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 do you do? “Usually when something like this is found, it’s covered up and nobody knows anything about the remnants...
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, athletic center, medical center and campus quad – and designed not just to facilitate student traffic, but to provide welcoming...
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, and so it was closed up,” says Angela Todorova, project manager at Klopf Architecture. “The clients asked us to open...
“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 by Phaidon, the 320-page book features drawings from Michelangelo to Frank Gehry, Louise Bourgeois to Tadao Ando,...
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 specter,” she says. “When the city had been occupied by the Germans, it was a matter of who you could trust, and then there...
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 what he has to say about it: A New View of Venice? Impossible! Venice, La Serenissima, that ancient and venerable...
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 an office in Los Angeles and a warehouse in New Jersey. That’s what Scottsdale-based Kona Grill...
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 and hospitality sector. That’s true from Wilmington, N.C. at the ARRIVE Hotel, to the Viceroy and Duck Duck Goat...
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 to be a pattern book for the 21st century. In it, Hicks discusses his own quirky and colorful historicist interiors, with...
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 demolition. Built in 1901 by a woman who was also a philanthropist, it ran through its endowment fund after she died and went...
