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Project: Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt

Sara Pepitone, December 26, 2012
Outside of Cairo, Egypt, just north of the Giza plateau within walking distance of the three pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will be home to the world's largest collection of Egyptian artifacts when it opens in 2013. Fittingly, it will also be among the world's largest
museums, and will include a library, auditorium, and multimedia facilities. More
Ones to Watch: Darragh Casey

Jesse Dorris, November 1, 2012
Designer and artist Darragh Casey left his native Ireland in 2010 to earn an MA in Design from Central Saint Martins. Upon graduating in 2012, he received a "Future Makers" grant from the Craft Council of Ireland and was short listed for a Nova Award for his graduate work. More
2012: LEDs, OLEDs, and the Future

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 1, 2012
As it did in the earliest years of the 20th century, lighting is emerging from a period of technical advancement into an era of design innovation. More
Project: The Anglo-American School of Sofia in Bulgaria

Sara Pepitone, October 1, 2012
Sited at the foot of an eponymous mountain in Bulgaria, the Anglo-American School of Sofia teaches 380 expatriate children from 44 countries. More
Teach the Children Well Resources

Ava Burke, October 9, 2012
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Project: Monash University in Melbourne, Australia

Sara Pepitone, October 1, 2012
The new housing for 600 students at Melbourne's Monash University has set a new standard: the two five-story buildings are the first multi-unit residences in the country to achieve a Green Star rating for sustainable construction. More
Tacit Sound at MCA Chicago

Jesse Dorris, October 1, 2012
Remember cyberspace? That alternate reality accessible through helmet, goggles, or screen? What once seemed like a vast, unknown world of unparalleled access and communication has shrunk, Alice in Wonderland-like, into a present where any four people in a hotel lobby are in cyberspace as much as they are in their club chairs. More
Aspiring to the Classics Resources

Ava Burke, October 1, 2012
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Teach The Children Well

Edie Cohen, October 1, 2012
Rand Elliott Rand Elliott has innovated yet again at the Chesapeake Energy Corporation in Oklahoma City. The 111-acre campus has been fertile ground for the Interior Design Hall of Fame member.gets playful with his latest project at the Chesapeake Energy Corporation campus in Oklahoma City. More
Reflections On A Collection

Deborah Wilk, October 1, 2012
Allied Works Architecture and Studio Frazar create a site-specific sanctuary for the Dutchess County, New York, estate belonging to serious art lovers reflections on a collection More
Timeless and Timely

Mark McMenamin, September 1, 2012
Nearly two centuries after Michael Thonet established his studio in Germany, the master has arrived stateside. The long-deferred debut comes courtesy of M2L, recently named a distributor for GebrüderT 1819, the company now headed by Thonet's fifth-generation descendants. Of course, his reputation precedes him. Who doesn't recognize the Vienna coffee house chair? More
Hollwich Kushner

Matthew Powell, September 1, 2012
Cultural projects bring drama to every street and avenue More
Feel the NY Love: 25 Design Hot Spots

Deborah Wilk, September 1, 2012
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25 New York Design Hot Spots: #17-20 Museums

Deborah Wilk, September 1, 2012
"I relish the circuitous path from Stanford White's great rotunda entry through the dimly lit hieroglyphs and sarcophagi opening onto the soaring space. . . More
25 New York Design Hot Spots: #12-16 Parks

Deborah Wilk, September 1, 2012
"The idea to lend color and fun to our built environment, to bring art to the everyday pedestrian or bicyclist, strikes me as sweet and full of heart. An impulse that has, at its core, a wish to save the city and to save art by engaging each with the other." More
25 New York Design Hot Spots: #1-5 Public Spaces

Deborah Wilk, September 1, 2012

"Hands down, Radio City Music Hall is a must-see for everyone. It's a magical experience from the moment you step through the doors. The lobby is a vast cocoon of the best of New York Art Deco and it's the perfect pre-show to the auditorium-which is almost unfathomable in scale. It really is another world."
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25 New York Design Hot Spots: # 6-11 Architecture

Deborah Wilk, September 1, 2012
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Project: Riverside Museum: Scotland's Museum of Travel and Transport in Glasgow

Sara Pepitone, August 1, 2012
The Riverside Museum: Scotland's Museum of Travel and Transport stands on the site of a former shipyard on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. More
Project: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas

Sara Pepitone, August 1, 2012
Following a trip to Bhutan, architect Moshe Safdie was fascinated by suspended structures, says Cristobal Correa, project engineer for Buro Happold, who employed suspension bridge technology to create eight large concrete, glass, and wood gallery pavilions for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. More
Project: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar

Sara Pepitone, August 1, 2012
Two years ago, Paris-based architecture firm Jean-François Bodin was tapped to build a temporary structure for Mathaf: the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar. More

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