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Artifox unveils quick-assembly wood furniture that ships in flat-pack boxes
New flat-pack pieces from St Louis-based furniture company Artifox include a vertical bike rack and a standing desk with a writable surface (+ slideshow). Artifox was founded last year by an architect...
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Black Box writing studio by ANX captures iconic Los Angeles views
A small writing studio designed by Aaron Neubert Architects on a hill in Los Angeles frames views of the Griffin Observatory and other landmarks through a room-sized picture window (+ slideshow). The...
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Renzo Piano and Diller Scofidio + Renfro competing for Obama Presidential...
At least 11 firms have been invited to apply for the Barack Obama Presidential Library design contract in Chicago. Prominent firms from Chicago, across the US, and a handful of international...
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro releases first official photos of The Broad
This first set of official images shows Diller Scofidio + Renfro's The Broad art museum in Los Angeles ahead of its opening later this month (+ slideshow). Photograph by Warren Air The photographs –...
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Will Bruder clads a mountain home in Aspen with charred cypress
This family dwelling in the Colorado mountains by Will Bruder Architects features an exterior made of burnt wood and a roof sheathed in copper (+ slideshow). Encompassing 5,830 square feet (541 square...
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Drone movie shows Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 beginning to rise out of...
An unofficial drone movie shot over the site of the new Apple Campus 2 in Cupertino, California, shows the latest progress on Foster + Partners' "doughnut" office design (+ movie). Uploaded by Youtube...
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Andrew Blauvelt named director of Detroit's Cranbrook Art Museum
Design curator Andrew Blauvelt has been appointed director of the Cranbrook Art Museum in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills. Blauvelt joins the institution from the Walker Art Center in...
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Rafael Viñoly reveals plans for the "largest green roof in the world" in...
Architect Rafael Viñoly has unveiled plans to convert an ageing shopping centre in California's Silicon Valley into a vast development featuring the world's largest roof garden (+ slideshow). Rafael...
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Piet Oudolf creates rooftop garden for New York condo building
Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, known for large public projects like New York's High Line, has completed a project much smaller in scale: a private terrace for an apartment building in the city....
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Matter Design's Microtherme conceals voluptuous concrete forms within a...
A new installation by Boston-based architecture studio Matter Design features a wooden box with sculptural interior walls that radiate different temperatures, creating an "intimate and contradictory...
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New York exhibition examines the pre-Memphis work of Ettore Sottsass
A new exhibition at the Friedman Benda gallery in New York displays the early work of designer Ettore Sottsass, best-known for the colourful and radical Memphis design movement of the 1980s (+...
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Flight 93 Memorial opens in Pennsylvania to mark 14th anniversary of 9/11
The Flight 93 crash-site memorial built to commemorate the victims of 9/11 opened to the public today in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, marking the 14th anniversary of the attacks. The Flight 93 National...
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Mast Brothers designs its own Minimalist chocolate shop in Brooklyn
New York chocolatier Mast Brothers has overhauled its store in Brooklyn to create a stripped-back space that allows visitors to view the chocolate-making process (+ slideshow). Encompassing 3,000...
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AA Studio transforms industrial building in Tribeca into creative hub
New York firm AA Studio, in collaboration with Morris Adjmi Architects, has converted a telephone exchange building in Tribeca into a creative services venue, with loft-style areas for photo shoots,...
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Mecanoo replaces Foster + Partners on New York Public Library renovation
The New York Public Library has selected Mecanoo – the Dutch architecture firm behind Europe's biggest library – to lead the renovation of its iconic main building on Fifth Avenue and a smaller branch...
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MAD Architects unveils slimmed-down design for Lucas Museum in Chicago
The team led by MAD Architects has presented revised designs for the proposed George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art along Chicago's lakefront (+ slideshow). The controversial project's square footage...
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LA has become "the hottest destination" in America for international architects
Feature: Los Angeles is turning into a "dystopia gone right" and is now the most interesting place in the USA for new architecture, according to international and local studios who are prospering from...
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David Adjaye unveils designs for a red concrete art museum in Texas
British architect David Adjaye has revealed plans for a museum in San Antonio, Texas, with a red concrete skin based on a dream of its patron, philanthropist Linda Pace. The distinctive facades of the...
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Wild Walk is a treetop trail that rises above a forest in Upstate New York
Bridges and paths supported by pointed towers made from pre-rusted steel tubes form a walkway that allows visitors to wander among the treetops of the Adirondack Park in Upstate New York (+ slideshow)....
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Sneakers are displayed on bleachers in Seattle boutique by Best Practice...
A men's footwear store in Seattle by local firm Best Practice Architecture features exposed concrete and hexagonal lamps suspended from a high ceiling (+ slideshow). Designed for Likelihood – a...
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