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Buffy uses eucalyptus fibres to create biodegradable and vegan-friendly bedding
New York homeware brand Buffy has launched a comforter made entirely of eucalyptus pulp, reducing its ecological footprint while also making it suitable for vegans. The Breeze duvet uses the natural...
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Stanley Tigerman "giant of our time" dies aged 88
Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman, a founding member of the rebellious postmodern architecture group Chicago Seven, has passed away aged 88. Tigerman died yesterday following a battle with chronic...
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Frank Lloyd Wright house in Minnesota dismantled and moved to Pennsylvania
A 1950s dwelling that is one of the Usonian homes that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for middle-class residents has been moved from its original site in Minnesota to a private estate located near...
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Soho House launches interiors collection Soho Home in the US
Membership club Soho House has launched a range of furniture and homeware in the US so that fans of its interior decor can deck their home's in the same fashion. Products for sale include cane chairs...
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MSR Design and JRA Architects tucks Kentucky library in a grove of trees
American studios MSR Design and JRA Architect have completed a public library in Louisville featuring a sculptural, medal-clad exterior that is partly concealed by tall, leafy trees. The South Central...
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CetraRuddy reveals art-deco New York tower designed for Rockefeller Group
CetraRuddy has designed a chevron-patterned tower for the developers of New York's Rockefeller Center, which draws on the art deco architecture of the complex. Designed by local architecture firm...
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Standard Dose CBD store provides "calm escape" in New York City
Arched openings, plants and lightwells are used to create a soothing atmosphere inside this New York shop for CBD-based products, designed by local studio SR Projects. Located in the city's NoMad...
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SOM completes Tenaya Towers in massive student housing project at California...
Board-marked concrete, cement plaster and glass form the facades of two student dormitories that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has created for an expansive housing development at the University of...
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Lunya styles Williamsburg store like an apartment
A sofa, dining table and bed furnish this shop for luxury sleepwear in Brooklyn, which was designed as a "celebration of the home" to reflect its cosy pieces. The 1,100-square-foot (102-square-metre)...
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"With IM Pei's death, the last of the modern monument makers has passed"
With the passing of great modern architects like IM Pei and Kevin Roche, monumental architecture is becoming less relevant for today's society, says Aaron Betsky. I heard a story a few years ago about...
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OMA uses array of colours and materials for Dior retrospective at Dallas art...
Hundreds of haute couture garments created by the House of Dior in the past 70 years are presented in a sweeping exhibition in Dallas designed by OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu. The exhibition, Dior:...
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Garret Cord Werner includes three pools in Seattle house designed for avid...
A reflective pond, a lap pool, and a jacuzzi intersperse and organise the spaces of this residence that Garret Cord Werner designed for an island in the middle of Seattle's Lake Washington. Located on...
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The Hoxton hotel opens in Chicago's old meatpacking area
London hotelier Ennismore has designed an outpost of The Hoxton, including a co-working lobby space and rooftop pool, on the site of an old meatpacking facility in Chicago. The Hoxton Chicago marks the...
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Jerome Engelking designs Wuehrer House for forest clearing in the Hamptons
Architect Jerome Engelking sought to avoid metaphors and "overt symbolism" while conceiving this glass-and-wood holiday home for a secluded site on New York's Long Island. Wuehrer House is located on...
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Landini Associates creates "the ultimate McDonald's" on Times Square
McDonald's has opened a glass-fronted restaurant topped with a giant billboard on Times Square in New York City. Designed by Landini Associates, with Progressive AE acting as architect of record, the...
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Harriet Harriss named dean of Pratt Institute School of Architecture
New York City's Pratt Institute has named British architect and professor Harriet Harriss as the next dean of its school of architecture. Harriss will assume her role as the second female dean of Pratt...
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Mutuus Studio converts industrial artefact into Acid Ball installation in...
A large, steel sphere sourced from a shuttered paper mill has been repurposed by Seattle firm Mutuus Studio as an installation in a waterfront park in the Pacific Northwest. The Waypoint installation,...
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Atelier Ace and Studio Shamshiri design Maison de la Luz in New Orleans like...
Los Angeles design firm Studio Shamshiri and Ace Hotel's in-house creative team have designed this hotel in New Orleans as if it were the home of a worldy woman who has filled it with decorative...
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Harmon Guest House by David Baker offers contemporary lodging in California...
American firm David Baker Architects has completed an eco-hotel in Sonoma County that features board-marked concrete walls, a garden courtyard and a brise-soleil made of redwood slats. Harmon Guest...
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Virgil Abloh's first solo exhibition opens at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
A major retrospective of the work of designer Virgil Abloh has opened in Chicago, bringing together everything from architectural constructions to Nike sneaker designs and slogan rugs for IKEA. On show...
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