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New images released of Foster's super-skinny New York skyscraper
Developers of Foster + Partners' luxury residential tower in Manhattan have released new images to tempt buyers into purchasing one of the multi-million dollar apartments (+ slideshow). The 63-storey...
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George King weaves UV string to create glowing maze-like installation in Detroit
UK architect George King has used ultra-violet wool thread to produce an installation that appears to be formed by laser beams within an old train underpass in Detroit (+ slideshow). This video shows...
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Chicago approves MAD's George Lucas Museum plans
Chicago City Council members have voted in favour of MAD Architects' controversial design for the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on the shore of Lake Michigan. MAD's proposal for the museum,...
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Paul Cocksedge's Freeze exhibition of metal furniture opens at Friedman Benda...
London designer Paul Cocksedge is exhibiting a series of furniture created by joining different metals through a freezing process at New York's Friedman Benda gallery. As Dezeen previewed earlier this...
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Renzo Piano unveils plans for glass tower on Miami Beach
Renzo Piano Building Workshop is set to begin work on a glass-sheathed tower in Miami Beach that will be the firm's first residential project in the USA (+ slideshow). Eighty Seven Park will sit...
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Bureau V converts an old Brooklyn sawdust factory into a concert hall
New York studio Bureau V has transformed a brick industrial building into a musical venue, with an auditorium featuring white walls criss-crossed by black stripes (+ slideshow). The National Sawdust...
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"Academics need to break out of their loop and get back into the real world"
Opinion: dominated by old boys who think their view is the only one that matters, architecture academia in the US has become insular and out of touch, says Reinier de Graaf, who finds a perfect...
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LOHA's student apartment complex steps down a Los Angeles hillside
Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has completed a wedge-shaped residential building for students and faculty on a sloped urban site in Los Angeles (+ slideshow). Called SL11024, LOHA's new housing...
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Zolt charger by Yves Behar powers three devices at once
Yves Behar's San Francisco studio Fuseproject has designed an octagonal portable charger that can accommodate a computer, a smartphone and a tablet at the same time (+ slideshow). Called Zolt, the...
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Studio Gang designs curving concrete expansion to New York's Natural History...
Architect Jeanne Gang has unveiled plans for a geologically-inspired extension to the American Museum of Natural History in New York (+ slideshow). Proposed interior design of Studio Gang's Gilder...
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Snarkitecture uses steel sheets with garment-shaped cutaways for COS pop-up...
Brooklyn studio Snarkitecture has used pink-hued steel and floor-to-ceiling mirrors to transform an industrial space in Los Angeles into a pop-up store for fashion brand COS (+ slideshow). Having...
View ArticlePlans unveiled for super-tall tower in Brooklyn by SHoP Architects
New York-based SHoP Architects is designing Brooklyn's first super-tall skyscraper – a spindly structure that will rise 1,000 feet over the downtown district. An image released this week by the local...
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Wave of super-tall towers in Manhattan sparks protests over shadows
New Yorkers are speaking out against a rash of super-tall skinny skyscrapers by architects including SHoP and Robert AM Stern, which they say will overshadow Central Park. Activists marched along 57th...
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Alloy completes skinny townhouses in Brooklyn's most expensive neighbourhood
New York firm Alloy has completed a row of skinny houses in Dumbo, with a concrete, wood and steel facade that is meant to reference the Brooklyn neighbourhood's industrial character (+ slideshow). The...
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Nucleo shows antique furniture cast in resin at New York art and design show
Italian design group Nucleo has cast an antique wooden ladder in clear resin as part of a collection that will be shown at The Salon Art + Design show in New York this week. The ladder suspended in...
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Tom Dixon's Manhattan showroom is his first outside London
British designer Tom Dixon has opened a permanent store in New York's Soho neighbourhood, saying America has become "a land of opportunity" for his brand. The Shop, which opened 3 November at 243...
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SO-IL creates flexible light-filled showroom for Versace's New York headquarters
New York studio SO-IL has completed a Manhattan showroom for Italian fashion house Versace, featuring movable white displays and columns sheathed in mirrors (+ slideshow). Encompassing 5,000 square...
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Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center transit terminal springs a leak
New York's long-delayed World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, has encountered a new problem: a leaky ceiling. Portions of the terminal's roof started...
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Snarkitecture suspends 700 Air Jordan replicas in Kith's Brooklyn store
New York studio Snarkitecture has designed a Brooklyn store for menswear brand Kith, including a cereal bar and an installation made from 700 replica Nike Air Jordan II sneakers (+ slideshow)....
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MIT students create 2,000 pound "megalith" that can be moved with a fingertip
Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed and built a 2,000 pound sculpture that can be rocked, rotated, lifted, and hauled upright with minimal effort (+ movie). A group of...
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