Classy Cladding: With the resurgence in copper and brass in product and furniture design lately, it is perhaps inevitable that patinated metals would make their way to architecture. Pictured above is the first image of the Fitzroy, a new condo building by Roman and Williams set to rise in New York’s tony Chelsea district, which is distinctive for its jade-colored terra-cotta façade and overall Art Deco detailing.
Charity Case: With various debt crises making headlines these days, we’re sad to learn that Article 25 is in financial trouble. The U.K. humanitarian housing organization has made an appeal following the discovery of a £200,000 discrepancy in its books.
Unveiled
Touchdown for Tottenham?: Populous has released renderings of their stadium design for the Northumberland Development to be submitted to the London Borough of Haringey. The proposal for the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium includes the world’s first retractable pitch.
Storage Facile: This week also sees the announcement of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ Conservation and Storage Facility, Musée du Louvre, a green-roofed low-rise that blends in with the surrounding French countryside in Liévin, two hours north of Paris. The 200,000-square-foot building will house some 250,000 artworks that are currently scattered across some 60 locations and is intended to be a premier research center upon opening in late 2018.
L: The Underline by James Corner Field Operations. R: Photo of the existing site, via Curbed.
Underlineage: James Corner Field Operations has published new images of the Miami Underline, which is forging ahead on the momentum of its win at Pitching the City. The plan will transform the underutilized space under the MetroRail into a linear park.
L: Masone Labyrinth by Pier Carlo Bontempi and Davide Dutto, photos via Domus; R: Tree Church by David Cox, photo via MyModernMet.
Eye Candy
Bamboozled: Architects Pier Carlo Bontempi and Davide Dutto have created an 860,000-square-foot bamboo hedge maze in Parma, Italy, fulfilling a promise by client Franco Maria Ricci to none other than the late Jorge Luis Borges. Domus has more on Masone Labyrinth. (Hat-tip to Curbed).
Sylvan Lining: Masone may have actual buildings onsite, but a New Zealand horticulturalist-turned-architect has taken topiary to the next level with a chapel grown from copper sheen (an Australian tea tree) with cut-leaf alder for the roof. Check out Barry Cox’s story here.
Carrie Becker, via Design Observer.
Non Sequitur
Tiny House Movement: In the tradition of artists like James Casebere and Drew Leshko, Carrie Becker creates insanely detailed maquettes — specifically, domestic interiors in various states of decay — that she exhibits in photograph form. Her solo show “Of Small Rooms” is on view at William Shearburn Gallery in St. Louis, where she is based.
Image at top: The Fitzroy by Roman and Williams.