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NYC Residence

Stefan Boublil designed this apartment on the 61st floor on a metropolitan tower in New York that overlooks Central Park. Here is the project description: Combining 3 smaller apartments into one at one of new york city’s most coveted uptown addresses, we delivered a stunning new dwelling on the 61st floor of... Read more>>

Portland central city plans: past, present, future

Do you remember what you were doing on March 24, 1988? I was a 10th grader at the time, counting the days until I could get my driver's license and speed recklessly through McMinnville, and reading Cliff's Notes of literary classics for English class. But here in Portland, that day saw... Read more>>

Villa Grow

Villa Grow by Swedish architects Kjellgren Kaminsky, is an adaptable housing concept catering to starting families that can be extended as they grow. Music by Derango Read more>>

Reconstruction of the Grobe Pavilion, Havlíčkovy sady, Praha 2

The authentic historic building was reconstructed including significantly damaged art-and-crafts elements. Certain elements preserved only in drawings and sketches - skittle alley, wooden wall lining and entrance portals returned to their original positions. The newly built... Read more>>

7 Houses

Located just outside of Paris, Bigoni-Mortemard Architectes projected the seven houses like a small medina around an alley. Four of the houses have their living rooms on the second floor, connected to the sky through a series of terraces leading onto the roof, where a small kitchen... Read more>>

California Academy Of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences by architects Renzo Piano Building Workshop  opened last week in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The museum, which contains an aquarium, a planetarium, a natural history museum and research and educational facilities, features a ‘green’ roof and... Read more>>

Checkerboard Building On 10th To Be Renovated by Richard Singer, Holst Architecture

After years of sitting empty, the building downtown at 415 SW 10th Avenue with its unique facade of colored square panels (I call it the 'Checkerboard') has been purchased with a renovation in mind. The developer is Dick Singer, who has been active for many years with projects in the... Read more>>

Bradant Central Library - MVRDV

Animation for the never realised plan for a central library for the Dutch province of Brabant by architects MVRDV Read more>>

Lumino House

Davide Macullo Architects projected another stunning house located in the Swiss Alpine village of Lumino. This house stands as a monolithic element, quietly complementing and echoing its context. The surrounding area is characterized by traditional store built houses, many of which... Read more>>

Warehouse Temple: Visiting Works Partnership's Olympic Mills Commerce Center

Yesterday I made a long-intended visit to the Olympic Mills Commerce Center, the circa-1927 cereal mill that has been renovated by Works Partnership Architecture and Beam Development into a series of flexible creative spaces for mostly design-based tenants. Some rough edges not... Read more>>

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