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As of today, a third state legalized marijuana. Say goodbye to not-so-discretely blacked-out windows . As the tide turns toward legalization, architects are increasingly tasked with creating well-designed dispensaries in Colorado, Washington, and now Alaska. We think this trend will continue as voters in Washington D.C. and Oregon have also approved legalization, and there are advocates…
After being freshly appointed with the Golden Lion award at last year’s Venice Architecture Biennale , South Korea has become one of the architecture scenes to keep an eye on. The politically ambitious project Crow’s Eye View, presented at the Korean Pavilion in Venice, aimed to ”demonstrate the potential of an unified Korea by bringing together…
If you are a fan of architecture, digital design, typography, and GIFs — the undisputed darlings of online artistry — then you are in for a real treat. Creative firm Deepblue Networks recently collaborated with illustrator Florian Schommer on a marketing campaign for their website, transforming their logo into gigantic letter-shaped buildings — crisp axons…
There’s a popular fixation on waterfront architecture lately. A plus-shaped pool installed in the mi dst of New York’s East River, along with an artificial wave pool in Melbourne’s Victoria Harbour, and other amusement park projects like it have city-dwellers raving about the wonders of civic architecture like never before. Seaside construction, sadly, isn’t all about…
Time and again, if anyone in the media mentions the Pritzker Architecture Prize, it’s dubbed t he “Oscars of architecture.” While film and architecture are both intensely collaborative ventures, the Oscars acknowledge film’s diverse expertise with awards in directing, cinematography, sound editing, and many more. In contrast, the Pritzker is a solo prize for a lifetime…
Do not adjust your screen. These are the true colors of Richard Neutra’s 1946 Kaufmann Desert House, the emblem of Palm Springs’s own exuberant brand of modernism, as they’re rarely captured — in the middle of the night. Embedded in the popular imagination through sun-bleached photography, the renowned midcentury homes of Palm Springs — being…
What is gray? Somewhere in between, it is a neutral color, or rather an absence of color. Although g ray is often associated with humdrum, conventional, old-age, indifference, and modesty, it can also convey a certain restrained elegance. These products may not be as sexy as the book or movie, and they certainly require more commitment…
From chocolate to fire engines and energy, these museums are devoted to the strange and unexpected s ubjects.
“To cross a bridge, a river or a border is to leave behind the familiar, personal and comfortable an d enter the unknown, a different and strange world where, faced with another reality, we may well find ourselves bereft of home and identity.” —Jean-Pierre Vernant You cannot think of land without thinking of water. A bridge…