Articles by Bridget Cogley

Jordana Maisie stacks cardboard shoe boxes around Feit’s San Francisco store

May 4, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Feit San Francisco by Jordana Maisie

Australian designer Jordana Maisie has designed this shoe shop in San Francisco to look more like a storage room than a boutique. Masie’s eponymous studio designed the 80-square-metre shoe store in the city’s Jackson Square neighbourhood for upscale Australian leather shoe company Feit. Working with Feit’s founder Tull Price, Maisie developed the concept for the store to

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MAPA hides prefab Minimod Curucaca in Brazilian forest

May 2, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Minimod Curucaca by Mapa Architects

Architecture studio MAPA and its prefabricated building company Minimod have completed this residence in Brazil, using black walls and a green roof to help blend in with its remote woodland surrounds. The Brazil- and Uruguay-based firm designed the residence called Minimod Curucaca for a forest clearing in the Curcaca Valley, which is located in a mountainous region of southern Brazil. Forming the

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Assemble turns derelict New Orleans building into experimental fashion school

May 2, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Materials Institute in New Orleans by Assemble

London studio Assemble has transformed an industrial property in New Orleans into a hub for the local community to learn fashion design and manufacturing. Assemble designed the Materials Institute for creating and producing garments and textiles as part of an experimental arts school founded by the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart, Tasmania. The studio

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BIG designs EPIQ tower for Quito covered in earthy coloured tiles

May 1, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
EPIQ by BIG

Architecture firm BIG has unveiled its second project for Ecuador’s capital city: a mixed-use tower feature two curved blocks covered in  herringbone-patterned cladding and pockets of greenery.  Revealed today, BIG’s mixed-used EPIQ tower was developed in collaboration with Quito’s Uribe & Schwarzkopf. It marks BIG’s second project in the city after the IQON tower, which was

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GRT Architects revitalises mid-century house in Upstate New York

April 30, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Croton on Hudson House by GRT Architects

New York firm GRT Architects has used a simple palette to offset the existing details of this mid-century house in New York’s Hudson Valley, which it overhauled for the architect’s grandchild. The single-storey Croton-on-Hudson House was completed in the 1960s by the client’s grandmother – who was one of the first female graduates of the architecture

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Studio Gang’s spiralling Mira tower tops out in San Francisco

April 29, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
MIRA by Studio Gang

These new photographs capture the twisted and fragmented exterior of US firm Studio Gang’s 40-storey Mira tower, as it takes shape in San Francisco. Photos released by Mira developer Tishman Speyer capture the 400-foot-high (122-metre-high) tower, which is formed from a series of vertical twisting columns. In the images, the lower portion of the building is

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Rob Peetoom hair salon opens inside old soda factory in Williamsburg

April 28, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Rob Peetoom Williamsburg by Ruud van Oosterhout

A lounge with a curved sofa and a coffee bar feature in this hair salon in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighbourhood, which Ruud van Oosterhout has designed for two sisters. Dutch designer Ruud van Oosterhout overhauled a part of a former soda factory to create the 4,500-square-foot (418-square-metre) salon, named Rob Peetoom Williamsburg. The outpost marks the first in

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Buro Koray Duman unveils renovation and expansion plans for Noguchi Museum in Long Island City

April 24, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Noguchi Museum by Buro Koray Duman

New York firm Buro Koray Duman has revealed plans for a major overhaul of the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, which will see the studio and home of American-Japanese sculptor Isamu Noguchi opened up to the public for the first time. Buro Koray Duman’s project intends to offer greater public access and expand the

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Jendretzki Design proposes Rat Island eco-retreat for New York City

April 18, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Rat Island private island boutique resort in New York City by Jendretzki Design

US studio Jendretzki Design has revealed designs for a boutique eco-resort on a tiny island within greater New York City. The local studio has envisioned Rat Island for an isle off the city’s Bronx borough. It is one of the 44 isles that make up the New York archipelago, but the only one that is privately owned.

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