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The first Mario Batali restaurant to open in Boston, Babbo Pizzeria boasts a comfy, casual environme nt designed by Batali’s creative director, Lisa Eaton, in collaboration with David McMahon of McMahon Architects. Together they crafted the 160-seat venue using a warm, Mediterranean-inspired palette and a smattering of custom touches — such as pendants whose shades evoke…
Jaemin Yoon, Director of JMY Architects, sees his firm’s work as reclaiming something that his count ry lacked the opportunity to create for itself. “In the history of modern architecture, Koreans never had the chance to modernize ourselves because of the Japanese occupation and civil war,” he says. Modern Korean cities, he feels, reflect this loss…
Color can energize any space, whether in a home or commercial setting. But if you’re looking to desi gn with just pops as opposed to large swaths, check out these five recently launched products that do the job to varying degrees. (And serve other functions, to boot.) Italian company Fontanot transforms the ordinary, utilitarian metal-spiral stairs…
Ceramics have long been the ultimate symbol of fragility and delicate beauty. If you hear of a space being stormed through “like a bull in a China shop,” mental images of carnage and destruction are summoned — these beautifully brittle objects are treasured by many, but are certainly not known for their resilience under pressure.…
Just when it seems that decorative panel extraordinaire 3form has exhausted all possible ideas for d esigns, the company delights and amazes with new offerings. The latest are part of the newly created Wood+ Double-Sided family. Barque Whereas the previous Woods collections have replicated slats, natural grains, and laser-cut panels, the new group is all about…
It’s been a pretty tough month for Zaha Hadid Architects, with the much-publicized cancellation of t he firm’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium — swiftly followed by a robust response to the world’s media. However, better news for the practice arrived this week in the shape of MMM Corones, a mountain museum atop an Alpine peak that…
The humble utility pendant is anything but humble today, enjoying the limelight in every type of spa ce — from hospitality to residential — and sporting an exposed bulb, traditionally the classic Edison in all its glowing-filament glory. It wasn’t until the introduction of the Plumen CFL five years ago that an energy-efficient A-lamp was designed…
The Szczecin Philharmonic proves that, despite limited budgets, sculpting spaces with simple volumet ric gestures and a smart use of materials can produce stunning results.
Although the traditional white box endures as the ideal space for exhibiting and viewing art, we als o expect museums to offer an aesthetic experience in and of themselves. The challenge, then, is to strike a balance between the form and the content, and it is Japan’s current crop of top architects who have mastered this…