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Moore + Friesl | 29.07.2014

Works

LA-Based Moore + Friesl debuts elegant, award-winning C1 Credenza in new red and white matte finishes. A single piece of sheet metal supports wood drawers and 7-foot-wide span, without intermediate supports.


John Hill | 29.07.2014

Film

If "music is liquid architecture" and architecture really is "frozen music," as Goethe wrote, then what kind of music is the embodiment of Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut?


John Hill | 29.07.2014

Found

An eponymous exhibition on Korean artist Do Ho Suh opens at The Contemporary Austin on September 20, 2014.


John Hill | 29.07.2014

Headlines

Blair Wilson of Wilson Architects, the Brisbane, Australia firm that turned 130 this year, has passed away at the age of 83.


John Hill | 28.07.2014

Headlines

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. "wants to reward students who are determined to solve today’s most challenging design problems." Submission deadline is July 30, 2014.


28.07.2014

Building of the Week

In the United States battlefields from the American Revolution and Civil War are considered sacred ground, preserved as open space and used as sites for education and interpretation. The American Revolution's Battle of Monmouth took place on a hot day in June 1778 in central New Jersey....


Benthem Crouwel Architects | 28.07.2014

Works

Rubber "schapenboet" with fishing nets: Benthem Crouwel Architects designs a holiday home on Texel.


John Hill | 28.07.2014

Headlines

China's MAD Architects and Chicago's Studio Gang Architects will design the building and landscape, respectively, for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA) in Chicago, according to an announcement released today.


John Hill | 28.07.2014

Headlines

The Australian Institute of Architects’ International Area Committee Jury has announced the winners of the 2014 International Architecture Awards.


Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | 25.07.2014

Works

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2 adds 4.4 million square feet of new space to accommodate 40 million passengers per year, operating 24 hours a day.


John Hill | 25.07.2014

Found

On a visit to New York City's Governors Island to see the Spontaneous Interventions exhibition on Colonel's Row yesterday, we checked out CDR Studio Architects' winning submission for the annual City of Dreams Pavilion.


John Hill | 24.07.2014

Products

An apartment building designed by Elenberg Fraser in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, incorporates solar protection through bronze-colored mesh from GKD woven around the exterior.


John Hill | 24.07.2014

Headlines

In a statement posted on the CCA's website yesterday, Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza reveals where he will donate the archive of his "many years of activity dedicated to architecture."


John Hill | 24.07.2014

Headlines

The organizers of the 2012 Olympics in London have reached an out-of-court settlement with Atopia over the design of the Cauldron that was witnessed by close to one billion people during the opening ceremony.


[virtuarch] | 24.07.2014

Works

Sulzer needed a factory that contains different spaces, such as a warehouse with high production requirement and special equipment, an open office area, a canteen, and meeting rooms.


John Hill | 23.07.2014

Found

De Unie Hasselt-Genk is billed as "a new and suprising art project" that, starting June 21, links the Belgian Limburg cities of Hasselt and Genk.


John Hill | 23.07.2014

Headlines

Architects Tod Williams, Billie Tsien, and Johnpaul Jones will receive medals from President Barack Obama on July 28, 2014.


23.07.2014

Building of the Week

For years, Switzerland has held a privileged position in the panorama of international architecture. The country (one of the richest in the world) boasts an excellent network of architecture schools, a modern architectural culture with a long tradition, a powerful publishing industry and...


John Hill | 23.07.2014

Headlines

Westadium, a consortium led by Brookfield Financial and John Laing, has unveiled their winning design for the new Perth Stadium, to be built on the Burswood Peninsula of the Western Australia city.


John Hill | 22.07.2014

Found

The opening of the Rose Pavilion, a multimedia pavilion developed by some young architects under the direction of Dimitry Demin with Prof. Ludger Hovestadt, the ETH Chair for CAAD, takes place at the ETH Polyterrasse in Zurich on July 23 at 8pm.


Studioata | 22.07.2014

Works

A private house on the Alassio hills, facing the picturesque Gulf of Alassio and located in a bright panoramic view, a nineteenth-century villa includes a ruined and abandoned 35 m2 wide dependence surrounded by a wide terraced park.


John Hill | 22.07.2014

Headlines

Zurich's E2A Piet Eckert und Wim Eckert Architekten have won the international competition for the new "Taz" office building in Berlin.


John Hill, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | 21.07.2014

Works

The University Center adds 375,000 square feet of academic and student space to The New School’s Greenwich Village campus in Manhattan.


John Hill | 21.07.2014

Film

Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura has made its contribution to "Time Space Existence," a collateral event of the Venice Architecture Biennale, available online. The installation is a panoramic film that tackles the exhibition's three-word theme.


John Hill | 21.07.2014

Headlines

Furniture manufacturer Herman Miller has announced it will acquire the modern furniture retailer Design Within Reach for an estimated $154 million in cash.


21.07.2014

Building of the Week

Even as college tuitions rise faster than overall inflation, universities are booming. The University of New Hampshire is projecting a 30% increase in the undergraduate and graduate populations in the next two decades. In anticipation, UNH is building more, including a new building for the...


John Hill | 18.07.2014

Found

Today is Friday, which means we're heading to the Museum of Modern Art for their UNIQLO Free Friday Nights. One exhibition we're excited to see is Conceptions of Space: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Architecture, curated by Pedro Gadanho.


Fougeron Architecture | 18.07.2014

Works

Block 8 begins with an urban gesture to the neighborhood and a desire to open the site to the public. Introducing a mid-block passage between Folsom and Clementina activates the interior open space and creates a paseo for Block 8 residents alike.


John Hill | 18.07.2014

Found

Architect Sean Godsell is designing the inaugural MPavilion that will be installed in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Memorial Gardens from October 7, 2014 until February 1, 2015.


John Hill | 17.07.2014

Headlines

Los Angeles-based architect Randall Stout died on July 11 after a battle with cancer.


John Hill | 17.07.2014

Headlines

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the six projects shortlisted for the 2014 RIBA Stirling Prize.


STUDIO VURAL | 17.07.2014

Works

Iconic Cafe is an artisan cafe on Lafayette Street just above Spring Street in Manhattan. The design is inspired by the Indian God Krishna and his lover Radha.


Mojo Stumer Associates | 16.07.2014

Works

In this East Hampton residence renovation project the client desired a shift from the typical traditional shingle-style Hamptons home. We focused on keeping the interior minimalist and invitingly spacious.


John Hill | 16.07.2014

Headlines

New York architect Steven Holl has been named a recipient of the Japan Art Association’s 2014 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award, one of the world's most prestigious awards for architects and other artists.


John Hill | 15.07.2014

Headlines

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has announced that University of Zurich professor and freelance curator Martino Stierli is The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design.


John Hill | 15.07.2014

Headlines

In response to budget cuts and criticism of the scale of the main stadium for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Zaha Hadid Architects has tweaked their competition-winning design.