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The old adage, “what’s old is new again” is well demonstrated in the renewed interest in mid century architecture. Once considered old-fashioned, stark, and unloved; mid century homes, furnishings, and even ...
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The bass guitarist for an amateur rock group called “Rock it Suda” commissioned this amazing architectural flight of fancy in South Korea. The project is a cluster of weekend houses that looks ...
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The community of Manhattan Beach is a quintessential beach community in Southern California. Quietly south of the more well-known Venice, Malibu and Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach residents include sports stars, up-and-coming film ...
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The design of Holman House references Picasso's painting The Bather. While Picasso used a nude female figure standing at the seaside as a testing ground for new representational possibilities, challenging pictorial ...
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Growing up near the coast in Southern California, the surf-culture and a beach lifestyle was pretty much all I knew. Beach shacks selling sodas and ice cream were common haunts. But no ...
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Dan Berkeland’s creative path has taken him from Witchita, Kansas to Florence, Italy. He’s traveled from the Central Coast of California, to Rattvik, Sweden for love and family. He’s ...
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It’s all in the details. Artist Hasan Kale crafts micro portraits inspired by his native Istanbul using the tiniest of places as his canvas and in doing so, basically becomes the ...
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Facebook Headquarters is expanding. The company asked iconic architect Frank Gehry to design its expansion of the company’s West Campus in Menlo Park—in the heart of Silicon Valley. The design ...
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The “Gate of the Orient” skyscraper in Suzhou, China may have missed the big picture. The super-structure—measuring 74 stories and costing $700 million to build, was designed to be a dramatic ...
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Tired of traipsing around museums to peer at objects of art and getting scolded by guards for leaning in too closely? Weary of walking tours that neglect to give details of real ...
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HOUSE PORN: Frank Lloyd Wright's West Coast Rep's House at Stanford University.
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Five Innovative Ways to Use a Recycled Transatlantic Shipping Container.
Retired transatlantic shipping containers are being put to recycled-good-use as ...
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Metropolis Publishes “Game Changers Issue” of Innovators and Idea People in Architecture and Design.
They’ve just published its third annual Game Changers issue. The ...
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The ABC’s of Architects: 26 Design Icons in 90 Seconds.
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HOUSE PORN: Treasure or Trash?—A Frank Lloyd Wright House is Saved from the Wrecking Ball.
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DESIGN PORN: New York Public Library is being Reimagined By Lord Norman Foster.
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