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Modernist red house Juan O’Gorman designed for his father is captured in photos

March 30, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
O Gorman Photography by Lorenzo Zandri

Photographer Lorenzo Zandri has documented the two modernist houses that architect Juan O’Gorman completed in Mexico City for his father and artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Zandri used an analog camera to capture the residences, which are now museums, in the Mexican capital. He said he typically works with a tripod but chose to

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Hendricks Churchill builds “modern farmhouse” in Connecticut

March 29, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Levine by Hendricks Churchill

American firm Hendricks Churchill has rebuilt a house in Connecticut to merge the aesthetic of a traditional farmhouse and contemporary details. The project Levine was designed for the owner of an art-moving business, who wanted a traditional home with modern features for his family. “The goal was to design a somewhat traditional house with a

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Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev adds “signature boldness” to his New York apartment

March 26, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Harry Nuriev and Tyler Billinger Residence

Tiled walls, purple carpeting and leathery cabinets are among the features Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev and partner Tyler Billinger have included in the renovation of their New York apartment. The designers, who run Crosby Studios together, used bold colours, geometric shapes and eclectic materials to bring their personal styles into the residence in the

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Culver City bar Auld Fella is influenced by the pubs of Dublin and Belfast

March 23, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
The Auld Fella by The LADG

Green tartan wall coverings and leather banquette seating are among the references to traditional public houses that The LADG​ has used in this Culver City bar. The Los Angeles Design Group​ (The LADG) combined period furniture and a number of materials, including brass and dark wood in Auld Fella restaurant and bar, which is located

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Oscar Niemeyer apartment building in Berlin captured by Pedro Vannucchi

March 21, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Oscar Niemeyer Haus Photography by Pedro Vannucchi

These photographs by Brazilian architect Pedro Vannucchi capture an experimental apartment building Oscar Niemeyer completed in Berlin, Germany in the 1950s. Oscar Niemeyer Haus was completed in 1957 for Interbau, a social housing initiative launched after the second world war. Niemeyer was among 48 architects including Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier and Sep Ruf tasked to

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Studio Love is Enough designs Japanese restaurant inside MINI creative hub A/D/O

March 21, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Rule of Thirds at A/D/O

Velvet green seating is coupled with wood latticework in this Japanese restaurant located inside Brooklyn creative hub A/D/O. Rule of Thirds occupies the rear of the 23,000-square-foot (915-square-metre) MINI-backed space in Greenpoint, which was designed by local studio nArchitects in 2016. Design team Studio Love is Enough developed the Japanese eatery for restaurateur Sunday Hospitality.

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David Childs redesigns halted towers for Chicago Spire site

March 18, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
400 Lake Shore Drive by SOM

SOM’s David Childs has updated the design of a pair of towers proposed to occupy the site of Santiago Calatrava’s Chicago Spire. The amended plans come over a year after Chicago vice mayor Brendan Reilly halted Childs’ proposal for the “sister skyscrapers” on 400 Lake Shore Drive. The redesign alters the height of the two

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SO-IL designs exhibition to showcase patchwork boro fabrics

March 18, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Boro Textiles at Japan Society

New York architecture firm SO-IL has designed an exhibition to present a Japanese handicraft that uses remnants of hemp fabric. SO-IL created the Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics exhibition for New York’s Japan Society. It showcases the boro textiles practice that originated in Japan in the 19th and 20th centuries when cold climate conditions made growing cotton

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Masa exhibition in Mexico City castle “celebrates contradiction”

March 14, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Recover Uncover Exhibition at MASA

A curving metal streamer, mirrored room screen and bulbous fibre chandelier are among the objects in an exhibition hosted by travelling gallery Masa in Mexico City. Recover/Uncover showcases furniture, lighting and sculptures with contrasting elements from designers such as Misha Kahn, Masa co-founder Hector Esrawe and Rooms. The show exhibits a mix of commissioned works

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Misha Kahn aims for “optimistic design show” at Friedman Benda New York

March 9, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Soft Bodies, Hard Spaces by Misha Kahn at Friedman Benda

A colourful cashmere sofa, bronze chandeliers and stained-glass sculptures are among the mix of plush and sculptural objects American designer Misha Kahn is displaying at New York gallery Friedman Benda. Marking the Brooklyn artist’s third presentation in the Chelsea gallery, Soft Bodies, Hard Spaces is intended to offer a positive reflection on the relationship between humans

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