Art Enhances Commonly Forgotten Areas

Mail Room, The Independent

Developers of The Independent in Austin wanted to turn the mailroom—which is usually hidden away—into a meeting place for neighbors. Treating the steel mailboxes like sculptural elements, they placed them in the middle of the main lobby. Behind them, a double-height, undulating wood sculpture lines the wall. The juxtaposition of all the different materials—the marble floor, the concrete building, the steel mailboxes, and the wooden wall sculpture— culminate in a feeling of grandeur.

Mail Room, Lenox Grand Crossing

Developers of Lenox Grand Crossing apartments in Katy, Texas, took a utility room and gave it added elegance with this neon painting.