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Home 2016 May

100 Designs for the Modern World

George Kravis bought his first object of industrial design – an RCA 45 rpm record-changer – in 1949. He never looked back. In fact, he moved far forward, collecting more than 3,500 items that he now houses in a leased, climate-controlled, former Blue Cross/Blue Shield office building in Tulsa,...

By Mike /  May 31, 2016
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In Durham, the New JB Duke Hotel

Durham is on a roll – with five new hotels in just the past two years. First came 21c, then the Durham, then Aloft, followed by a Residence Inn. Now comes JB Duke, adjacent to the Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, consistently named best in the nation by Bloomberg and Business Week....

By Mike /  May 27, 2016
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In San Francisco, an Eichler Townhome

Architect John Klopf, master of the Joseph Eichler home renovation in northern California, recently completed work on a novel version of the midcentury modern: It’s a 1962 two-story townhouse, the mirror image of its twin next door. “It’s cool even though it’s a townhouse –...

By Mike /  May 26, 2016
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Twenty over Eighty: Living for Design

Here we have a story, as they say in the news business, with legs. And long ones, at that. Aileen Kwun and Bryn Smith have interviewed 20 of the greats in 20th-century design for their new book that covers the waterfront – from graphic design to architecture to advertising to furniture. They spoke...

By Mike /  May 25, 2016
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At Penland in Carolina, a New Gallery

The Penland School of Crafts, a jewel in the crown of Western North Carolina, now boasts new exhibition space in what was once a 1930s-era dormitory. The renovation is by Chapel Hill architect Dail Dixon, who also designed an addition for the structure. “We asked him to renovate and modernize Horner...

By Mike /  May 24, 2016
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Win this Competition, Collect Royalties

Earlier this week, Walker Zanger announced the Kaza Design Competition, in partnership with Architectural Digest magazine. The competition offers all aspiring and established designers and architects the chance to have their original tile design added to the Kaza collection. The design competition launched...

By Mike /  May 19, 2016
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Twenty Years at Horse & Buggy Press

The smallest job Dave Wofford’s designed and printed at Horse & Buggy Press in Durham, N.C. was a 112 page book for a Chapel Hill church and school. That was a print run of just one book. “They wanted a book instead of a wall plaque,” he says of the commemorative project. The largest...

By Mike /  May 18, 2016
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In Miami, the View from Villa Venetian

Viewers glancing at the image to the right might mistake that vista off in the distance for Giudecca Island, just a few minutes by private launch from San Marco Square in Venice. But they’d be wrong – about everything except the name. That’s downtown Miami in the distance, as seen from...

By Mike /  May 17, 2016
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Casa de las Lomas, a Home with a View

The Casa de las Lomas, or House of the Hills, is all about the view. Not of the hills, though. This 8,000 square-foot home, inspired by the stone architecture of Toledo and Andalusia in Spain, looks away from them. And though it’s sited on a hill outside Austin, architect Michael Imber declined...

By Mike /  May 13, 2016
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Now: Art and Architecture in Cinema

They’ve saved the best for last. Tonight, there’s “Monet to Matisse – Painting the Modern Garden.” On Thursday, June 16, there’s “Teatro Alla Scala: The Temple of Wonders,” about Milan’s 237-year-old opera house. And on Thursday, July 14, there’s...

By Mike /  May 12, 2016
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