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J. Michael Welton writes about architecture, art and design for national and international publicati ons. He is the author of Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand (Routledge, 2015). When Studio-Tag opened in the Plant Building near New York City’s Times Square in April, it introduced a concept for commercial interiors as revolutionary as…
Revisiting NOWNESS’s special series “In Residence” leads us to Xavier Corbero’s maze-like house. The Catalan sculptor’s home in Esplugues de Llobregat, a town on the outskirts of Barcelona, is a treasure cove of art and antiques. Among objects of all kinds, his sculptures stand tall, as they do in many museums around the world. Xavier…
The “House Vision” exhibition was launched in 2011 as an opportunity for the leading lights of Japan ese design to explore future possibilities for the house, a structure that — perhaps more than any other — intimately reflects the way people live. Indeed, archaeologists have been known to study the home designs of lost civilizations to…
Architects, with increasing sophistication, are producing nuanced structures that provide some comfo rts for visitors in remote and often harsh locations.
Historians mark Bastille Day as one of the most important days in history because of what followed a fter the storming of the French fortress from which it takes its name on this day over two centuries ago. July 14th, 1789, marked a key moment at the very onset of the French Revolution, which would lead…
“Dubai has become a major tourist attraction and destination,” explains Dr. DJ Armin, managing partn er at ZAS Architects. The Canadian and UAE based firm recently released new renderings for a large-scale luxury development in the city — the Rosemont — which includes, among other amenities, a rainforest and 4D animations. The backbone of the proposal…
More than just an old-school power-lunch scene, The Four Seasons restaurant has long been considered a paragon of the international style and quintessentially New York. So when it was announced that the Philip Johnson–designed restaurant, located within the tony Mies-designed Seagram Building, would be shutting its doors on July 16, it caused quite a stir.…
Updated July 14, 2016 Pioneers, too, grow up. Hard to believe, but architect Moshe Safdie — whose 19 60s ideas still seem inconceivably fresh and exciting today — celebrates his 78th birthday today. Safdie broke into international recognition as an extremely young architect, straight out of school. After graduating from McGill University and working at the…
The structure was designed by students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design as part o f their Habitation in Extreme Environments course, led by Rok Oman and Spela Videcnik of OFIS arhitekti, manufactured by London-based structural engineering firm AK II and transported in segments by Slovenian army via helicopter.