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Aranda\Lasch creates pleated concrete facade for Tom Ford flagship Miami store
US firm Aranda\Lasch has completed a store for fashion designer Tom Ford in the Miami Design District, featuring an angular facade that references bold Art Deco motifs (+ slideshow). Situated on the...
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Italian furniture company Arper opens a Manhattan showroom
Business news: Italian design brand Arper has opened a New York showroom, following in the footsteps of other European brands setting up shop in the US. Arper – founded in 1989 in Italy – debuted its...
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Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: BP Pedestrian Bridge by Frank Gehry
It's day two in our Christmas countdown of contemporary bridges, one for every letter of the alphabet. For the letter B, it's Frank Gehry's first bridge – a serpentine structure between two Chicago...
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Rockwell Group creates canopy of 650 pulsating lanterns inside New York's...
New York-based Rockwell Group has suspended hundreds of illuminated cubes inside an atrium in Lower Manhattan, each containing an LED that changes colour based on input from visitors (+ movie). Called...
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Isay Weinfeld unveils latest designs for update of historic Shore Club in...
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has been commissioned to convert The Shore Club, a historic hotel in Miami's South Beach, into a luxury complex with condominiums, hotel rooms and poolside bungalows....
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Snarkitecture customises private jet with blue ombre finish
New York studio Snarkitecture has completely covered an aircraft from private aviation company NetJets with a sky-blue gradient for Art Basel Miami Beach. Snarkitecture's customised NetJets Signature...
View ArticleVenturi and Scott Brown to receive the 2016 AIA Gold Medal
The American Institute of Architects has named Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown as the 2016 AIA Gold Medal laureates, giving them the joint recognition that the Pritzker Prize organisers refused....
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Harvard Students create pink pavilion of 200 elevated models outside Design...
Design Miami 2015: a group of students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design has built a temporary entrance pavilion from architectural models outside the Design Miami fair. Called Unbuilt, the...
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Fernando Romero's El Sol resembles a glowing red sun made from thousands of...
Design Miami 2015: Mexican architect Fernando Romero has created a glowing ball of 2,880 crystals accompanied by a soundtrack of noises made by the sun. Fernando Romero's El Sol installation,...
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Seattle eyewear store by Best Practice Architecture is designed to "toy with...
This Seattle optometry store by local firm Best Practice Architecture features mirrored surfaces and a steel-framed enclosure shaped like a house. Called Eye Eye, the store is located on the ground...
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US designers create Christmas decorations to raise funds for Detroit museum
Design Miami 2015: a miniature terrarium and a cluster of small balloons coated in blue resin are among the bespoke Christmas tree ornaments by US designers that are being sold to raise money for the...
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Taylor and Miller creates sculptural weekend home beside a Massachusetts lake
This lakefront weekend home in Massachusetts by Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design features protrusions that gesture toward the sky and water (+ slideshow). Called Lake House, the sculptural...
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OMA's Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired Faena Forum takes shape in Miami Beach
Construction is well underway on OMA's drum-shaped Faena Forum cultural centre in Miami Beach, which was influenced by the Guggenheim Museum in New York according to the project's lead architect. The...
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Tobias Rehberger installs pixellated porn at Art Basel Miami Beach
German artist Tobias Rehberger has used colourful tiles to create pornographic mosaics inside a booth at Art Basel Miami Beach. Presented by Swiss museum Fondation Beyeler, the installation is titled...
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Mountaineer Prototype by James Capper walks on hydraulic legs
British artist James Capper's remote-controlled sculpture shown at Art Basel Miami Beach could be used to film in inaccessible terrains (+ movie). Capper's Mountaineer Prototype looks like a robotic...
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LA's Petersen Automotive Museum reopens with KPF-designed metal-ribbon facade
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles reopened this week following an extensive renovation, featuring a new wavy steel and aluminium facade designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (+ slideshow). The...
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Sight Unseen's LA exhibition showcases work from "focal point of the American...
Influential US magazine Sight Unseen has launched an LA exhibition of work by local designers in response to the city's resurgence as a centre for design (+ slideshow). The Site Specific LA exhibition...
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Patricia Urquiola overhauls Cassina's New York showroom
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has revamped Cassina's showroom in Midtown Manhattan for her first major project since joining the Italian furniture brand as art director (+ slideshow). The...
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Perkins Eastman proposes turning New York's Broadway into one long park
Perkins Eastman Architects' Green Line concept would see New York's iconic Broadway converted into a linear park running from Columbus Circle to Union Square. The Green Line would create a more than...
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Thomas Heatherwick to redesign home of New York Philharmonic orchestra
London-based Heatherwick Studio and Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt have been selected to replace Foster + Partners on the overhaul of Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall, home to one of New York's...
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