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Agency 59 office by MSDS celebrates “rawness” of historic Toronto car factory

February 5, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0

MSDS Studio championed the “explicit materiality” of coarse concrete columns and floors when designing the offices for an advertising agency, located inside a former car factory in Toronto. The local studio created the office for Agency 59 in the city’s Tower Automotive Building – a 20th-century production facility for auto parts. Left vacant since 2006, the

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C House / Design Collective Architect

February 5, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The project is built over 2 plots of land located in the affluent and matured residential enclave of Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur. The average residential plot in the area has a lot size of 600m2 with a standard double-storey house built in the 1980s. The houses were of a small built up and generic.

MoMA announces opening date for expanded new york campus by DS+R

February 5, 2019 philip stevens I designboom 0

the museum will close for over four months to prepare for the opening of the new MoMA.
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Tacoma Art Museum Benaroya Wing / Olson Kundig

February 5, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The newest addition to Tacoma Art Museum, the Benaroya Wing is a 6,595-square-foot expansion to house the Benaroya Collection, a legacy gift donated to the museum by Rebecca and Jack Benaroya. The design of the Benaroya Wing balances opacity and transparency to provide optimal viewing conditions for more than 350 works of glass art, paintings and sculpture by Northwest and international artists. The addition also strengthens the visual connection between TAM and the city by activating the north end of the museum and offering a new platform for visitors to observe the urban context from the galleries.

BIG proposes gondola for its Oakland A’s ballpark redesign

February 5, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

BIG has unveiled an expansive cable-car system with two transit hubs to be built in Oakland, as part of the architecture studio’s plans for a new baseball stadium in the California city. The gondola is proposed to transport sports fans from the city centre to Jack London Square – where Danish firm BIG has designed

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david adjaye: making memory exhibition opens at design museum london

February 5, 2019 tim spears I designboom 0

‘I am interested in exploring the democratisation of the monument’ explains david adjaye at the opening of his new exhibition at the design museum.
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Watch our talk on the future of urban spaces live from Stockholm

February 5, 2019 Calum Lindsay 0

Dezeen discusses the future of urban spaces in this talk with furniture brand Vestre, design studio Front and landscape architect Thorbjörn Andersson. Watch the talk from Stockholm Design Week live from 5:30pm UK time. The livestream will start at 5:30pm UK time. Watch it here or on Dezeen’s Facebook page. Dezeen’s editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs speaks to

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chicago architecture biennial 2019 announces title for third edition

February 5, 2019 macnadusa 0

the chicago architecture biennial has announced today that its 2019 edition, directed by yesomi umolu, will be titled ‘…and other such stories’. opening on september 19, 2019, and remaining on view until january 5, 2020, the event promises to form an expansive and multi-faceted exploration of the field of architecture and the built environment globally. […]

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Pike Place MarketFront / The Miller Hull Partnership

February 5, 2019 Rayen Sagredo 0

Building on an ICONIC HISTORY
Since its opening at the turn of the 20th century, Pike Place Market has become a pillar of Seattle’s urban fabric. More than just a public market, this neighborhood turned historic district is home to farmers, craftspeople, small businesses and residents, each an integral part of the area’s history and character.

Pike Place MarketFront / The Miller Hull Partnership

February 5, 2019 Rayen Sagredo 0

Building on an ICONIC HISTORY
Since its opening at the turn of the 20th century, Pike Place Market has become a pillar of Seattle’s urban fabric. More than just a public market, this neighborhood turned historic district is home to farmers, craftspeople, small businesses and residents, each an integral part of the area’s history and character.