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  • In New York, Zero Irving by Davis Brody Bond

    Think of Zero Irving as a 22-story, 240,000-square foot escalator for tech-savvy startups. “There’s interaction between floors and users of the building, to promote collaboration...
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  • 'Elemental,' by Fiona Barratt-Campbell

    Fiona Barratt-Campbell studied interior design at Chelsea College of Art in London and Parsons School of Design in New York, and founded Studio Fiona Barratt Interiors14 years ago....
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  • Yakisugi: The Japanese Art of Charred Wood

    It’s time to set the record straight on this Shou Sugi Ban business. The correct term is Yakisugi. Yaki means burned. Sugi means cypress. Some say that years ago, a Cal Berkeley...
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  • Drawings by Frank Harmon, on the Market

    Two prized possessions at my house are a pair of ink and watercolor sketches by North Carolina architect Frank Harmon. They depict two of Thomas Jefferson’s most sophisticated...
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  • Elegant Wallcoverings from Graham & Brown

    Founded by two friends – Harold Graham and Henry Brown – Graham & Brown has been family-run from its headquarters in Blackburn, Lancashire since 1946. The company recently introduced...
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  • Museum Forms: Paul Clemence, Julien Spiewak

    A visit to an exhibition of photographer Paul Clemence’s work in the Swiss consulate in New York led to a dialog-inspired show in Geneva, Switzerland. Curator Luciana Solano sent...
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  • Rethinking an Urban Park in Post Falls, Idaho

    Imagine a community with a 60-acre park at its heart – one that half the 30,000 population doesn’t know exists. Oddly enough, that’s the case at Post Falls, Idaho, 22 miles...
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  • Steam Punk Style from Lyn Peterson

    Lyn Peterson is a decorator, a general contractor – and an expert in steam-punk design. She’s even got a catalog dedicated to the concept, strictly for designers and architects. And...
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  • An Irish Architect in Southern California

    Paul McClean is an Irish architect practicing in Southern California. He grew up in Dublin, sure from the age of four or five that he wanted to be an architect. “Even at 10 or 11 I was walking...
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  • Creative Paris: To Surprise and Tell Stories

    "Creative Paris," by editorial director Anne-Sophie Leroux, is the newest offering from My Little Paris, a media and e-commerce group founded by five women. With more than 130 employees,...
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  • In Destin, Chill at the Henderson Resort

    The Henderson Resort in Destin, Fla. may look like a typical resort, but it’s more like an anchor to an ambitious residential master plan. Sure, it contains 170 guest rooms and 10,000...
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  • Paris Perfect: It's Madelyn-Proofed

    As it turns out, life as a child of the Air Force can bring about positive outcomes. Just ask Madelyn Byrne, founder of Paris Perfect, the purveyor of very fine apartments. “My...
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  • In Del Mar, an Iconic Civic Center

    What city government in its right mind would decide to build a civic center with a 3,000-square-foot town hall, 12,000 square feet of offices – and 20,000 square feet of public space...
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  • In D.C., a Memorial for World War I

    The design of a Washington, D.C. memorial to commemorate sacrifices by Americans in the “War to End All Wars” has been completed. In record time, for a project of its scale and proportion. Since...
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  • Detroit's Motown Museum: Perkins+Will

    A museum to honor the Motown experience in Detroit is now underway. Its design direction originally initiated by the late Phil Freelon of Perkins+Will North Carolina, it’s now being...
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  • Kikoski and Hollander in Sag Harbor

    Context is everything – especially when it comes to architecture in the village of Sag Harbor. Unlike other resorts in the Hamptons, this place is the real deal – with history,...
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  • How to Develop Resilient Waterfronts

    If anyone understands the complexities and contradictions that accompany development along the waterfront, it’s Michael Liu and The Architectural Team in Chelsea, Mass. They tackled...
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  • In Turkey, a Hotel Built atop Antiquities

    Let’s say you’re a hotelier in Antakya, Turkey, drilling down on a site for a new project – and discover antiquities from 300 B.C. and a huge expanse of intact Roman mosaics. What...
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  • At Emory, a New Student Life Center

    A new student life center by Duda/Paine Architects is now the beating heart of the Emory University campus in Atlanta. It’s centrally located at the intersection of dormitories,...
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  • Remodeling a 1960s Brown & Kaufman

    A three-phased renovation/addition to a 1960s Brown & Kaufman design in Palo Also has yielded a new, free-flowing residence. “There were a lot of built-ins chopping up the space,...
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  • 'Drawing Architecture' from Phaidon

    “Drawing Architecture” by Helen Thomas is a book of visually paired images that draw connections and contrasts between architecture from different times, styles and places. Published...
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  • 'Swoon-Worthy' Dior and His Decorators

    Post-World War II Paris was similar to the modern era in the United States, contends author Maureen Footer. “It was a very unsettling time, with a dated and mistrustful social...
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  • Reflections of Venice, in Photos

    Today, A+A is hosting a guest post from David C. Phillips, who has a new book of photography out called “Reflections of Venice” that captures the essence of that Italian city. Here’s...
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  • High-End Fireplaces from Ortal Heat

    Let's say you're an architect or designer in need of a fireplace 32 feet long. Where do you go? If you're smart, you'll look up Ortal Heat, a 25-year-old Israeli company with...
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  • Bold and Brash New Trends in Wallpaper

    Wallpaper’s never really gone away. Sure, maybe it's gotten a little muted lately. But it’s back in a big way these days, especially with surprising applications in the restaurant...
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  • Ashley Hicks: Rooms with a History

    Interior designer Ashley Hicks has a new book out from Rizzoli, called “Rooms with a History: Interiors and their Inspirations.” Inspirational and visually on trend, it’s said...
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  • Kamphoefner Prize Goes to Luker

    Kenneth Luker, design principal in the North Carolina practice of Perkins+Will, was awarded the 2019 Kamphoefner Prize from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects...
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  • In New York, an Updated Stissing Center

    There are multiple heroes in this story. First, there were the three investors who stepped up to buy a small town’s community center, abandoned for 40 years and threatened with...
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  • Twenty New Designs for New Ravenna

    Mosaic designer Paul Schatz is no stranger to New Ravenna. Or for that matter, to Architects + Artisans. We’ve been writing about both for years. And now, the symbiotic relationship...
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  • Bernini and the Albergo Santa Chiara

    The Albergo Santa Chiara in Rome is a hotel with a history. It started out as a wine shop in 1839, then morphed into a convent, then a 10-room inn. Now it’s 96 guest rooms contained...
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  • The Turkish Riviera's Bodrum EDITION

    Ian Schrager’s done it again. Working with Marriott, he’s designed and developed one more drop-dead-gorgeous resort that gracefully assaults all seven senses at once. This...
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  • Ceramics of Italy: Terrazzo and Marble

    If, as Bob Dylan famously wrote, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble, the arcades of Bologna are paved with terrazzo. At the CERSAIE tile show there last week, artisans clearly...
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  • A New Wing for PEM by Ennead Architects

    Richard Olcott, design partner with Ennead Architects, was recently charged with designing an addition to the widely respected Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. His team's challenge,...
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  • Mr. Waffles Explains Design

    Mr. Waffles, once a shelter cat, has won the design lottery. Adopted by Lisa Roberts’ son, he became his mother’s ward when travel prevented the feline’s proper care. Luckily,...
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  • Foster Renovates The New Norton

    Art Deco in origin and laid out on two formal Beaux Arts axes, the Norton Gallery and School of Art opened in 1941 on Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. Over the years, it was added...
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  • Tour the Sarasota School this Fall

    It’s not too soon to start thinking about a visit to Florida this fall. Especially to Sarasota, where from Nov. 8 - 10, dozens of midcentury modern homes will be on tour. Three...
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  • A Garden at PEM by Nelson Byrd Woltz

    The flow of water and ribbon of pavement easing through Nelson Byrd Woltz’s garden at the Peabody Essex Museum may seem whimsical, but the design, ecology and sustainability are serious...
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  • A Garden by NBWLA at the Peabody Essex Museum

    Thanks to an insightful client and a collaborative architect, a team from Nelson Byrd Woltz has sculpted a jewel box of a garden for the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. It works...
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  • In Detroit, ODA Renovates the Book Tower

    A 100-year-old iconic structure in downtown Detroit is undergoing renovation at the hands of New York’s ODA Architects. ODA’s known for expert renovation chops on major projects...
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  • On Cumberland Island, the Greyfield Inn

    Gentility permeates this place. The hallways' oriental rugs are small, most no larger than seven by nine feet, save the runners. The furniture’s original to the home, a 1901 wedding...
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  • New Meaning for a Church in Portland

    Thanks to a group of dedicated expat Virginians and a team from SERA Architects, an abandoned church in Portland, Ore. now lives a new life – as a theater and community center. The...
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  • Rottet Studio Interiors at the Conrad D.C.

    Interior designer Lauren Rottet, founding principal and president of Rottet Studio, recently completed interiors at the Hilton Conrad in Washington, D.C., by Pritzker Prize-winners...
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  • JLF Architects and Their 'Cabin Style'

    Trained as an architect, Audrey Hall found her calling as a photographer. Now she’s got a new book out on rustic/modern work by JLF Architects – a 40-year-old Bozeman, Mont....
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  • How the Modern Stars Lived in Hollywood

    Finally, we have a book about Hollywood that’s not celebrity-obsessed. Instead, “Modern Hollywood” addresses the contemporary houses the stars lived in. “They’re all modern,...
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  • A Hurricane Watch for Cottage Time

    Today, A+A is enjoying its annual sojourn at its favorite beach on a barrier island off the Carolina coast. It's a little different this year, as we keep our eyes on the horizon, looking...
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  • Events and Experience Design from HUSH

    Thirteen years ago, a frustrated architect and a 3-D whiz-kid got together and created HUSH. Now they’re re-imagining the world, one major company at a time, from Brooklyn Navy Yard. “We...
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  • In Jackson, a Western Design Exhibit

    From Sept. 5-8, 5,000 lovers of functional, one-of-a-kind Western art will deliver the buying power of 50,000 to Jackson Hole, Wyo. Private jets from both coasts will slip down from...
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  • A Vineyard Barn by Clayton & Little

    Here we have a beautiful, if undecorated, shed. It’s a barn situated on a vineyard located between Santa Barbara and San Francisco, one that belongs to Justin Smith, owner and winemaker...
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  • In Oklahoma, an Exhibit on Colors of Clay

    There’s more to art than two dimensions, says Eric Singleton, curator at the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City. And he’s out to prove it with a new exhibition of ancient...
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  • Story-Telling with GWWO Architects

    The designers at GWWO Architects are story-tellers before they’re place-makers. They’ve been practicing architecture that way for 30 years – with a focus on lifelong learning...
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From Wyoming, WRJ’s ‘Natural Elegance’

Rush Jenkins and Klaus Baer know a good thing when they see it. That’s why they moved their firm,...

August 19, 2019
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Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction

Born in Bavaria in 1880, Hans Hoffman was raised in Munich, where he showed early promise as an art student. By...

August 16, 2019
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A Château and Gardens Inspired by Nature

"Inspired by Nature," by Chantal Colleu-Dumond (Flammarion, June 2019), is a tour through the famous...

August 14, 2019
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Fatimah Tuggar Uses Technology as Media

Born in Nigeria, raised in the U.K. and now living in Kansas City, Fatimah Tuggar is an artist and a citizen...

August 12, 2019
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Tom Phifer’s Glenstone, by Paul Clemence

Photographer Paul Clemence likes to blend the abstract and the descriptive in his architectural work. “I’m...

August 9, 2019
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Dreadys on Display in Cayman Gallery

Shane Aquârt is a native of Jamaica who was educated in England, Canada and the States, and now lives...

August 7, 2019
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In France, wHY’s ‘Float Flutter Flow’

In the gardens of a chateau in the Loire Valley stands a soft sculpture designed and built by wHY’s...

August 5, 2019
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A Deep Time Exhibit at the Smithsonian

Inside a 31,000-square-foot, ground-floor hall at the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History in Washington,...

August 2, 2019
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Caroline Beaupère’s Liliane Collection

If you were born in Paris, raised in Provence and summered with your grandparents on the French Riviera,...

July 31, 2019
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A New Vision for San Diego’s Waterfront

For the Port of San Diego’s working waterfront, Civitas clearly believes in going big. The landscape...

July 29, 2019
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