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A small organic brewing operating in St. Paul, Minn., needed a unique architectural solution.

Thanks to innovations in material and process, the age-old light bulb ain’t so bulbous anymore. Thes e days it twists, it oozes, it pops, it surveils. Netherlands-based designer David Graas, who specializes in quirky material experiments like flat-pack cardboard furniture and recycled-PET bottlecap tabletop accessories, just added a new form to the mix. His Stalaclights are…

Would you be happy living in the shadow of a skyscraper? That is the question being asked by many lo cal residents on both sides of the Atlantic at present: As a row of glittering new towers begins to rise along the southern exposure of Central Park in Manhattan, a debate is raging over similar plans…

A decade ago, when white LEDs began entering the architecture marketplace in force, early adoption c ame with misgivings. The new light source would drastically cut electricity consumption over many more hours of life — but the color temperature was cold, or brightness seemed insufficient. Like most disruptive technologies, LEDs promised to revolutionize the industry. Just…

The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture has announced that Aaron Betsky has been named dean of Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, an experimental architecture school with a main campus at Taliesin West, in Scottsdale, Ariz., and a summer campus at Taliesin, in Spring Green, Wisc. An influential writer, theorist, educator, and…

Dutch studio MVRDV have triumphed in a three-stage international competition to design a mixed-use s kyscraper in the Austrian capital of Vienna with a new twist on the conventions of high-rise design yet again… In order to satisfy the city’s strict planning regulations, the lower ten stories of the tower are pivoted around the building’s core…

Thomas Edison’s light bulb is arguably the single most influential invention of the last several hun dred years. That doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement. Shanghai manufacturer Sengled has taken the bulb and brought it up to speed with our modern multi-tasking, energy-efficient sensibilities. The newly unveiled Sengled Snap, winner of the 2015 Consumer Electronics…

After dabbling in the interiors of New York’s Balenciaga flagship and a creating few small home acce ssories, fashion designer, icon, and darling Alexander Wang has officially made the big crossover into the world of industrial design. Italian furniture empire Poltrona Frau just launched a new Wang-designed collection that evokes the monochrome glam-banality of his eponymous…

What is happening in Downey, California? First, it was the original Taco Bell, and now its Norm&#821 7;s restaurant that is under threat of demolition, though the latter is being considered for historical protection by the Cultural Heritage Commission. Both buildings have hashtags dedicated to saving them, #SaveTacoBell and #SaveNorms, respectively, because they are icons of…