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Giant novelty structures at Disney hotel captured in Arnau Rovira Vidal photos

October 16, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Disney’s weird and nostalgic Pop Century Resort hotel in Florida has been captured by Arnau Rovira Vidal in this photography series. Rovira’s Fantasia Resorts photography project pictures holidaymakers and workers among the fantastical, retro-themed structures at the entertainment conglomerate’s Walt Disney World near Orlando. Opened in 2003, the 2,880-room hotel is themed on American pop

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Twelve examples of Disney architecture that border on make-believe

October 13, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Over the past 100 years, Disney has created postmodern hotels, art-deco cinemas, futuristic monorails, fairytale castles and a deconstructivist concert hall. To mark the brand’s centenary on 16 October, we round up its 12 most interesting buildings. The castle created by imaginer Herbert Dickens Ryman remains the enduring symbol of Disney, incorporated into its logo

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“Cities born fully formed are simply bad ideas thrown at the world”

December 16, 2022 Adam Scott and Dave Waddell 0

Proponents of the built-from-scratch smart cities emerging around the globe, like Walt Disney before them, fail to understand that communities cannot be created through technological innovation, write Adam Scott and Dave Waddell. As he lay dying of lung cancer in his hospital bed in 1966, Walt Disney used the ceiling panels as a grid for

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SOM to create Disney headquarters in New York City covered in green tiles

November 13, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
4 Hudson Square Disney Headquarters by SOM

Skidmore Owings & Merrill has revealed plans to build a glass-and-ceramic office building for Disney’s New York operations, called 4 Hudson Square. New York architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) unveiled the visuals for The Walt Disney Company’s new Manhattan headquarters today. The project is set to span an entire city block in the

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Postmodern architecture: Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan Hotels by Michael Graves

April 28, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

With the AIA 2017 conference currently taking place in Orlando, we’ve reprised our series on postmodern architecture and design for a one-off special, spotlighting an iconic pair of buildings in the Florida city: Michael Graves’ colourful hotels for Disney World. New York and New Jersey-based Michael Graves Architecture & Design created the Dolphin and Swan hotels

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Postmodern architecture: Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan Hotels by Michael Graves

April 28, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

With the AIA 2017 conference currently taking place in Orlando, we’ve reprised our series on postmodern architecture and design for a one-off special, spotlighting an iconic pair of buildings in the Florida city: Michael Graves’ colourful hotels for Disney World. New York and New Jersey-based Michael Graves Architecture & Design created the Dolphin and Swan hotels

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