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Pomarino House / Sommet

December 5, 2018 Pilar Caballero 0

The Pomarino house stands in a corner that meets the two principal streets that organize the gated community in which it is located. This “L” shaped house opens itself to its neighbors in order to take advantage of the views in every possible angle. Since privacy wasn´t an issue for the house´s owners, we decided to locate the swimming pool in the most visible corner, in order to expose the house´s design and open it to its surroundings.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Chair to Come Back in Production

December 5, 2018 Eric Baldwin 0

Italian furniture brand Cassina has reissued an iconic piece of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed furniture, the Taliesin 1 chair. The chair was designed by Lloyd Wright in 1949 for the Garden Room in Taliesin West. The iconic chair didn’t enter mass production until the late 1980s, but was discontinued in 1990 as it was seen as “too avant-garde.” The Taliesin 1 is constructed from a single piece of folded plywood, and will release in its original beech plywood with a cherry wood veneer.

West must lose “sense of superiority” towards China, Russia and Middle East says Rem Koolhaas

December 5, 2018 India Block 0

Rem Koolhaas says the west is missing out on crucial conversations about architecture and urbanism because of a prejudice towards projects in authoritarian countries. Dutch architect Koolhaas, who said he “believes deeply in democracy”, has warned that an automatically negative approach to work completed in China, Russia and the Arabic-speaking world is counter-productive. “In China,

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Dezeen’s top 10 hotels of 2018

December 5, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

A pastel paradise in Ibiza, a converted convent in Tel Aviv and a mid-century motel in Malibu are among US editor Dan Howarth’s pick of the best hotels from the past year, as we continue our review of 2018. Punta Caliza, Mexico, by Estudio Macias Peredo This intimate sanctuary on the remote Isla Holbox – devoid

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RIBA reveals “talents to watch” in student winners of President’s Medals 2018

December 5, 2018 India Block 0

The RIBA has announced the student winners of this year’s President’s Medals, with projects including a Bladerunner-esque hotel and a community of Icelandic pipe-hackers. The Royal Institute of British Architects’ President’s Medals, which began in 1836, are the longest-running prizes awarded by the organisation. This year they were awarded to seven students, studying at the Bartlett School

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