Winners of The CHENG Concrete Exchange Design Challenge
Hearth Throb Yves St. Hilaire’s Wrap-around Fireplace was awarded Best Fireplace in the 2011 CHENG Concrete Circle of Distinction Design Challenge by judges Fu-Tung Cheng, designer (Cheng Design, Cheng Products, CHENG Concrete), Robert Brunner, industrial designer (Ammunition Group, Fuego), and Dan Gregory, editor and author (Houseplans.com). St. Hilaire has been working with decorative concrete for over four years and recently …
Concrete Collaboration Concrete and ceramics come together to form an organic yet sleek result in this unique art piece. Now hanging in a home in Chicago, it was crafted in Evanston, IL by Andrew Kerr of Kerr Concrete Designs and Joanna Kramer, a ceramic artist. Kerr employed concrete for this sculpture because of its capability to produce “larger, more powerful …
Star Power Using both nature and her own imagination as references, Paagman crafted an organic and timeless concrete piece that exemplifies her artistic motivation: “Planet earth awakened me and strengthened my belief that the sky is the limit and that one must go with the flow,” she explained. Project Objective + Client Feedback Paagman is inspired by nature and the …
Artfully Inclined Transforming a gaudy wall-papered 1970’s powder room into a contemporary oasis, Sieffert of Concrete Zen delivered a spectacular vanity that is much more like a small interior water feature than a conventional sink. Water falls from a minimalistic faucet down the long, sloped Platinum-colored concrete ramp sink into a narrow drain slot at the other end. Deceptively simple-looking, …
Fire Power Yves St. Hilaire created this unique concrete sculptural fire bowl in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Working with a tight deadline while taking on a uniquely creative project, St. Hilaire, owner of Sticks + Stones Furniture, created this award-winning sculpture with a little help and a lot of determination. Project Objective + Client Feedback The designer of the concrete …
Bath Master A perfect balance of design and materials, this modern bath is washed in natural light and yet bold and monumental in form. Large, superbly crafted pieces of concrete establish a dramatic presence of stately mass in this residence. The feather grey concrete bathtub surround, vanity counter, and shower bench all add to the cool and serene feel of …
Tailor-Made Jeff Kudrick, Project Manager of JM Lifestyles of Randolph, NJ, utilized his twenty years of experience in decorative concrete to create an extraordinarily sleek kitchen showcasing the possibilities of large-scale interior concrete, creating a warm atmosphere and modern aesthetic in this Pennsylvania farm house. Project Objective + Client Feedback To enhance the minimalist style of their kitchen, the clients …
