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Athena Calderone revitalises her Long Island home with plaster walls and vintage finds

June 8, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Amagansett house by Athena Calderone

New York designer Athena Calderone has renovated her mid-century home in the Long Island town of Amagansett with plaster walls, linen fabric, marble and second-hand finds. Calderone originally redesigned the house when she purchased it in 2009 with the help of her neighbour, Paul Masi, the founder of local firm Bates Masi Architects. Ten years

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Gabinete de Arquitectura designs composting pavilion for Casa Wabi in Mexico

June 7, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Descended from another sun pavilion at Casa Wabi by Gabinete de Arquitectura

Paraguayan studio Gabinete de Arquitectura has built a structure for composting at Casa Wab arts centre that Tadao Ando designed in Oaxaca, Mexico. Four walls in the outline of a square conceal nooks for composting the materials that are used to fertilise the 27-hectare site of Casa Wabi arts centre, which the Japanese architect built on

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US newspaper apologises for offensive “Buildings Matter, Too” headline on column by architecture critic

June 6, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0

The Philadelphia Inquirer has apologised for a headline equating the loss of black lives with damage to buildings during protests over the killing of George Floyd in police custody. A column by its architecture critic about the destruction of Philadelphia’s buildings during the protests was published on Tuesday 2 June under the headline “Buildings Matter, Too”.

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Herzog & de Meuron designs Canada’s tallest skyscraper

June 4, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
1200 Bay Street by Herzog & de Meuron

Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and Canadian studio Quadrangle have unveiled plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto that will rise 324 metres. The 87-storey skyscraper, called 1200 Bay Street, is proposed for a site in the city’s Yorkville area on the northwest corner of Bay Street and Bloor Street. If completed, it would

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Herzog & de Meuron designs Canada’s tallest skyscraper

June 4, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
1200 Bay Street by Herzog & de Meuron

Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and Canadian studio Quadrangle have unveiled plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto that will rise 324 metres. The 87-storey skyscraper, called 1200 Bay Street, is proposed for a site in the city’s Yorkville area on the northwest corner of Bay Street and Bloor Street. If completed, it would

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Monte Uzulu is a boutique hotel in the Oaxacan jungle by Taller Lu’um and At-te

June 3, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Monte Uzulu hotel

Mexican studios Taller Lu’um and At-te designed this boutique hotel in Oaxaca to showcase local craft with earthen walls, doors made from local wood and a thatched roof. Called Monte Uzulu, the hotel is located in San Agustinillo, a small fishing village and beach in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Its name comes from the

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Dialog designs mass timber net-zero carbon university building for Canada

June 2, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Centennial College by Dialog

Architecture firm Dialog has revealed plans for a cross-laminated timber university building in Canada, which it says will be the first of its kind. The project, called A-Block Building Expansion, is a six-storey addition to an existing building at Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology in Scarborough, which is about a 20-minute drive from

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Format Architecture Office imbues Manhattan office with “boutique sensibility” and cafe seating

May 31, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Midtown Office by Format Architecture Office

Cafe-style seating and muted interiors outfit this New York office that local studio Format Architecture Office has designed with places to mingle, eat and work. Called Midtown Office, the project spans an entire floor of a high-rise building in New York City’s Midtown area. Close to Bryant Park, it was designed for a global tech

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Gensler expands and remodels Colorado airport with cosy yet contemporary interiors

May 28, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Vail airport by Gensler

Gensler has added a black metal volume to an airport servicing ski resorts in Vail, Colorado, containing lounges with fireplaces and pale wood ceilings. The project was designed for Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) in the town of Gypsum that services Vail, Beaver Creek and other towns. The international architecture firm and Colorado contractor Hensel

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Couple builds themselves cedar-clad retreat Little Peek on Maine island Vinalhaven

May 26, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0

A screened porch is sandwiched between two cedar volumes to form this holiday home that the founders of Berman Horn Studio in New York built themselves on an island in Maine. Maria Berman and Brad Horn, who run Berman Horn Studio, completed the Little Peek residence in Vinalhaven, an island 15 miles (24 kilometres) off

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