Invited by Switzerland Tourism to photograph David Chipperfield Architects’ new addition to the Kunsthaus Zurich – or Culture House Zurich – Paul Clemence could hardly say no. “Chipperfield brings a modern sensibility to the museum – the original building is more traditional,” he says. “This...
The town of Fredericksburg, Texas – smack-dab in the middle of Hill Country – is undergoing a transformation. Located where the 19th-century Goodnight-Loving Cattle Trail once rumbled from Texas to Wyoming, Fredericksburg now attracts another breed of movers and shakers: Tourists. And the Austin-...
In the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of Venice, Calif., Brooks + Scarpa is putting the finishing touches on a 35-unit affordable housing apartment building. “Historically it’s in a part of Venice where African Americans were forced to live during the war effort in the 1940s,” says Larry Scarpa,...
Sure, the Bella Notte Linen 25th Anniversary Giveaway began accepting entries four days ago, but piffle! There’s the rest of this month to enter, and then most of October to boot. And there are incentives to enter more than once a day. “People can enter once a day through Oct. 28, and they have the […]
From November 12th through the 14th, a newly formed Architecture Sarasota will celebrate the work of Philip Hanson Hiss. He’s slated to be the major focus of Sarasota Mod Weekend. Architecture Sarasota is a new entity, created when the Sarasota Architecture Foundation and the Center for Architecture...
Architect John Marx is an artist at heart – and has been since the age of seven. In grade school, he was leafing through a career-discovery book, where he found descriptions for a doctor, a lawyer, and a soldier. But none for an artist. He did, however, find a description for an architect. So that’s...
In mid-October, the Kimbell Art Museum’s Renzo Piano Building will be home to a sumptuous exhibit of work by 19th-century modernist J. M. W. Turner. That’s right – Turner the modernist. “It’s almost abstract expressionism,” says George Shackleford, senior deputy director at the Kimbell. “Turner...
Invited by the City of Los Angeles to participate in its Accessory Dwelling Unit Standard Plan Program, wHY Los Angeles delivered two basic solutions. One’s a one-bedroom, 500-square-foot unit. The other’s an 800-square-foot, two bedroom unit. Both can be pre-manufactured and lowered into a homeowner’s...
A new bath collection from Room & Board runs the design gamut from traditional to transitional to minimal. Founded in 1980, the home furnishings company was something of a visionary at the time – committing itself to artisan workers for most of its products. Today, they account for 90 percent...
A look back at the history of New Ravenna’s founding, at the makeup of its current staff, and the British Arts and Crafts movement has inspired a new collection of handcrafted mosaics. New Ravenna was founded in 1992 by artist and designer Sara Baldwin. It’s staffed mostly by women today. And the Femme...
