Sure, CERSAIE – the international exhibition of tile and bathroom furnishings – has been pushed off until Sept. 27 – Oct. 1, 2021. But that doesn’t mean that tile and product manufacturers have lain dormant. Just the opposite’s true, and some interesting trends are now afoot. One of the more...
In a time of fake news – and now, bogus debates – why not take a look at fake architecture around the world? That was Anne-Catrin Schultz’s thinking when she sent out a call for entries on the topic to nearly everyone she knew. “There was no funding,” the associate professor of architecture...
The Mighty House is a concept whose time has arrived. It’s built in a factory, with 3-D printing technology. It’s sustainable – waste materials can be re-used in the manufacturing process, and with roof-mounted solar panels, it’s a net-zero structure. And once it’s shipped to a building site,...
Brian Rose is an architectural photographer and a resident of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. He’s also a Virginian whose roots reach back to Jamestown in 1652. So when he learned about the toppling of the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond on July 11, he made a spur-of-the-moment decision:...
Designing for life in the mountains means a marriage between beauty and danger. That’s the thesis of a new book from Phaidon Press called “Living in the Mountains.” It features 50 homes on six continents – built in both tropical and alpine environments. “They’re challenging places...
It took five years but it felt like 25, says architect, planner, and author Victoria Ballard Bell. That’s because her new book – “Triangle Modern Architecture” – is about as thorough a tome on the topic as possible. She takes us back to the beginning – to the Bauhaus and Josef Albers and Black...
The pandemic has created an unintended consequence at New Ravenna: A bright, midcentury-modern palette. “We’re seeing an uptick in requests for color,” says Cean Irminger, creative director. “People want to see life and vibrancy these days, because they’re working from home.” So for the Glazed...
Tanja Hinder and Lauren Bugliarisi are interior designers who’ve been working together for four years now. They formed a company called Marrimor Objects in Vancouver, B.C. – specifically to create custom designs. And they just rolled out their first product lines – a table-turned-ottoman called...
Alas, Cersaie – the international exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings – has been postponed until Sept. 27 – Oct. 1, 2021. But Ceramics of Italy has posted a series of videos with manufacturers called “Two Minutes With…” to keep us up to speed until...
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 student misinterpreted a combination of Chinese and Japanese characters – and left us with the misnomer. “Yaki was written...
