Walker Warner Architects takes cues from traditional Hawaiian shelters for...
Large pitched roofs top the volumes of this Hawaiian house, which US firm Walker Warner Architects designed to "strike a balance between modernity and tradition". The 4,800-square-foot (445.9 square...
View ArticleLOHA creates Dillon617 apartment complex in LA's Silver Lake
California firm LOHA has incorporated stepped terraces and outdoor corridors into this four-storey apartment building in Los Angeles. The project, called Dillon617, is located in LA's Silver Lake...
View ArticleCaroline Baumann resigned from Cooper Hewitt after wedding investigation
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum director Caroline Baumann stepped down from her role after an investigation into her conduct acquiring a wedding dress and venue. The New York Times has...
View ArticleThe Wing Williamsburg is a black and beige co-working space
Women-focused co-working company The Wing has used a combination of neutral tones and pops of black for its Williamsburg space, which contrasts the colourful aesthetic of its other outposts. The Wing...
View ArticleHass House by Feuerstein Quagliara is designed to embrace New York's pastoral...
Architecture firm Feuerstein Quagliara has integrated a series of covered outdoor spaces into this country home, which is designed to provide "visual and physical connections to the landscape from...
View ArticleSix Cooper Hewitt trustees resign to protest Caroline Baumann's departure
Designer David Rockwell is among six trustees that have stepped down to protest Caroline Baumann's resignation as director of the Cooper Hewitt after it was reported her departure followed an...
View ArticleBrinkworth suspends wooden skateboarding bowl inside San Francisco's Supreme...
London design studio Brinkworth has built an elevated skateboarding bowl inside this Supreme store in San Francisco that reverberates sounds "like a huge speaker". The Supreme store is in the city's...
View ArticleEight designs that make use of waste products
The Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art features projects that repurpose waste products. Here are eight highlights including vases sculpted from...
View ArticleDevelopers of Elkus Manfredi's New York skyscraper ordered to cut 20 storeys
The developers of topped-out New York skyscraper 200 Amsterdam, designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, are taking legal action after a court ruling to reduce the tower's height. New York State Supreme...
View ArticleForensic Architecture founder denied US entry to attend his own exhibition...
Forensic Architecture founder Eyal Weizman has been prevented from entering the United States ahead of the opening of his studio's Miami exhibition that explores the "arbitrary logic of the border"....
View ArticleProject M Plus infuses Salted Pig eatery in California with desert hues
Earthy colours such as muted turquoise, sage green and brick red feature in this gastropub in California that was designed by Project M Plus to "stimulate the appetite and the senses". The Salted Pig...
View ArticleCountryside, The Future exhibit has "nothing to do with architecture" says...
Rem Koolhaas's exhibition exploring the countryside at New York's Guggenheim museum aims "to put the countryside on the agenda again". Koolhaas developed the Countryside, The Future exhibit with his...
View ArticleStayner Architects restores modernist Wave House in California
Los Angeles practice Stayner Architects has restored a 1950s house in Palm Desert, California, which was designed by modernist architect Walter S White to feature a wave-shaped roof. The dwelling was...
View ArticleTwo-toned wood wraps Washington home by Open Studio Collective
Hand-charred wooden planks contrast whitewashed cedar in the facade of this house in Washington state, designed by Portland practice Open Studio Collective. The builder made the dark facade boards by...
View ArticleStudio Vural imagines off-the-grid Dune House for Cape Cod
Architecture practice Studio Vural has envisioned a seaside holiday dwelling that is carved into sand dunes and operates without relying on public utilities. Dune House is designed for a coastal site...
View ArticleBaranowitz + Kronenberg creates charcoal interiors for Âme jewellery store
Architecture studio Baranowitz + Kronenberg has enclosed the interiors of a lab-grown-diamond jewellery store in New York's Soho district with charcoal-coloured steel walls. The narrow store for...
View ArticleArnold Studio modernises 19th-century Brooklyn house with black and white
Brooklyn practice Arnold Studio has designed this light-filled apartment inside a historic brick house in the borough's Clinton Hill neighbourhood. The project, called Clinton Residence, occupies the...
View ArticleGucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura opens in Los Angeles
Fashion label Gucci has opened a restaurant at the top of its store in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, which serves up a selection of Italian dishes. Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura occupies the rooftop...
View ArticleDiller Scofidio + Renfro to renovate Frank Lloyd Wright theatre in Dallas
Diller Scofidio + Renfro has been chosen to design the renovation of Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas, Texas, the only theatre built by Frank Lloyd Wright. The New York firm will develop a masterplan...
View ArticleAlbert Frey's modernist Cree House in Palm Springs revealed in new photos
The low-slung residence that Swiss architect Albert Frey elevated above a rocky hillside in Palm Springs, California in the 1950s has been restored. The owner, who purchased the house in the 1970s,...
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