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United Nude, the fashion company of Rem D Koolhaas (no, that Rem's nephew), has announced the limited edition Nova Shoe, designed by Zaha Hadid.
The Eisenhower Memorial Commission OK'd Frank Gehry's changes to his controversial memorial to the 34th President.
Denmark's Henning Larsen, architect of the Mies Prize-winning Harpa Concert Hall, died in Copenhagen on June 22.
June is the beginning of summer and also a month when a number of architecture and design events converge in the United States. The middle of the month saw the 2013 American Institute of Architects Convention, held in Denver, Colorado. Before and after those three days in the Mile-High City,...
On June 27 MoMA PS1 unveiled the 14th Young Architects Program installation in the courtyard of its Long Island City, Queens, home. Party Wall is designed by CODA and will be in place until the end of August.
The Swedish furniture company teams with the United Nations to make refugee housing.
The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority selected the Swiss firm to design the new museum of visual culture in Hong Kong.
While only about 110,000 people call the Missoula metropolitan area home, that is enough to make it the second largest city in Montana, "Big Sky Country." On a prominent triangular lot near downtown—at the end of what is known as the "hip strip"—architect Eric...
Summer for parents often means sending the kids to camp. One that any parent would be proud to send their daughter to is the colorful Girl Scouts Camp Prairie Schooner in the woods near Kansas City, Missouri. The bunkhouses by el dorado inc are designed to be used year-round, through the heat...
Some of the 1 million protesters taking to the streets of Brazil last week demonstrated in Brasilia, designed by the late Oscar Niemeyer.
The Musée des civilizations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, designed by Rudy Riccotti, officially opened its doors in Marseille on June 7.
Due to the dual nature of its program, the Daeyang Gallery and House in Seoul, designed by Steven Holl Architects, includes spaces for the display of art that do not want direct sunlight. To achieve this, Okalux's KAPILUX T insulating glass is incorporated into skylights capping the gallery...
In a letter to Harvard GSD's Women in Design, Pritzker Jury Chair Lord Palumbo denied their petitions requesting equal acknowledgment.
The question "what is architecture?" is one of the most basic—but also one of the most difficult—things architects ask themselves. It is a philosophical question that resists a definitive answer yet provokes intellectual exploration. Architects' answers also help define...
World-Architects attended the 2013 AIA National Convention in Denver, Colorado, and one of the definite highlights was the Clyfford Still Museum designed by Allied Works.
Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes runs from 15 June - 23 September 2013 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. It is the museum's first comprehensive exhibition on Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and is billed as "the largest...
AMBS Architects reveal their design for the building that will be the center of planned "Youth City" in the Iraqi capital.
Eight months after Hurricane Sandy, and six months before the end of his last term, Mayor Bloomberg unveils a major infrastructure plan.
Hinds Community College is the largest community college in the state of Mississippi, serving over 30,000 students in seven locations. The Academic / Technical Center campus provides state-of-the-art technical training in environmental technology, business technology, the culinary arts, and...
Diller Scofidio + Renfro's inflatable pavilion planned for the museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC, has been canceled.
Diogenes of Sinope was an Ancient Greek philosopher who rejected the amenities of civilized life by living in a barrel in the Agora of Athens. Over 2,300 years later, his name is being used for a 6-square-meter (64-square-foot) living unit designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Vitra.
„Schutzhaus“ nennen Marte.Marte Architekten zwar das kleine Haus, das sie im Vorarlberger Laternsertal an den Rand eines bewaldeten Tobels direkt in einen Schihang gestellt haben. Das in Wirklichkeit aber ein kleines feines Ferienhaus ist. Findet in ihm doch nicht der einsame Wanderer...
After backing out and thereby threatening the upcoming New Sculpturalism exhibition, Gehry changes his mind.
Bjarke Ingels Group's design for the Danish toy company's "experience center" aptly resembles a pile of LEGO blocks.
David Salmela's modern interpretations of regional architecture in Minnesota have garnered the architect plenty of awards, respect within the profession, and a number of primarily residential commissions. An important design is the Clure Project in Duluth, four dark boxes that are at odds...
Since its 2007 completion, the Kolumba Art Museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne has sat atop the ruins of the Gothic St. Kolumba church, destroyed in World War II. In Peter Zumthor's design, materiality is of the utmost importance, so the Swiss architect worked with Danish company Petersen...
Peter Zumthor's preliminary plans for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are highlighted in a new exhibition.
The latest pavilion, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, opened on 8 June and runs until 20 October.
What started as a one-story cabin on Michigan's Lower Peninsula turned into a four-story tower after the clients got a peek at the view above the trees. The resulting compact, square-plan house is bookended by primarily solid walls on two sides to frame views to the northwest. The...
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art closes for three years to realize the Snøhetta-designed expansion.
Four architects—Diller Scofio + Renfro, H3 Hardy, SHoP Architects, SOM—envision new futures for Penn Station and Madison Square Garden.
As part of the 55th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is exhibiting three large-scale works including Bang, which immerses visitors amongst hundreds of wooden stools balanced precariously.
Broad Sustainable Building's Sky City is set to start construction in June—with completion seven months later!
This vacation home designed by Kiyotoshi Mori and Natsuko Kawamura of MDS Co. Ltd sits in the foothills of Yamanashi Prefecture’s Yatsugatake Mountains. The team aims to help keep Japan’s cultural heritage alive by taking a fresh look at traditional crafts and culture,...
The Zurich office of Dutch firm KCAP Architects & Planners could hardly be in a better location: The Limmat River and the public baths are right out the front door; one is surrounded by greenery; and one is right in the middle of the city with Zurich Main Station only a 10-minute walk....
The defining characteristic of the campus at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is the Brutalist architecture by Paul Rudolph. He realized a dozen buildings from 1963 to 1989, following from his master plan for what was then the Southeastern Massechusetts Technological Institute. The...