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"10 Great Fireplaces\nAD editors present their favorites, from sleek and contemporary to traditional and ornate.\nDesigner Sam A. Cardella collaborated with the architectural firm Interactive Design Corporation to create a Rancho Mirage, California, house for Myrna Kaplan. Above: Brushed-steel walls in the living area provide a backdrop for a granite fireplace and a 1930s Dan mask from Ivory Coast. \"Part of my job was to showcase her collection,\" Cardella says of the African art that Kaplan owns. (April 2006)\n\"Every single square inch of space had to be accounted for,\" Patricia Gray says of the small Vancouver, British Columbia, apartment she designed for Kevin Louie. \"Because of Kevin's lifestyle, a formal dining room wasn't required,\" Gray explains. Instead, an area that she dubbed the \"flex space,\" above, can be used for dining or for extra seating. The paneling around the floating fireplace conceals additional storage. (December 2006)\nThe adobe compound that architects Francisco J. Rencoret and Gonzalo Dom\u00EDnguez and his son Rodrigo designed for Awasi, their luxury boutique hotel in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, was modeled after Tulor, a 3,000-year-old archaeological site known for its circular clay houses. Above: Antique furnishings sourced by interior designers Paula Dom\u00EDnguez and Alejandra Bunster are grouped before the fireplace in the lounge. Traditional Andean weavings called aguayos inspired the striped fabrics. The roof is thatched with straw from the San Pedro river. (January 2009)\nSeeking to preserve and update the house they commissioned from Richard Barancik in 1953, Chicagoans Howard and Doris Conant hired Margaret McCurry, of Tigerman McCurry Architects. Above: Like most other parts of the house, the living room has warm wood and stone finishes. McCurry redesigned the fireplace, removing its metal hood and converting it to gas. (February 2009)\n\"The rooms aren't separate entities; what matters is how they fit into an integrated whole,\" architect Lee F. Mindel says of the prewar Manhattan apartment he redesigned with his partner, Peter L. Shelton. The imposing walnut-and-bronze fireplace wall in the study that conceals the television \"is freestanding; it's independent of the window wall.\" (July 2004)\nJos\u00E9 Sol\u00EDs Betancourt was commissioned to renovate the interiors of a 1932 Tudor Revival house in Washington, D.C. Richard Williams Architects collaborated on the project. Above: Architectural details in the library include exposed rough-hewn beams and a Gothic-arched fireplace. (April 2008)\nArchitectural and interior designer Beth Klomparens transformed a carriage house in New York to highlight her client's collections. Above: Klomparens combined the kitchen and the dining area so that her client, who enjoys informal entertaining, can cook without leaving her guests. She incorporated a fireplace using an existing chimney. (October 2006)\nNew York realtor Tina Fredericks called upon local architect Kenton van Boer to combine Japanese, English and Shingle Style sensibilities for her East Hampton house. Above: Fredericks, who did the interior design, placed built-in seating near the living room fireplace. The low table was custom-made for a daughter's wedding. (November 2005)\nThis guesthouse and footbridge on Lake Austin in Texas, conceived by Juan Mir\u00F3 and his partner, Miguel Rivera, reflects its lakeside setting. A copper-clad fireplace, above, on the rear terrace provides an ideal focal point for outdoor entertaining. (April 2007)\nCeleste Robbins designed a 9,000-square-foot ranch-inspired residence with modern lines for a family of four in Wyoming's Grand Teton valley. \"It's a challenge to fit a house into a context and make it look like it's always been there,\" notes the Winnetka, Illinois-based architect, who collaborated on the project with interior designer Berta Shapiro. Above: A seating area in the great room. (June 2008)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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