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Metal grates form walls and railings inside Montreal apartment Aluminum Scarf

November 15, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

The covers of subway ventilation ducts have been used as walls, railings and storage closets in this renovated Montreal apartment designed by Canadian architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque. The local designer’s renovation encompasses a kitchen and living space on the ground floor, and two mezzanine levels above. White grates provide a link throughout the three levels forming

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Steven Holl dismisses concerns over new Long Island City library as “wrinkles”

November 15, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Hunters Point Library by Steven Holl Architects criticism

Steven Holl Architects has brushed off criticisms of its Hunters Point library in Long Island City, which opened in September with a number of areas inaccessible to people with disabilities. The New York City firm said that the problems encountered were “normal” for a project of this scale. “The few issues that have come up

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RDHA turns riverfront building into “Canada’s first bookless library”

November 15, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

The Idea Exchange Old Post Office by RDHA

Canadian architecture firm RDHA has added glazed volumes to an old limestone post office in Cambridge, Ontario as part of its transformation into a community centre with makerspaces. RDH Architects Inc (RDHA) renovated and expanded the landmarked masonry structure – completed by Canadian architect Thomas Fuller in 1885 as a government building, and then later

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Frank Gehry restores entrance and vaulted corridor at Philadelphia Museum of Art

November 14, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Philadelphia Museum of Art phase one by Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry has completed work on the first stage in the major renovation of Philadelphia’s Museum of Art, over a decade after he was first enlisted to design the project. The museum opened a number of new elements to the public including the North Entrance – a street-level side entrance that was used when the

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SOM to create Disney headquarters in New York City covered in green tiles

November 13, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

4 Hudson Square Disney Headquarters by SOM

Skidmore Owings & Merrill has revealed plans to build a glass-and-ceramic office building for Disney’s New York operations, called 4 Hudson Square. New York architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) unveiled the visuals for The Walt Disney Company’s new Manhattan headquarters today. The project is set to span an entire city block in the

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Jessica Helgerson uses “moody, green, lush” palette for Portland home renovation

November 13, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

NW Johnson Street House by Jessica Helgerson

Interior designer Jessica Helgerson has overhauled a home in Portland, Oregon to include decorative ceilings, floral wallpaper and shades of green and grey that evoke its rainy, cool climate. Helgerson designed the transformation to retain the architectural charm and enliven rooms of NW Johnson Street, a two-storey home that was built in the Pacific Northwest

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Amsterdam’s Pulitzer hotel fuses decadent past with contemporary design

November 11, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

A moody bar and sun-lit restaurant were among the spaces added during the renovation of this hotel, which encompasses 25 historic canal houses in Amsterdam. First opened in 1968 by local businessman Peter Pulitzer, Pulizter hotel comprised originally of 12 canal houses in the city’s centre that date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The

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D’Arcy Jones defines Deep Cove House in Vancouver with slanted wood-clad walls

November 7, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Deep Cove House by D'Arcy Jones Architects

Canadian studio D’Arcy Jones Architects has designed this clifftop house in Vancouver to be “part look-out tower, part courtyard and part landform”. Slanted walls angled outwards define the top floor of the three-storey Deep Cove House, which then steps down a slope north of downtown Vancouver, across Burrard Inlet on the North Shore. Western red

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AIA denounces Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

November 6, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

The American Institute of Architects has called for Donald Trump to reverse his “shortsighted decision” to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement amid the global climate crisis. AIA president William Bates issued a statement on Tuesday 5 November, the day after the US president notified the United Nations of America’s withdrawal. “The AIA deplores

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AIA denounces Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

November 6, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

The American Institute of Architects has called for Donald Trump to reverse his “shortsighted decision” to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement amid the global climate crisis. AIA president William Bates issued a statement on Tuesday 5 November, the day after the US president notified the United Nations of America’s withdrawal. “The AIA deplores

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