Foster completes “revitalisation” of Florida’s Norton Museum of Art

February 1, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Norton Museum of Art by Foster + Partners

The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, is reopening following an overhaul by Foster + Partners, featuring a roof that curves around an old tree and a botanical garden for sculptures. British firm Foster + Partners completed the renovation of the museum on Olive Avenue three years after work began on the

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Striated blue-teal aluminium walls wrap Jack Erwin flagship in New York

February 1, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Jack Erwin New York flagship by Millions Architecture

Reception desks, carpets and mid-century furniture found in Midtown Manhattan lobbies informed the design of menswear brand Jack Erwin’s flagship store in New York. Jack Erwin and architecture studio Milliøns designed the space at 488 Madison Avenue, in an area synonymous with advertising companies – a reputation cemented by hit TV series Mad Men. In response,

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Hem opens LA showroom with “super­sized confetti” installation

January 31, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Hem opens LA with Confetti Courtyard

Swedish furniture brand Hem has opened its first permanent US showroom in Los Angeles, featuring a courtyard decorated with colourful graphics that resemble confetti. Hem opened the showroom in Downtown LA in collaboration with US flooring company Madera. The space is Hem’s second permanent showroom, after a location Stockholm, and follows a series of pop-ups around the

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Sebastian Errazuriz exhibition at New York’s R & Company features taxidermy Bird Chandelier

January 31, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Breaking the Box by Sebastian ErraZuriz at R & Company

A crystal chandelier tangled with 100 colourful stuffed birds and an unfurling wooden cabinet are among a series of new works that artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz is showing in New York. New York-based, Chilean-born Errazuriz is debuting the new Bird, Mechanical Cabinet and Metamorphosis series in the Breaking the Box exhibit at the R & Company gallery, located

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Women-focused co-working club The Wing opens The Little Wing children’s playroom

January 29, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
The Little Wing and The Wing SoHo

The Wing, a co-working club designed for women, has created a “chic oasis” at its location in New York’s Soho for members to leave their children while they work. Newly opened, The Little Wing at the space just off Mercer Street is a kids’ area supervised by certified child minders, nicknamed “Wing-sitters”. The facility also

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MoMA receives major donation of works from Herzog & de Meuron

January 28, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Herzog and de Meuron donation to MoMA

Herzog & de Meuron has gifted New York’s Museum of Modern Art a selection of its models, drawings and other materials that document 24 years of projects by the Pritzker Prize-winning Swiss architecture firm. The donation features materials relating to nine built and unbuilt projects developed by the firm between 1994 and 2018. These include the

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New World Design proposes golden fence around Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort

January 28, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Mar-A-Lago border wall prototype by New World Design

Architecture studio New World Design has launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a golden picket fence around US president Donald Trump’s compound in Palm Beach, Florida, to highlight the absurdity of his plans for the Mexico border wall. Launched on platform GoFundMe, The US-Mexico Border Wall: A Study in Absurdity campaign aims to raise millions

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Candida Höfer’s In Mexico photographs capture 600 years of architecture

January 27, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Candida Höfer In Mexico photography exhibition at Sean Kelly gallery

From decorative Baroque churches to shadowy nooks, Mexico’s architectural history is presented in this image set by German photographer Candida Höfer, which will be exhibited in Sean Kelly’s New York gallery. Set to open next month, the In Mexico exhibition brings together the architectural interior photos that Höfer shot on a trip across Mexico four

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UNESCO names Rio de Janeiro first World Capital of Architecture

January 25, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro will be World Capital of Architecture for 2020, becoming the first metropolis to receive the designation from heritage body UNESCO. The World Capital of Architecture is a new initiative that UNESCO established with the International Union of Architects (UIA) – a non-governmental agency that represents the world’s architects. The aim

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Tod Williams Billie Tsien overhauls postmodern Dartmouth Hood Museum

January 24, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Hood Museum of Art overhauled by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects’ major extension and renovation of the Hood Museum of Art in New Hampshire has kept postmodern architect Charles Moore’s glass and grey-brick stairway as its centrepiece. The Dartmouth College arts institution is set to open on 26 January 2019, following the effort to increase its teaching facilities, and add galleries to show more of

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