Large windows and cantilevers animate House on 36th by Beebe Skidmore
A cantilevered upper storey with symmetrical, glazed dormers is the focal point of House on 36th, which Beebe Skidmore has completed for a young family relocating to Portland, USA. The sculptural...
View ArticleThe Maker Hotel in Hudson channels "old-world bohemian glamour"
Original decor features and vintage treasures helped Lev Glazman, Alina Roytberg and Damien Janowicz create an eclectic sense of old-world charm inside this boutique hotel in Hudson, New York. Host to...
View ArticleHeatherwick Studio designs flood-resilient park The Cove for San Francisco
London-based Heatherwick Studio has designed an elevated work campus and park bolstered against rising sea levels caused by climate change to replace deteriorating historic piers in San Francisco....
View ArticleOutdoor dining on New York City streets becomes permanent
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has made the Open Restaurants Program, which allows restaurants in the city to extend seating onto streets, sidewalks and public spaces, permanent following the...
View ArticleTinted glass bathes Lookout House by Faulkner Architects in red glow
This house at the bottom of Lookout Mountain volcano in Truckee, California has glass walls chosen by local studio Faulkner Architects to tint the interiors "the colour of cooling magma". Faulkner...
View ArticleSnøhetta designs barrel-vaulted El Paso Children's Museum
Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled its design for a children's museum in El Paso, Texas with a barrel-vaulted roof that almost resembles a drawing of a cloud. The studio designed the roof of El...
View ArticleAston Martin collaborates with S3 Architecture to design first residential...
US studio S3 Architecture worked with luxury carmaker Aston Martin's architectural design service to create Sylvan Rock, an angular black-cedar home in Hudson Valley, New York. With building works set...
View ArticleSteven Holl shapes Winter Visual Arts Building around 200-year-old trees
Curving glass walls enclose the Winter Visual Arts Building, which Steven Holl Architects has completed in the arboretum of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The sculptural...
View ArticleSelldorf Architects clads Hauser & Wirth New York gallery in concrete
Folding glass doors break up the dark concrete walls of this outpost for international art gallery Hauser & Wirth in New York City, designed by Selldorf Architects. New York firm Selldorf...
View ArticleDavid Adjaye house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation to be demolished
A house designed by David Adjaye as part of the Make It Right Foundation's contribution to rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is reportedly "in imminent danger of collapse" and is set to be...
View ArticleDisused factory transformed into Crye Precision Headquarters in Brooklyn
American studio MN DPC aimed to not "f*ck up" an old ship-building factory in Brooklyn, New York, while converting it into the vast and mixed-use Crye Precision Headquarters. The 10,000-square-metre...
View ArticleLesley Lokko resigns as dean of architecture at New York's City College in...
Scottish-Ghanaian architect Lesley Lokko has resigned as dean of the Spitzer School of Architecture at City College in New York, citing a crippling workload and a lack of empathy for black women. Lokko...
View ArticleMythology crafts warm plywood interiors for Shen beauty store in Brooklyn
Plywood covers almost every surface in this store that creative studio Mythology has designed for beauty retailer Shen in Brooklyn, New York. Shen's new retail space is nestled in Brooklyn's Cobble...
View ArticleGardens bookend Yo Ju Courtyard House in Washington by Wittman Estes
Seattle architecture studio Wittman Estes drew on ancient Chinese landscape paintings and principles of garden design for this black house in Washington. Wittman Estes designed Yo Ju Courtyard House...
View ArticleGood design can reduce voter errors says postal vote envelope designer
Christopher Patten has redesigned the mail-in envelopes for North Carolina ahead this year's US presidential election to make them clearer so the chance of votes not counting is reduced. Patten...
View ArticleCircus tents and Japanese architecture inform Seattle house renovation
American studio SHED referenced Japanese design and three-ring circus tents when creating the Me-Kwa-Mooks Net-Zero house in Seattle, Washington. Located on a sloped site beside Me-Kwa-Mooks Park, the...
View ArticleThe LADG designs studio and residence for a painter and a photographer
The Los Angeles Design Group added three structures to a mid-century home in Los Angeles' Highland Park to create a guest house, studio and exhibition spaces for two visual artists. The US studio...
View ArticleRockwell Group completes luxury residents-only leisure club for New York's...
A sinuous wooden walkway connects different amenities in this private leisure club that architecture and design firm Rockwell Group has created for residents of New York's Waterline Square development....
View ArticleFashion meets art inside Dries Van Noten's inaugural US store
Luxury fashion label Dries Van Noten has opened its first US store in Los Angeles, which boasts interiors filled with artworks from creatives across the globe. Dries Van Noten's LA store takes over two...
View ArticleDaniel Libeskind to create waterfront neighbourhood on Delaware River
Daniel Libeskind's New York firm is designing a mixed-used development for a town in New Jersey that hugs the Delaware River. Studio Libeskind will complete the waterfront neighbourhood in the town of...
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