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located on the historic canals of murano, italy, glass manufacturer barovier&toso has opened its newest showroom. with a design by studio calvi brambilla, the project sees a structure built in 1938 transformed into an authentic temple of luxury featuring the company’s 700-year history throughout the 900 square meters that have been divided into three levels. […]

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japan-based studio velocity embarked on the design of the kowa apartments with the aim of rebuilding a housing complex in mihama, a seaside town on the southern tip of a peninsula in japan’s aichi prefecture. as the site’s pre-existing, 1950s-era apartment building was facing such issues as structural failure and decline in occupation, the studio […]

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studioMDA, led by architect markus dochantschi, has completed two brand-new galleries adjacent to one another in new york’s chelsea neighborhood — the high line nine and the new kasmin gallery. the two projects, which were first announced in 2017, are located in close proximity to 520 west 28th — a residential building designed by zaha […]

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ZGF architects has transformed the historic spruce goose hangar into playa vista, google‘s latest office space in california. built by howard hughes in 1943, the 230-meter-long wooden structure has been extensively restored and now features a four-level ‘building-within-a-building’, comprising offices, meeting areas, food & event spaces, and employee amenities.  all images courtesy of ZGF architects   […]

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zaha hadid architects has been selected as one of the consortiums to build the new rublyovo-arkhangelskoye neighborhood to the west of moscow. the development — set to become a global benchmark for smart, sustainable cities — will include new homes for 66,500 residents, schools, medical clinics, transport infrastructure, shopping districts, and civic and cultural institutions. […]

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OMA has completed the first of two towers that comprise ‘norra tornen’ — a residential complex in hagastaden, a new district in the north of stockholm. titled ‘innovationen tower’, the building’s design is the expression of a modular system of precast exposed concrete elements. the structure, which rises to a total height of 125 meters […]

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stockholm‘s 79&park, the residential complex planned by bjarke ingles group (BIG) back in 2015 (see designboom’s previous coverage here), is now complete and will open for public viewings on sunday, 11 november. developed in collaboration with oscar properties as an extension of the royal national city park that lays in front of it, the building […]

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construction of new york city’s ‘statue of liberty museum’ is underway on liberty island. while the ‘statue of liberty-ellis island foundation’ (SOLEIF) has been responsible for a number of historic restoration and preservation projects since the 1980s, the museum marks the first new building construction undertaken by the foundation. the 26,000-square-foot museum was designed by […]

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