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Charred wood and stone create dark house Casa Di-Dox by Magaldi Studio

June 6, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Miami’s Magaldi Studio used charred wood and dark stone to blend this boxy house “as a shadow in the green surroundings” of Valle de Bravo, Mexico. The house called Casa Di-Dox comprises volumes staggered up a hillside in the scenic Valle de Bravo region, which is a 140-kilometre drive to the west of Mexico City.

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National Organization of Minority Architects demands end to “deadly and pervasive virus called racism that has plagued America”

June 2, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

The National Organization of Minority Architects has called on the architecture profession to “condemn racism and take an active role in eliminating racial biases” following the death of George Floyd in police custody. The organisation and profession must do more to bring an end to the “deadly virus” of racism in America said Kimberly Dowdell,

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Architects and designers declare that “black lives matter” and call for racial justice after George Floyd’s death

June 1, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Designers have spoken out against racism in America with Bec Brittain posting a black square on her Instagram account and David Adjaye sharing an image of a burning building in Minneapolis. Others including Yves Behar, Yinka Ilori and Harriet Harriss called for racial justice as George Floyd’s death in police custody prompted protests across the

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Faceted glazed courtyard pierces Oregon house by No Architecture

May 30, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Courtyard House by No Oregon

New York firm No Architecture has designed this house in Oregon’s Willamette Valley wine country around a glazed garden fill with deciduous trees. A large dark roof covers the aptly named Courtyard House residence with an irregular piercing in the middle marking the courtyard. Inside, it forms a garden wrapped by glass walls with wooden

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Residences by Armani Casa in Florida has amenities designed by Giorgio Armani

May 28, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Residences by Armani Casa by Giorgio Armani and Cesar Pelli

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani worked with Argentine-American architect César Pelli to complete this residential skyscraper in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Pelli Clarke Pelli, the firm founded by the Pelli who died last year aged 92, designed the Residences by Armani/Casa tower, and Armani’s interior design studio Armani/Casa oversaw the interiors, including amenities and residences. Developed by Related Group

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El Quincho guesthouse in Córdoba is designed for asado and family gatherings

May 27, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
El Quincho by Lalo Carrillo, CaSA and SY Arquitectos

Architect Lalo Carrillo worked with firms Colombo and Serboli Architecture and SY Arquitectos to design this guesthouse for his family in Córdoba, Argentina. Carrillo worked with local firm SY Arquitectos and Barcelona practice Colombo and Serboli Architecture to design the 140-square- metre guesthouse for his family, who live in the neighbouring residence from the 1960s.

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Vidivixi turns “messy artist’s studio” into Mexico City furniture showroom

May 26, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Vidivixi showroom

Design studio Vidivixi has teamed its furniture collection with works by US artists and designers to create a series of moody sets in its Mexico City showroom. Vidivixi, which is led by British designer Adam Caplowe and American designer Mark Grattan, transformed a “messy artist’s studio” in the Colonia San Rafael neighbourhood to create its

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Mobile vaccination centres in shipping containers could immunise 60 million people in four months, says Waugh Thistleton Architects

May 26, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Shipping-containter Vaccincation Centres by Waugh Thistleton Architects

Waugh Thistleton Architects has proposed creating 6,500 mobile vaccination centres in shipping containers that could travel around the UK and immunise the entire population against coronavirus in 16 weeks. The units would allow the UK’s stretched National Health Service (NHS) to roll out a mass immunisation programme should a vaccine for Covid-19 be found, the

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Ian Schrager’s The Times Square Edition hotel to close permanently

May 21, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
The Times Square Edition closes permanently

Ian Schrager’s decadent hotel in New York’s Times Square is closing just over one year after it opened due to financial issues causes by the pandemic. Bloomberg has reported that The Times Square Edition – which opened last year as a partnership between the legendary hotelier and Marriott International – will close on 13 August.

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Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen compete to design Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

May 20, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture firms Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen have been shortlisted to design a presidential library for Theodore Roosevelt in Medora, North Dakota. The three firms were selected from 12 practices that applied to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) that the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation made public in April to find a suitable architect for

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