 2009, and in 2012 academic standouts were recognized). Visit here to view the lists of 11 winners and 11 honorable mentions in alphabetical order, selected from more than 80 entries by a panel of judges from the field led by project coordinator Emily Puckett Rodgers, School of Information Entrepreneurship Program Manager at the University of Michigan.
For complete profiles, trends and more, watch for the September 15th issues of Library Journal andLibrary By Design!
Another in the series of non-architectural inspiration. This week, in our INSPIRED BY: series, we take a look at the paintings of Piet Mondrian.
“Piet Mondrian, one of the founders of the Dutch modern movement De Stijl, is recognized for the purity of his abstractions and methodical practice by which he arrived at them. He radically simplified the elements of his paintings to reflect what he saw as the spiritual order underlying the visible world, creating a clear, universal aesthetic language within his canvases. In his best known paintings from the 1920s, Mondrian reduced his shapes to lines and rectangles and his palette to fundamental basics pushing past references to the outside world toward pure abstraction. His use of asymmetrical balance and a simplified pictorial vocabulary were crucial in the development of modern art, and his iconic abstract works remain influential in design and familiar in popular culture to this day.”
Visit The Art Story website here.
Visit MOMA here.
Last night the Charleston Regional Business Journal's 2015 Forty Under 40 Awards Networking Event was held at Alhambra Hall in Mount Pleasant. Liollio Associate Principal, Jennifer Charzewski, AIA, LEED AP, was honored with an award. See more images form the event here.
This is Charleston SC. This is our beautiful home. #WeAreCharleston
We are proud to be part of the history & future of Charleston Progressive Academy. They are building our future leaders!
We Are Charleston! Thank you Charleston County School District for this beautiful short video. God bless our city, county & state. #CharlestonStrong
The commission for the Kuokkala Church was won through an invited competition organized in 2006 asking to design a building which could become a focal point of the Kuokkala suburban neighbourhood in Jyväskylä in order to foster the identity of the neighbourhood as a community of its own. The competition brief asked for offering different functions for the parish, such as the church hall, the parish centre and a community centre, and joining them in an innovative continuum by arranging them into a structure with a strong recognizable shape, creating a “church that looks like a church”.
For the competition, OOPEAA, operating under the name of Lassila Hirvilammi at the time, submitted a proposal entitled KIDE. It was a sculptural building containing all desired functions within one single recognizable shape, contemporary, yet rich in historical allusions. A dialogue of contrasts between the exterior and interior architecture is manifested in the material choices. The roof and walls of the church are covered with overlapping tiles of Spanish slate, with wood and copper-covered entrance details that give the building a sense of warmth and scale. Other primary outer surfaces are clad in Finnish granite. Wood, mainly Finnish spruce, plays a central role in the interior spaces creating a warm atmosphere. Ceiling and floors are made of carefully selected local radially sawn spruce. The church ceiling is a combination of glue laminated timber framing with a wooden grid shell construction that unites the sacral spaces into one entity. The shape of the interior wooden grid, fixed on the primary structure, recalls Gothic cathedrals and relies on the knowledge of the masters of handcrafted building methods.
The church and parish meeting halls can be combined into one large sacral space with adjoining youth facilities. A gallery between the halls houses the organ and the cantors’ offices. The sacral spaces are placed in the middle of the building and the service spaces (sacristy, storage spaces, kitchen, lobby) are located in a zone around them.
For more info, please visit OOPEAA.
At Charleston County School District’s recent Board Meeting, held August 10, 2015, two separate awards, the 2015 South Carolina Historic Preservation Honor Award and the AIA South Carolina Merit Design Award, were presented to Liollio Architecture by Deputy for Capital Programs Jeff Borowy for an outstanding renovation of historic Charleston Progressive Academy. Mr. Bill Lewis and Mr. Michael Bobby were also recognized for overseeing this project.
AIA South Carolina Merit Design Award for Adaptive Reuse/Renovation -Charleston Progressive Academy: The intent of this award is to recognize thoughtful interventions that create a synergy between old and new construction. The Adaptive Reuse/Renovation Award Category is for built projects that include rehabilitation or adaptive reuse. This award recognizes the best renovation or addition to a structure that is not intended to be a faithful historic restoration. Eligible projects begin with a pre-existing building, structure, object or site that incorporates an intervention that is clearly intended to compliment or contrast with the original subject building. It is not necessary that the project be within South Carolina.
Juror comments included:
…The courtyard is the whole story – an inspired response to a corner lot by creating a contained activity space surrounded by buildings full of light and energy…
…The character of the original portion of the building is obviously respected here – and improved to meet current requirements…
…The new elements are respectful to the original – the framing of the original entrance helps remind the neighborhood of their special school building. It is obviously well loved…
2015 Honor Award - South Carolina Historic Preservation – Charleston Progressive Academy
The Honor Awards celebrate successful and exemplary historic preservation projects around the Palmetto State. This award is sponsored by The State of South Carolina, The Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation, and South Carolina Archives & History Center, and presented by Lt. Governor Henry McMaster at a ceremony in the State House on June 5th, 2015.
David Dewees, R2D2, C3PO (From left to right)
If you ever needed evidence that the best architectural solutions for a city can be provided by local firms, you needn’t look much further than Detroit. The most populous city in the state of Michigan has been through some extraordinarily tough economic times in recent decades, and when designing structures to catalyze its regeneration in the coming years, architects who understand the complexities of the city’s checkered history are surely best placed to help. Read the WSJ article here.
With more than 10 years of experience in the world of architecture, Jennifer Charzewski, AIA, LEED AP, an Associate Principal at Liollio, believes that “architecture is about people, about creating and defining the spaces in which we live. Jennifer was recently awarded as one of Charleston’s Forty Under 40 by the Charleston Regional Business Journal. We sat down for a short Q&A with this month’s Spotlight On feature.
Where did you grow up?
Mostly rural south Texas, outside of Houston, and later the suburbs of Houston.
How long have you lived in Charleston and what brought you here?
I moved to Charleston from Minneapolis in 2007. My husband Jarod took a teaching position in the Sculpture Department at the College of Charleston, so back to the South I came!
What area of town do you live in?
We love living on the peninsula, on Race Street near the Greek Church - great access to all of our favorite parts of downtown, and truly great neighbors!
What is your favorite thing in your house?
Our kitchen - we renovated it ourselves a few years ago, and I love to cook.
Who or what inspires you?
My husband Jarod - he is so driven in his work, yet he always makes time for people, and he has this great attitude and great world view - he's accepting, spontaneous, and very very funny. His love for our kids is a joy.
What is your favorite country you have traveled to and why?
It would have to be Italy, partially because I was able to live there for three months in school - it gets in your bones. I love the language, the people, the natural and urban environments, the art, the history, and most of all the food! Like many others, I have a piece of my heart in Castiglion F'no.
What do you like on your pizza?
Pepperoni, extra cheese, garlic, and artichoke hearts.
How do you take your coffee?
I don't - I hate coffee!
What is your favorite food?
Artichokes - fresh, whole, steamed.
What is your least favorite food?
Mushrooms. No, blue cheese. Gag.
Do you play any instruments?
Piano
What song is at the top of your most played list (be honest)?
Currently, "Everything is Awesome!" - although that's by my son Jack's choice, not mine! It's catchy though.
What is an ordinary thing that you are incredibly good at?
Math
What is an ordinary thing that you are incredibly bad at?
Parallel parking
If you were an animal, what kind would you be?
Dolphin - I love being in the water. And they seem to have a lot of fun.
What is an interesting fact that most people don’t know about you?
I've broken my right collarbone three times - the first was jumping out of a swing when I was 9 or 10. The second two came in quick succession when I was maybe 15 or 16 - playing touch football and then falling off my bed. My collarbone is super lumpy and crooked, although it has been smoothing out over the years, which is pretty strange. I haven't broken any other bones (so far), which is surprising because I can be pretty clumsy.
If you weren’t an architect, what would you be?
I've always had a desire to train working dogs. This is strange, since I have two cats and have never had a dog. I just love seeing working dogs in action, and can easily romanticize the idea of what it might be like to raise and train them. So that, or the classic "travel + food writer."
What is your favorite thing about working at Liollio?
Easily the people - it's a family for sure, and I care very deeply about everyone I work with. I love the camaraderie and passion we share, and I love that we have a lot of fun and infuse a lot of humor in our day to day. I also love that we are so earnest about our approach to our clients and our work - truly striving to deliver great projects and constantly challenging ourselves to be better and better.
You never know where architectural design inspiration may come from. Fashion, art, music, nature, technology, or today’s subject: furniture. “Marcel Lajos Breuer was a Hungarian-born modernist, architect and furniture designer who’s known as being one of the “masters of Modernism”. He had a particular fascination with modular construction and simple forms, he even helped to develop unit construction, a combination of standardised units to form a technically simple but functional complete unit. A lot of this comes from his studies at the Bauhaus where he was a student and teacher for many years.”
Take a look at some of his famous furniture designs here.
We had a delicious Italian meal last night at Michael Edwards' house! Everyone visited one of three Italian cities depending on our table. Within the span of 4 hours in one night, we were lucky enough to visit Rome, Venice and Florence. The topic of conversation was office culture - the ambience was inspiring. We all came together for dessert and coffee to hear what each city's dinner conversation was about. Our favorite quote of the evening..."culture is everything."
