Gabrielle Golenda
Hanukkah is typically known as the festival of lights, where a new candle in the menorah is lit ever y night to celebrate the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. As the story goes, only one vial of oil was found with just enough oil for one day, and yet it lasted for eight full…
As housing prices continue to go up and more single professionals move into cities, the increasing d emand for these spaces is inevitable.
With Design Miami 2015 in full swing, this collection of pavilions, exhibition spaces, gallery space s, lounges, and all other spaces design-related highlight Miami’s Design District, and more importantly, speak to the ongoing reach towards progressive design as an international design community. From a digitally fabricated modulated metal screen parking garage to an exhibit that takes…
As the holiday season is upon us, we’ve prepared a special Thanksgiving collection featuring comfy s paces that are ideal for anyone to cozy up, digest, and relax in. Outfitted with spectacular views, this compilation of cozy cabins features interiors that are spacious yet intimate. Somewhere in between inside and outside, these 10 mountainside chalets provide…
Whether they are neighborhood organizations, private facilities, government-sponsored, or activist-r un, cultural centers host a wide array of events and activities. Consequently, form is extremely important to best accommodate the building or complex whose purpose is to promote a diverse accompaniment of culture and arts. Sometimes a seemingly misshapen form or what would appear as slightly…
In 1896 Austrian architect and urban planner Otto Wagner published Modern Architecture in response t o his distaste for the 19th-century custom of employing old historical styles. The textbook reflects his ideas about the role of the architect in using new materials and forms to reflect the needs of a society that was changing during the…
In the most wide-sweepingly simple conclusion, it is generally accepted that modern architecture is credited to German-born architect, Mies van der Rohe. Known for his openly contrary and deliberately provocative instinct, he discovered the 20th century’s most formative, revolutionary building type (“skin-and-bones” glass and steel architecture) and prognosticator: proclaiming the slogan for modern architecture “less…
Chairs are pivotal to the existence of most manmade spaces. Arguably so, architects tend to agree, a s they themselves were the first furniture designers of the early 20th century. The call to duty was out of necessity; the market simply didn’t supply enough decent seating to fill the buildings that architects built. Surely enough, the…
To celebrate the opening of our 4th annual A+Awards, we’re taking a look back at some of our f avorite projects from 2015. Want to get in on the action? Check out the A+Awards Page to find out how to enter. Urban dwellers know the story of condensed quarters and maddening crowds all too well. Perhaps…