Michael Benedikt teaches architecture at the University of Texas.  He was my teacher and, for a short while, my boss when he had an architecture firm.  Michael designed this media center for his remodeled living room in a cool mid-century house.  Visually, the cabinet is made of an outer layer, a C-channel in section, made of burled birch and painted black on the inside.  Within that layer are the operable components, doors and drawers covered in madrone burl.  Michael found industrial ball joint bearings for the handles, which swivel nicely around your finger as you swing open the door.  Everything fits inside including the TV, stereo, speakers, CD's, cassettes, cable box, DVD player, and air conditioning ducts which blow from custom grilles on the ends.