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Snarkitecture fills Washington DC museum with nearly one million plastic balls
Brooklyn studio Snarkitecture has transformed the grand hall of the National Building Museum in Washington DC into a "beach" featuring a sea of translucent balls and a shoreline dotted with lounge...
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David Adjaye designs new home for Harlem's Studio Museum
British-Tanzanian architect David Adjaye has been commissioned to design a new home for the Studio Museum in Harlem – an institution dedicated to promoting the work of artists of African descent. The...
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Mecanoo scales back additions to Mies van der Rohe's Washington DC library
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has revised its competition-winning design for the renovation of Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC. Working with local firm...
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London could follow New York and lose its creative class, warns Rohan Silva
The flow of creative people from New York to Los Angeles is "a cautionary tale for London" according to Rohan Silva, former senior policy advisor to UK prime minister David Cameron. Silva told Dezeen...
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WASA Studio converts gift shop into filmmaking facility for the Pratt Institute
WASA Studio has overhauled an old retail building to create a new facility for film and video students at New York's Pratt Institute (+ slideshow). The two-storey facility sits along a commercial...
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Rogers Partners team moves ahead with new Pier Park in Florida's St Petersburg
The city council of St Petersburg, Florida, has signed off the demolition of a historic pier and approved plans for its replacement – a hybrid pier and park designed by New York studio Rogers Partners....
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UCLA research lab unveils micro dwelling to help combat affordable housing...
Students and faculty members at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have designed a tiny house to help address the city's low-cost housing shortage. Encompassing 500 square feet (46 square...
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Olson Kundig's Tacoma Art Museum wing has movable screens that "roll like...
Olson Kundig Architects has extended a Washington art museum, adding a facade of movable hand-wheel operated screens to protect the artworks from natural light (+ slideshow). Seattle-based Olson Kundig...
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Zaha Hadid Architects embraces America as China turns against "weird...
Business news: overseas architects are finding it more difficult to win work in China, according to Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher, as the economy slows down and the government tries...
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Janet Echelman creates aerial rope sculpture made of super-strength fibres
Studio Echelman has used more than 100 miles of rope to create a sculpture that floats high above a Boston park (+ slideshow). The installation, called As If It Were Already Here, consists of a web of...
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Walker Zanger's Robert A M Stern ceramic tiles are based on Postmodern...
American stoneware and ceramics company Walker Zanger has collaborated with New York-based Robert A M Stern Architects to create a collection of tiles inspired by the firm's Postmodern buildings. The...
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Oak Knoll Residence features cedar and stone cladding to complement its...
Natural stone and timber are used to differentiate the main house from an adjoining guest wing at this property in California's Napa Valley by local architect Brandon Jørgensen (+ slideshow). The...
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Pets to receive spa treatments at Gensler-designed JFK animal airport terminal
Gensler has designed a terminal for animals that will contain a "pet resort" offering lodging and spa services at New York's JFK airport (+ slideshow). Named The ARK at JFK, the building designed by...
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California home by Swatt Miers Architects faces out over San Francisco Bay
Walls of frameless glazing offer uninterrupted views of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay from this 1970s California house, which has been reworked and extended by local studio Swatt Miers...
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Four emerging firms create installations for Design Biennial Boston
Four young studios have created installations for Design Biennial Boston, an event that aims to provoke more "architectural imagination" throughout the city (+ slideshow). GLD, Cristina Parreño...
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Invisible Barn is a mirror-clad folly camouflaged among the trees of a...
Mirrors clad the walls and rooftops of this woodland installation by architecture studio STMPJ, so that at first glance visitors might think its timber-lined windows and doorways are floating in midair...
View ArticleInteractive slideshow: explore Moooi's New York showroom
Extra Moooi: explore furniture and lighting by designers including Marcel Wanders, Studio Job and Jaime Hayón, which is currently on display at Dutch design brand Moooi's new US store. Roll your mouse...
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners unveils design for International Spy Museum
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has released new images of its design for a six-storey building that will house the International Spy Museum in Washington DC. The contemporary building is slated to...
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New York's LaGuardia Airport to be demolished and rebuilt using three...
Proposals by SHoP Architects, Dattner Architects and Present Architecture have informed a concept design for New York's LaGuardia airport – completely replacing the existing terminals (+ slideshow). On...
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Plans unveiled for visitor centre with rooftop viewing terrace at new Apple...
Images have emerged revealing previously unreported plans for a visitor centre, including a rooftop observation deck and a shop, at the Foster + Partners-designed Apple Campus 2 in California. Boasting...
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