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About to Emerge

Annie Block , Mark McMenamin, November 1, 2010
One of the Architectural League of New York’s 2010 Emerging Voices, Molo Design has been working on the Nebuta House museum, located in Aomori, Japan, and scheduled for completion in January. More
Sustainability Studies

Annie Block, October 1, 2010
Higher education is going low-impact.. More
Passive is Active

Annie Block, October 1, 2010
Minus the usual green suspects-solar panels and wind turbines-how can a three-bedroom house consume practically no energy? More
Back in the Limelight

Annie Block, September 1, 2010

If these walls could talk, they'd tell tales of Cornelius Vanderbilt, once a parishioner of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, as well as the drug-fueled '80's club kids at the famous and notorious Limelight.
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Putting Down Roots

Annie Block, September 1, 2010

A certain building in the Flatiron district is rumored to have housed the New York office of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950's.
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A Star is Born

Annie Block, September 1, 2010

Make as much fun of Jessica Simpson as you like-her music, her reality TV appearances...
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Empire State of Mind

Annie Block, September 1, 2010

While tourists clamor to get ot the top of the Empire State Building, the chich set stays at the street level More
Q: Artist Collaboration

Mark McMenamin, August 1, 2010
For our art issue, we're wondering, "Which artist would you pick as a collaborator, for what type of project?" More
What's Up in Buffalo

Annie Block, August 1, 2010

No, it isn't a novel recipe for chicken wings. It's world-class art. More
Front-Row Seats

Annie Block, August 1, 2010

Sculpture meets function in the chair and its brethren, a perennial fascination for designers...
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It Takes Two

Annie Block, August 1, 2010

There's some debate as to whether Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson were friends or frenemies-and as to whose glass-box residence came first, conceptually... More
By the Grace of God

Annie Block, August 1, 2010

The July tornado that touched down on the campus of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale uprooted trees, broke windows, and destroyed outdoor furniture, doing $1 million in damage... More
They've Got Rhythm

Annie Block, June 1, 2010

Residents of the mixed-use Lofts at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, may sense music in the air. First off, the Hollywood site used to be home to that Cherokee Studios, the one where Frank Sinatra and the Dave Matthews Band recorded. More
Vision Quest

Annie Block, July 1, 2010

Taking over Conradt Optik from her father, Julia Conradt was determined to reposition it for future generations. Hipper frames and better service were a start, but the changeover begged for a bigger statement. More
Coming of Age

Annie Block, July 1, 2010

Almost everyone leaves home eventually. And that truism even applies to some advertising agencies... More
Bathing Beauties

Annie Block, July 1, 2010

Take a stroll along the North Sea coast in the Belgian town of Knokke, and you may encounter a school of great whites. But these giants don't bite. More
Taking Root

Annie Block, June 1, 2010

"Steelroots: Tobin at the Morton Arboretum" has sprouted in Illinois. On view through January, the 14 monumental works by sculptor Steve Tobin represent the fine-art debut of the Morton, a 1,700-acre site devoted to the conservation of trees and plants. More
Good Vibrations

Annie Block, June 1, 2010
Melding public art and social responsibility, Portraits of Hope programs have transformed buildings, blimps, tugboats, and taxicabs. More
Tudor or Today?

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, May 1, 2010
When Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst was a director at the Gagosian Gallery in London, she began staging cutting-edge summer exhibitions on the grounds of her ancestral home, Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire's Cotswold Hills. More
Q: Spring Cleaning

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, May 1, 2010

It's time for spring cleaning. Our question: "What in your office needs to be replaced?" More

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