Castell rooftop bar by BHDM offers cosy setting with Midtown Manhattan views
American design studio BHDM has chosen warm materials and Spanish-influenced motifs for the interior of this bar, located at the top of the AC Hotel near New York's Times Square. One of the latest...
View ArticleGrimshaw's Airport Metro Connector will link LAX directly to public transport
Architecture firm Grimshaw's station that will connect Los Angeles International Airport to the city's light rail network is shown in these new renderings. Scheduled to open in 2023, the $500 million...
View ArticleBrickwork fronts slender East Harlem residential building by Robert Marino...
Windows are recessed into the pink brick facade of this residential building, which New York architects Robert Marino and Leehong Kim have designed for a slender plot in Upper Manhattan. The five-unit...
View ArticleCalifornian Missions influence Dash Marshall's renovated House for Grandparents
Pivoting doors, bulbous, stuccoed walls and a "cheeky window" are among the details that American architecture studio Dash Marshall has included in the overhaul of this Californian farmhouse. Designed...
View ArticleMichael Hsu creates Llano Retreat for remote spot in Texas Hill Country
American studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has used charred wood, local stone and large stretches of glass to form this country home for an Austin family. The Llano Retreat is situated along...
View ArticlePhaidon names Spencer Bailey as editor-at-large
Spencer Bailey, the former editor of Surface magazine, has been named editor-at-large for Phaidon's architecture and design publications. The American writer, editor and journalist's new position was...
View ArticleYves Béhar responds to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting with Lies Cost Lives...
Designer Yves Béhar has created this graphic in the wake of the mass-shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue to warn against rising anti-semitism in the US, which he blames on president Donald Trump's...
View ArticleSlats shade LOHA's San Vicente 935 apartment building in West Hollywood
American firm Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has completed a housing block in Los Angeles that features a central courtyard and open-air stairwell lined with wooden slats and white wire mesh. Situated in...
View ArticleMismatched furnishings create "bipartisan aesthetic" at The Line DC hotel
A mash-up of different styles is used to decorate this hotel in Washington DC, which New York firm INC Architecture and Design created inside an old church. The Line DC hotel is located in an...
View ArticleHalloween movie designer's biggest fear was "keeping all of our pumpkins fresh"
For all the on-screen blood and gore of horror film Halloween, the scariest part behind the scenes was perishing pumpkins, says the set dresser for the franchise's latest offering. Slasher movie...
View ArticleBad Lab Beer Co brewery in New Hampshire features steely interiors by Richard...
Contemporary, greyscale interiors compliment the stainless steel equipment at this brewery in New Hampshire, by Swedish firm Studio Richard Lindvall. Bad Lab Beer Co brews and serves 16 draft beers on...
View ArticleSOM's "sister skyscrapers" for doomed Chicago Spire site halted
The controversy surrounding the site of Santiago Calatrava's ill-fated Chicago Spire continues, as the city stalls the pair of skyscrapers that SOM's David Childs has proposed for the vacant waterfront...
View ArticleBehnisch Architekten overhauls business school at Portland State University
German firm Behnisch Architekten has renovated a 1970s urban academic building in Oregon, and created an addition that consists of "shifting" wood-clad boxes and a glazed atrium. The Karl Miller Center...
View ArticleFive New York City pop-ups offering design-focussed gifts
With the holiday season on the horizon, brands are opening temporary stores across Manhattan to entice design-savvy shoppers. Here are five worth a visit ahead of the annual retail rush. The Arrivals x...
View ArticleOpen-plan offices discourage face-to-face communication, says research
Workers in open-plan offices have less face-to-face interaction with colleagues than those who work separately, according to research by Harvard students. Published by The Royal Society, The Impact of...
View ArticleYves Behar debuts fully customisable tiny homes
Designer Yves Behar has launched a range of prefabricated accessory dwelling units that aim to tackle rising house costs and increase urban density in California. The San Francisco-based designer has...
View ArticleJohnston Marklee's Menil Drawing Institute opens in Houston
American architecture firm Johnston Marklee has completed a cultural building in Texas, with a white linear form punctured by courtyards. Menil Drawing Institute is the fifth art building to join the...
View ArticleRafael de Cárdenas plays with pink at Glossier HQ in New York
Pale pink shades and red accents are found throughout the Manhattan offices of beauty brand Glossier, which New York architect Rafael de Cárdenas designed to evoke the company's rosy branding. De...
View ArticleBrass details decorate Bergen Street apartment by General Assembly
The craft of jewellery making provided a starting point for Brooklyn studio General Assembly's interior for this penthouse in Boerum Hill. The residence on Bergen Street in the Brooklyn neighbourhood...
View ArticleUrban Operations slots "sliced and folded" white house into LA hillside
Angled walls, slender windows, and a Le Corbusier-influenced roof deck break up the chunky white volumes of this residence, which architecture studio Urban Operations has built into a hill in Los...
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