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Saturday, November 29, 2008

Red Marlin at Mission Bay

Located on beautiful Mission Bay, Red Marlin boasts some of the most amazing bayside dining and views in all of San Diego. CCS redesigned the former restaurant for The Hyatt in San Diego which reopened in February. The new design features an open-air terrace, indoor/outdoor bar, several private dining rooms, and the ultra-chic Red Marlin Chef’s Table, located in the center of the restaurant with its own built-in fire pit and extensively stocked wine wall.


Sunday, November 16, 2008

Spark Modern fire

Spark’s linear burner system allows you to either retrofit an existing wood-burner, or create a horizontally oriented “custom linear firescape” up to eight feet long. Approved for natural gas or liquid propane, Spark’s linear burners are submerged and covered with fire-proof “media”—shards of tempered glass in light green or blue/white, or stones (white marble, mixed basalt, or black lava)—to create the illusion of a source-less flame.

Spark Fire’s linear burners optimize space। The option of fully-viewable fireboxes (from two, three, or four sides) let’s you bring the ambiance to multiple rooms. Lastly, Spark Fire Burners feature open-flame operation (glass doors are not required), a perk that duplicates the experience of a traditional masonry fireplace—more faithfully, even, than wood-burning stoves which require closed-door operation. But the look is pure modern. Whether you frame it out to emphasize the linear orientation, or integrate it with wallboard for a cleaner look, you’ll love how it re-defines those time-worn notions of home and hearth.