Month: August 2018

Located in a walkable, transitional neighborhood near an urban downtown corridor, Space Pod – a nickname given to this structure by the neighbors – acts as a multipurpose space for a young landscape architect. Inspired by monochromatic black paintings of Ad Reinhardt and Frank Stella, a minimalistic material palette of concrete, metal and glass was selected.

Work on the Snøhetta-designed renovation of 550 Madison Avenue, better known as the AT&T Headquarters, has ground to a halt in New York City. The controversial postmodernist icon, designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgree, has become the youngest building in New York to receive “Individual Landmark” status by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), striking a blow to controversial efforts to renovate the building.

for the first time in thousands of years, four winners will be able to sleep in a custom-designed home along the ancient portion of the wall.
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The Archimède project is located in the Bercy neighborhood, a district undergoing redevelopment that runs along railways leading to the Gare de Lyon.

the residence is designed as a ‘long pavilion for living’.

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Airbnb is giving four lucky winners the honor of being among “the first people in thousands of years to spend the night on the Great Wall of China.” The competition, open until August 11th, offers the prize of staying in a custom-designed home situated on one of the seven wonders of the modern world.

This article was originally published by Common Edge as “In the Era of Artificial Intelligence, Will Architecture Become Artisanal?“