Runway for Charity

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R6s19Ned5Nvq2SqcgBqbjisaS9EL9LM49Yb9xl5a1kn6y4nBtlhBq9Ui3a4Rn476YlQtRIFHmx63u7f8Hh-PNZDf6Xgq7wrCLKSFwfu4tsSQ5ZP2_USy6LTL_y8ZE2cqrtUqGp5yyV_E/s1600/269342_146880945469084_1122055371_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R6s19Ned5Nvq2SqcgBqbjisaS9EL9LM49Yb9xl5a1kn6y4nBtlhBq9Ui3a4Rn476YlQtRIFHmx63u7f8Hh-PNZDf6Xgq7wrCLKSFwfu4tsSQ5ZP2_USy6LTL_y8ZE2cqrtUqGp5yyV_E/s1600/269342_146880945469084_1122055371_n.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.akrikks.com/">A.K. Rikk's</a>, <a href="http://www.design1.com/">Design 1 Salon Spa</a>, Aura Cosmetics, <a href="http://www.matthewagency.com/matthewagency/home.html">The Matthew Agency</a> and our firm, <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Architects</a>, are bringing Grand Rapids the must see fashion show of the summer, called <a href="http://runwayforcharity.org/">Runway for Charity</a>.  </i></span><br /><br />All proceeds from the event benefit the <a href="http://www.helendevoschildrens.org/">Helen DeVos Children's Hospital</a>.  The last event in 2011 (formerly known as the Design 1 Fashion Event), had over 500 attendees and raised upwards of $25,000 for Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.  But they have upped the ante this year.  The goal is to raise $100,000, so the event is going to be bigger and better than all the previous years combined!  It will be held on<span style="color: magenta;"> <b>Saturday, May 11</b></span> 7:00pm - 10:30pm at A.K. Rikk's beautiful new location (6303 28th Street SE, Grand Rapids).  To purchase tickets to the event, please visit Helen DeVos Children's Hospital <a href="https://give.helendevoschildrens.org/runwayforcharity">website</a>.<br /><br />And one of the best parts of this event?  An <i><b>AMAZING</b></i> "LIFE IS SWEET" raffle where ONE winner will take home a prize package valued at over $100,000!  What fantastic prizes are a part of this prize package?  Glad you asked...<br /><br />• Case of Barons wine<br />• Watercolor of your home from Visbeen Architects<br />• Two watches from Juhas & Sullivan Jewelry<br />• Scott Group Custom Carpet rug<br />• Embellished mirror from award-winning interior designer Jeffery Roberts<br />• One-week stay in the Bahamas at a private residence (designed by Visbeen Architects, of course!)<br />• Rare Howard Miller clock<br />• A one-year Thousand Oaks golf membership as well as dinner & golf for a party of 8<br />• $2800 Bengtson Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery Beauty Package: can be used toward Ultherapy, Cool Sculpting, Laser and Skin Case treatments<br />• Bekins leather theatre chair<br />• Two-year car lease from Todd Wenzel Automotive<br />• Broadway of Grand Rapids package<br />• Ruth's Chris dinner for eight<br />• Brioni men's wear jacket<br />• Founder's private beer tasting event with tour for 30 people<br />• Hudsonville Ice Cream party for 100 and 2 scrounds per person (what is a scround?  It is a container of ice cream that sort of round, sort of square.  Thus, scround :)<br />• Salvatore Ferragamo leather bag<br />• Two pairs of glasses (one prescription, one sunglasses) and an eye exam from Sight Optical<br />• Two Belstaff leather jackets<br />• Landscape Maintenance from GreenMeadow Group<br />• Haworth Furniture<br />• One-week stay in a villa in the Turks & Caicos<br />• An estate queen-sized mattress from Spring Air, Grand Rapids Bedding Co.<br />• $20,000 CASH<br />• Gift Certificates...<br />   - $5,000 to A.K. Rikk's<br />   - $2,500 to Design 1 Salon Spa<br />   - $2,500 to 4GR8 Food restaurants (The Omlette Shoppe, Sundance Grille, The Bagel Beanery, & more)<br />   - $2,500 to ShoreMate for a docking system<br />   - $2,500 to Accent Hardwood Flooring for hardwood floor restoration<br /><br />Do we have your attention now??  The raffle tickets are<b> <span style="color: magenta;">$100 per ticket</span></b> with only 1,500 tickets available.  You do not have to be present on May 11 to win and tickets are already on sale, so please contact Angela in our office as soon as possible if you are interested in purchasing one or more (616-481-0424 or angela@visbeen.biz).  They are going fast!<br /><br />Remember, the $100 per ticket is tax deductible as a donation to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, so please help us make this a successful event in raising $100,000 for such a worthy organization!!<br /><br /><i>For more information on this event, please visit Runway for Charity's <a href="http://www.runwayforcharity.org/">website</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RunwayForCharity">facebook page</a>.  We will also be posting information to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/visbeenassociates">our facebook page</a>, so stay tuned!</i><br /><i><br /></i>

Runway for Charity

A.K. Rikk's , Design 1 Salon Spa , Aura Cosmetics, The Matthew Agency and our firm, Visbeen Architects , are bringing Grand Rapids the ...

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Detroit Home Design Award Winners!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxzbqCWt9PU4HyKdq7IWV6ssZoO33yQn52HEHYZ6okaA46OAFvAB4pXzYuuBijtdKjM7HxOfHjNTVgiSCMUtm6DX3X1gzGH1GkXCn1drqTo0OwO5eGMywKxLvKeBy9PClkDfWslcUOTMQ/s1600/1_Detroit+Home+Winner+Logo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxzbqCWt9PU4HyKdq7IWV6ssZoO33yQn52HEHYZ6okaA46OAFvAB4pXzYuuBijtdKjM7HxOfHjNTVgiSCMUtm6DX3X1gzGH1GkXCn1drqTo0OwO5eGMywKxLvKeBy9PClkDfWslcUOTMQ/s320/1_Detroit+Home+Winner+Logo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Last week Thursday, the ninth annual <a href="http://www.detroithomemag.com/">Detroit Home Magazine</a> Design Awards Gala was held in Sterling Heights, Michigan to honor the best and brightest building and design professionals in the Detroit Metro area.  During the ceremony, held at the GM Heritage Center, 57 categories of awards were given out to the innovators and designers that are pushing the envelope in residential and commercial design.  <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Architects</a> was honored with three of these prestigious awards, including first place in Commercial Architecture for the design of <a href="http://www.akrikks.com/">AK Rikks</a>, bringing our Detroit Home Design Award total to over 40 in the last seven years.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHJlfBUkI1BAb3UkZGOOIrk63bX-_ZNrjjViaF9O7tj1SN7OBWZMpYhL2tSeY-m2Ee9PhUxE9P3V-_13sOeM76_MYYheqaihIfRg3JsEbPKE12i_HFxj5yGZ5ZTyJKHYLkHKuZvHkHjnU/s1600/1_RikksExt_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHJlfBUkI1BAb3UkZGOOIrk63bX-_ZNrjjViaF9O7tj1SN7OBWZMpYhL2tSeY-m2Ee9PhUxE9P3V-_13sOeM76_MYYheqaihIfRg3JsEbPKE12i_HFxj5yGZ5ZTyJKHYLkHKuZvHkHjnU/s320/1_RikksExt_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;">AK Rikks</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1st Place - Commercial Building/Architecture</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Architecture, Interior Architecture & Store Design by <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Architects</a>, Built by <a href="http://www.lamarconstruction.com/">Lamar Construction</a>, Interior Design by <a href="http://www.jefferyroberts.com/">Jeffery Roberts</a></i></div><br />Our other awards included the following...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ppXrX-9rpgHooigKXLh3RQid-NrRIN_tZ8i5B-1nRBcNpcEu7TgiH0782_59mto3POE1SHKdYonua3ltXHMosw_ly3LGSEXBTdiknlqgkkFolCGHcwkw6gE2uM2WiHc391-COE5S-VPX/s1600/2_SHavenExt_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ppXrX-9rpgHooigKXLh3RQid-NrRIN_tZ8i5B-1nRBcNpcEu7TgiH0782_59mto3POE1SHKdYonua3ltXHMosw_ly3LGSEXBTdiknlqgkkFolCGHcwkw6gE2uM2WiHc391-COE5S-VPX/s320/2_SHavenExt_7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Pinecliff</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2nd Place - Contemporary Architecture (under 4,000 square feet)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Interior Design by Julie Holmes</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenmqnaSQeBEXCPR898qQ_4xZgBIla5UzmRbGveoPa_GFWjQ0lZ_tiIGtLbhhQImqrx0CqpF3E9hegjBHZNZbxroq1czH8G1wxNUP6gmc2KmNAi90wmgWCOKJ4GiJnfgpTCgG-_YEY8AuP/s1600/3_RikksInt_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenmqnaSQeBEXCPR898qQ_4xZgBIla5UzmRbGveoPa_GFWjQ0lZ_tiIGtLbhhQImqrx0CqpF3E9hegjBHZNZbxroq1czH8G1wxNUP6gmc2KmNAi90wmgWCOKJ4GiJnfgpTCgG-_YEY8AuP/s320/3_RikksInt_1.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue;">AK Rikks</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>3rd Place - Retail Interior Design</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Architecture, Interior Architecture & Store Design by <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Architects</a>, Built by <a href="http://www.lamarconstruction.com/">Lamar Construction</a>, Interior Design by <a href="http://www.jefferyroberts.com/">Jeffery Roberts</a></i></div><br />The rest of the award winners can be seen in the Spring 2013 edition of Detroit Home Magazine.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3kwdWiwtL0YogeOTZvvPLYWuIVqxLZOlAHgvlDRQoQ9zOnm3nzkUt4WpsuJ3Jsk6JcIWXPY-dF9B2lg1Vd1c5ze6dHhwAETl25DHBDT_u2AVk-XgZ3UTckMaWm2WedBTauU6DKku3Q1g/s1600/DHDA_Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3kwdWiwtL0YogeOTZvvPLYWuIVqxLZOlAHgvlDRQoQ9zOnm3nzkUt4WpsuJ3Jsk6JcIWXPY-dF9B2lg1Vd1c5ze6dHhwAETl25DHBDT_u2AVk-XgZ3UTckMaWm2WedBTauU6DKku3Q1g/s320/DHDA_Cover.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><i>For ease of reading, please <a href="http://www.echobox.com/visbeen/publication_assets/2013/detroit_home/DHDA_Spring_2013.pdf">click here</a> to view the full article on our website.</i><br /><br /><br />

Detroit Home Design Award Winners!

Last week Thursday, the ninth annual Detroit Home Magazine Design Awards Gala was held in Sterling Heights, Michigan to honor the best and ...

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