Five studios enriching Rhode Island's "slowly but surely growing design scene"
Rhode Island may be the smallest US state but its design scene is proving to be mighty according to these five studios, which praise the work-life balance, easygoing attitude and community it offers....
View ArticleMarc Thorpe designs Case Study 2020 house for Los Angeles
American architect Marc Thorpe has designed this Hollywood Hills residence for an art collector to draw on the modernist Case Study Houses. Thorpe has released renderings of Case Study 2020, a house he...
View ArticleSlim wooden slats cover "wild geometry" of renovated Californian house
San Francisco's Blue Truck Studio clad the exterior of this holiday house in Manhattan Beach, California with cedar siding to tone down its unusual geometries. Blue Truck Studio added the cladding...
View ArticleDavid Rockwell unveils kit to build restaurants on streets following pandemic
Designer David Rockwell has created a kit of parts to turn New York City's streets into outdoor restaurants that allow for socially distanced dining. The American designer and his studio Rockwell Group...
View ArticleWhite circles promote social distancing on Domino Park grass in New York City
The grass of New York's Domino Park has been painted with white circles to encourage the public to stay safely apart during the pandemic. Located in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighbourhood, the...
View ArticleSnøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen compete to design Theodore Roosevelt...
Architecture firms Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen have been shortlisted to design a presidential library for Theodore Roosevelt in Medora, North Dakota. The three firms were selected from 12...
View ArticleRas-A Studio builds Walk-Street House near the beach in California
A photographer and his family live in this boxy house clad in cedar that design-build practice Ras-A Studio has designed near the ocean in Los Angeles County. Ras-A Studio completed Walk-Street House...
View ArticleIan Schrager's The Times Square Edition hotel to close permanently
Ian Schrager's decadent hotel in New York's Times Square is closing just over one year after it opened due to financial issues caused by the pandemic. Bloomberg has reported that The Times Square...
View ArticleThree cast-concrete volumes form Preston Hollow house by Specht Architects
American studio Specht Architects has designed this Dallas residence with long corrugated concrete volumes to reference brutalist architecture. The Preston Hollow home is influenced by the texture and...
View ArticleArnold Studio designs Brooklyn sensory deprivation spa Vessel Floats
New York architecture firm Arnold Studio has covered the walls of this sensory deprivation spa in Brooklyn neighbourhood Greenpoint with rigid felt and bold colours. Vessel Floats is a spa designed for...
View ArticleIslyn Studio converts warehouse in Albuquerque into Sawmill Market food hall
New York's Islyn Studio has overhauled an old lumber warehouse in Albuquerque, New Mexico and turned it into a sun-lit food hall with various spots to indulge. Called Sawmill Market, the project...
View ArticleGreyed wood clads renovated Montauk beach house by Desciencelab
Brooklyn design-build studio Desciencelab has overhauled a gabled house in Montauk on the furthest tip of Long Island with greyed cladding and teak interiors. The two-storey house was stripped back to...
View ArticleCouple builds themselves cedar-clad retreat Little Peek on Maine island...
A screened porch is sandwiched between two cedar volumes to form this holiday home that the founders of Berman Horn Studio in New York built themselves on an island in Maine. Maria Berman and Brad...
View ArticleLand Lines installation reimagines landscapes in hanging fabrics
Oklahoma artist Rachel Hayes stitched together colourful fabrics to create abstract representations of natural landscapes that hang in a Los Angeles gallery. Called Land Lines, the project comprises 12...
View ArticleWORKac adds curving perforated steel staircase to Brooklyn apartment
New York studio WORKac has inserted a white perforated steel staircase into this three-storey Brooklyn apartment as part of a renovation designed to brighten its dark interiors. Wyckoff Street...
View ArticleGensler expands and remodels Colorado airport with cosy yet contemporary...
Gensler has added a black metal volume to an airport servicing ski resorts in Vail, Colorado, containing lounges with fireplaces and pale wood ceilings. The project was designed for Eagle County...
View ArticleResidences by Armani/Casa in Florida has amenities designed by Giorgio Armani
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani worked with Argentine-American architect César Pelli to complete this residential skyscraper in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Pelli Clarke Pelli, the firm founded...
View ArticleNASA revives "worm" logo and debuts SpaceX spacesuits
NASA will use the Danne & Blackburn-designed "worm" logo for the first time since 1992, while its astronauts will debut SpaceX spacesuits when the Demo-2 flight to the International Space Station...
View ArticleMASS Design Group outlines redesign strategies for restaurants following...
US architecture firm MASS Design Group has suggested that restaurants add barriers, remove bar seating and seek local produce sources to curtail the spread of infection and allow patrons to safely eat...
View ArticleFaceted glazed courtyard pierces Oregon house by No Architecture
New York firm No Architecture has designed this house in Oregon's Willamette Valley wine country around a glazed garden fill with deciduous trees. A large dark roof covers the aptly named Courtyard...
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