BIG updates proposal for Oakland A’s baseball stadium in California

February 27, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Oakland As redesign by BIG

Architecture firm BIG has revised its proposal for a new baseball stadium in Oakland, California, into a “more circular shape” with a gently sloped park on top. The updates come just months after the firm first revealed its plans for the new home of the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball (MLB) team – also known as

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Molteni&C furnishes penthouse at Viñoly’s 432 Park Avenue

February 25, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
432 Park Avenue by Molteni&C

Italian brand Molteni&C has outfitted a penthouse in Rafael Viñoly’s 432 Park Avenue, adding built-in wooden window seats to frame the views of Central Park. Molteni&C designer Matteo Nunziati oversaw the transformation of the 8,256-square-foot (767-square-metre) penthouse in the super-skinny Midtown Manhattan tower. The makeover involves simple finishes, built-in furniture and designs from the brand.

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Students build woven pavilion to shade archaeologists in Peru’s desert

February 24, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Pachacamac by Studio Tom Emerson and Taller 5

A woven white canopy, bamboo cane walls and earthen floors form this workspace for archaeologists on digs in Pachacamac, Peru, which was built by architecture students from Zurich and Lima. The Room for Archaeologists and Kids is located an archaeological site 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Lima. Called Pachacamac, it covers about 600 hectares of

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveils “eroded” building for University of Toronto

February 22, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
University of Toronto by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

New York architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has revealed it design for a new campus building at the University of Toronto, featuring indented floors that cut into one side. Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R)’s 90 Queen’s Park will be a multidisciplinary facility, intended as a “hub for urban and cultural engagement” for the University of

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OMA adds iridescent glass escalator to New York’s Saks Fifth Avenue

February 21, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Saks staircase by OMA

Dutch architecture firm OMA has updated the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Manhattan with a glass escalator that appears multicoloured from different angles. OMA’s stair connects the ground, first and lower levels of Saks Fifth Avenue and creates a diamond-shaped atrium, with the first floor visible from the ground level. The glass panels that

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wHY Architecture creates “immersive” tent for first Frieze Los Angeles

February 20, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Frieze Los Angeles by wHY

The inaugural Frieze Art Fair Los Angeles has taken place on the grounds of a Hollywood movie set, with a venue that US firm wHY Architecture designed to give visitors the “feeling of being backstage and behind-the-scenes”. Art magazine Frieze, which presents contemporary art fairs in London and New York City annually, hosted the inaugural Frieze

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Digital platform 1st Dibs opens showroom in New York warehouse

February 19, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
1stdibs Gallery

Online marketplace 1st Dibs has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in a former warehouse in New York City, where customers can peruse new works by Fernando Mastrangelo Studio and Ladies & Gentlemen Studio, as well as antiques. The e-commerce platform – which sells furniture, jewellery, fashion, art and homeware sourced from acclaimed dealers and current designers –

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Ste Marie evokes “old-world Italian charm” in Vancouver’s Caffè La Tana

February 18, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

The owners of this weathered and cosy Italian cafe in Vancouver, designed by local studio Ste Marie, imagine it as a den for their pet fox. Caffè La Tana is a dimly lit restaurant with muted green interiors in Vancouver’s Little Italy neighbourhood. The cafe’s name La Tana loosely translates from Italian to “the den”.

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TWA Hotel inside Eero Saarinen’s JFK Airport terminal opens reservations

February 17, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
TWA hotel at JFK

Reservations are now open for guests wishing to stay at Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen’s 1960s terminal building at New York’s John F Kennedy airport, following a restoration of its modernist details. The TWA Hotel will officially open 15 May 2019 inside JFK’s former TWA Terminal, which has undergone a major overhaul after being shut for 16 years,

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Sky Trees tower proposed for Los Angeles takes cues from redwoods and Marilyn Monroe

February 14, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Sky Trees by Koichi Takada Architects

Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects has unveiled a slatted timber tower for Los Angeles, featuring a splayed bottom that draws on Marilyn Monroe’s “flying skirt” moment. Koichi Takada Architects has proposed the mixed-use Sky Trees development for 1111 South Hill Street in Downtown LA. It comprises two towers – one planned to reach 70 storeys and

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