My annual summer trip this year to the Wine country took me to Dominic’s winery located off the highway 29. I was reminiscing the movie ‘Sideways’ and had packed my picnic basket to indulge. As I looked around, I saw a simple modern structure rooted in the outdoor landscape. The structure seemed like an extension of the “the building’s ’skin’ made of modular gabions of wire mesh ‘containing’ masses of locally quarried stone of different shapes and sizes. It is the technology commonly used in river engineering – made rigid by a metal structure, also modular, on the interior.” The name behind the structure—Herzog & De Meuron—a Swiss architectural firm founded by Jacques Herzog and Pierre De Meuron and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. In 2001, Herzog & de Meuron were awarded the Pritzker Prize, the highest of honors in architecture.
Yes, the name is familiar with the 2008 Olympics stadium in Beijing. The spectacular centrepiece for the 2008 Beijing Olympics designed by engineers Arup, Herzog & De Meuron architects and China Architecture Design & Research Group has been marvelled at. The building’s vast scale and dramatic form created another icon for China and Beijing alongside the ‘Water Cube’, the aquatic centre for the Games, designed by Arup. From architecture to outdoor furniture, I seem to be drinking from d cup….. …hey…must mention some great Mayan designs I saw last weekend(….not from the civilization but real cool ones). All three tables possess something in common—inventive designing. The Mayan square dining table in wicker and aluminium has a wacky quality about itself. Perhaps the Mayan range looks all intimate and innovative. The glass top saves weathering, and I like the fact that it can be used both indoors/outdoors. The lavish square spread is considerate too.
The Mayan Round looks like d thing for outdoors. I like the round shape that seats about 6 people at a go. But more than it I love the multi-utility, can be easily shifted indoors. And I like the Mayan side table for its versatility. Btw, all the tables use UV and weather-resistant VIRO fiber hand woven over an extruded powder coated aluminum frame. And claim not to fade easily(good news). This patio table can easily pass of as end table indoors…?…contemporary furniture this is…no doubts!
Tags: Outdoor Furniture, Outdoor Wood Furniture, Teak Patio Furniture
