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In Chicago, during NeoCon 2015, Allsteel demonstrated its forward-thinking adaptability to a changin g workplace by unveiling its reconfigured 14,000-square-foot Chicago Resource Center. Designed in collaboration with a team from IA Interior Architects, a series of 16 vignettes was laid out over the 11th floor of the city’s Merchandise Mart like a neighborhood of city blocks…

What’s the point of working in a cool office space if you can’t show it off once in a while? Surely you’ve seen the case study on the Architizer/HWKN office, decked out in Allsteel furniture, but of course the photos only go so far. In the interest of celebrating the summer here in NYC, Architizer…

Considering that the bathroom is the room where we begin and end our daily routine, why is it so oft en the most humdrum place in our home? Imagine your dream bath, instead, outfitted with the newest innovations in sanitary ceramic and bathroom fittings from Duravit. Today’s your lucky day: the longtime manufacturer has just launched…

L: Alejandro Aravena, via Dezeen; R: Michael Kimmelman in Syria, via Next City. Chilean Challenge: A lejandro Aravena has been appointed as curator of the 15th International Architecture Biennale in Venice. The Chilean architect’s exhibition will focus on architecture’s role in helping to solve global social issues: “There are several battles that need to be won…

L: ZHA’s original (unrevised) proposal for the Tokyo Stadium, image via Designboom; The Stirling Pri ze-shortlisted Burntwood School by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, photo by Timothy Soar via the Guardian. Stadium Standstill: Zaha’s testudinate albatross has reportedly been scrapped for good — to the chagrin of seemingly everyone involved. Given the protracted dramasurrounding the British architect’s…

Perhaps more than any other capital city in the world, Beijing is characterized by its mix of histor ic typologies, new buildings, and the seemingly constant crush of construction throughout the city. While it is unfortunate that most of the new projects are as anonymous as their predecessors and neighbors, last month saw the opening of…

Lofty Ambitions: For his graduation project, Bartlett student Alex Sutton has developed a proposal f or integrating airports into the fabric of the city in the form of a series of elevated runways in the heart of Stockholm (pictured above). The brief was to “develop a utopian dream and consider the steps necessary to make it…

Launched last year by the New Museum, NEW INC is the first incubator of its kind, a space at the int ersection of art, design, and technology. Last week saw the opening of its inaugural “End of Year Showcase,” on view at Red Bull Studios through July 30th. “Snowblind (Life After Architecture)” is one of several…