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ZGF has earned a reputation for challenging the status quo. Advocating high performance and environm ental stewardship, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca champions design excellence in all that it does. Founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1942, the firm has expanded to six offices across the United States and Canada. Creating spaces that inspire change, ZGF was awarded the…
Hadid’s prismatic intervention perches precariously like a vast iceberg atop an old fire station.
The Chicago Architecture Biennial has named Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of Johnston Marklee the art directors of the next event, which will run from September 16 to December 31, 2017. They take over this position from Sarah Herda and Joseph Grima, who led the widely praised inaugural event in 2015. Also announced was the…
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In collaboration with Shohei Shigematsu of OMA, artist Taryn Simon has created An Occupation of Loss , a spatial performance that continues her exploration on the notions of abstraction. Unveiled at New York’s Park Avenue Armory, the installation and series of happenings meditate on “the anatomy of grief and the intricate systems that we devise to…
It may only be in its fourth year, but the LAMP (Lighting Architecture Movement Project) indie desig n competition has this year attracted some truly impressive finished luminaires and prototypes from all over the world. Now the program, which aims to promote and connect talent to new markets, has shortlisted the entrants to the final 10…
Structural connections needn’t just be functional in architecture today: Thanks to companies like Ne w York–, San Francisco–, and Toronto-based Cast Connex, they can also make for edgy or elegant details. In just nine short years, Cast Connex has grown quickly from startup status to the largest North American supplier of steel castings for architecturally exposed…
These architects remind us of the potential of nature to aid healthy living.
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