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Photos released of New York's first micro-apartment tower by nArchitects
New York architecture firm nArchitects has released new photos of its modular, micro-unit residential building that is intended to serve as a "systemic new paradigm" for cities facing an affordable...
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BIG reveals design of police station planned for the Bronx
Bjarke Ingels' firm has unveiled its design for a police station in New York that will consist of intersecting blocks clad in concrete, metal and glass. Revealed today, the 45,000 square feet (4,180...
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Official photos released of new Berkeley art and film centre by Diller...
New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed a new home for the Berkeley Art Museum and the Pacific Film Archive, adding a sculptural metal volume to an old industrial plant (+ slideshow)....
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Escobedo Soliz to create "cloud of ropes" for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
Mexico City-based Escobedo Soliz Studio has won this year's MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program contest, with plans to create a colourful woven canopy and a paddling pool in the New York gallery's...
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Bradford Shellhammer's Bezar acquired by online retailer Ahalife
Business news: online design store Bezar has been bought by internet marketplace Ahalife and will disappear as a brand, founder Bradford Shellhammer has announced. Brooklyn-based Ahalife has acquired...
View ArticleIt's now cheaper to open a traditional shop than an online store, says Fab...
Business news: online retail businesses are becoming more expensive to run than traditional design stores, according to Bradford Shellhammer, who co-founded Fab.com and launched Bezar.com. The...
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MIT students' bullet-shaped Hyperloop pod wins Elon Musk's SpaceX competition
A team from MIT has won a competition to design a levitating travel capsule for the Hyperloop – a futuristic, high-speed transport network conceived by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. MIT's design...
View ArticleDunne and Raby move to Parsons following RCA departure
Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby are joining the teaching staff at Parsons design school in New York, after leaving the Design Interactions course at London's Royal College of Art last year. The duo have...
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Penthouse in BIG's twisted Miami towers is on sale for $28 million
The $28 million full-floor penthouse at the BIG-designed Grove at Grand Bay towers includes a rooftop pool, four car garage and ten bathrooms (+ slideshow). The 10,100-square-foot (938-square-metres),...
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Seattle chapel by Hennerbery Eddy features chunky walls of stone and concrete
American firm Hennebery Eddy Architects used wood, concrete, glass and battered stone to create this chapel on a Jesuit college campus in Seattle (+ slideshow). Our Lady of Montserrat Chapel is located...
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Apple given New York preservation award for repurposing historic buildings
Apple may be better known for cutting-edge contemporary design, but a New York preservation group is honouring the company for sensitively reusing old buildings with its store designs (+ slideshow)....
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Amagansett Dunes House by Bates Masi Architects is shaded with strips of canvas
This house in Amagansett, New York, by Bates Masi Architects is designed to take advantage of its windy site on Long Island's south shore (+ slideshow). Built on dunes that back up to a wooded nature...
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Cobalt introduces "design-centric" small aircraft for luxury buyers
San Francisco company Cobalt has introduced a line of small planes targeted at design-minded luxury consumers. The five-seat single engine planes, known as the Co50 Valkyrie and the Valkryie-X, are now...
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Works begins on Foster + Partners' Norton Museum expansion in Florida's West...
Construction work has begun on Foster + Partners' new wing for the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, a project that was first announced in 2013 (+ slideshow). The new wing designed by...
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BIG unveils designs for The Spiral office tower in New York
Bjarke Ingels Group has released a conceptual design for its latest project in New York, an office skyscraper wrapped in a ribbon of green terraces (+ movie). Called The Spiral, the 65-storey glass...
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Gabriel Calatrava designs stretchy rope installation for classical music...
Architect Gabriel Calatrava, son of Santiago Calatrava, has designed a rope installation for a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's chamber music for the 92Y cultural center in New York (+...
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Valerio Dewalt Train uses stone and glass to build angular arts building in...
US firm Valerio Dewalt Train Associates has completed a stone and glass arts centre in Chicago for a progressive private school for children (+ slideshow). The building, called the Gordon Park Arts...
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Woods Bagot converts Hawaiian "Modernist masterpiece" into luxury property...
Inside Festival: Nik Karalis of Woods Bagot explains how his team converted three floors of an iconic 1960s office building into a sales suite for a new residential development in Hawaii (+ movie)....
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Taylor and Miller creates a retail space within a working candle factory
This small showroom by Taylor and Miller for a Brooklyn-based candle and fragrance company is defined by suspended walls made of wood and steel (+ slideshow). The permanent retail space was created for...
View ArticleGoogle's artificial intelligence becomes first non-human to qualify as a driver
Google's self-driving car system has been officially recognised as a driver in the US, paving the way for the legalisation of autonomous vehicles. Google asked the US National Highway Traffic Safety...
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