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Take a walk through the architect’s second building on the University of Iowa’s campus.
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Take a walk through the architect’s second building on the University of Iowa’s campus.
Last year, when Cadillac moved its headquarters from an iconic Detroit location — the Eero Saarinen– designed G.M. Technical Center — to the trendy New York City neighborhood of SoHo, it gave the automobile giant a chance to reform the image and mission of this historic American manufacturer. In the Gensler-designed Cadillac House, an experiential brand…
Nearly 25 years ago, Kiku Obata, founder of London- and St. Louis-based Kiku Obata & Company, fi rst came across glass with a color interlayer. “I walked into a room where there were hundreds of little 2-inch-square colored glass samples,” she recalls. “I stopped and said, ‘What is that?’ and was told, ‘Oh, it’s this glass…
For 15 years, Symmons Design Studiohas been producing custom and cutting-edge solutions for designer s wanting elegant bathroom and kitchen fixtures with remarkable performance. The site-specific products produced by Design Studio have already helped a wide range of clients across the U.S., from UCLA student housing to the Algonquin Hotel in New York City — just…
When executed well, the all-white bathroom never seems to go out of style, making this aesthetic a p articularly attractive option for clients investing in a bath remodel. As most architects and designers know, the key is in mingling a limited palette of timeless finishes with fixtures and fittings that sport pared-down forms that can’t be dated to a specific decade or era.
Strong geometries and an abundance of white may be signature aesthetics in the buildings of Pritzker Prize–winning Richard Meier, but they also prominently factor into his designs of a smaller scale. This week, Richard Meier Light officially launched in New York City at the Ralph Pucci showroom, and the 12-piece collection bears the architect’s unmistakable…
When it comes to designing storage space for multifamily residential projects, architects today must take a number of variables into consideration. First, is the project being designed for a developer or a realtor? When it’s completed, will it be turned over quickly for an immediate profit or held onto for long-term gain? And is it…
Over the past decade, early-adopter architects at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson have discovered new ways t o take on design challenges using BIM software. They have routinely integrated their designs into a connected BIM workflow in Autodesk Revit. Today, Dynamo software often takes the lead in that process. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s Sawyer Library at Williams College Dynamo,…
Explore the vernacular architectural heritage of Ghana through its tropically inclined indigenous ma terials and construction techniques.