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The Party's Over: P.S.1 and MOS Architects David Sokol - 09/01/2009
Since the MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition was launched a decade ago, perhaps no participants have worked harder than this year's winners. MOS, founded by the husband-wife team of Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample, had been short-listed twice before. In 2004, they proposed covering the courtyard in a canopy of knitted industrial rope; in 2007, they imagined an inflatable volume ... More
Preview: NeoCon East Bows in Baltimore October 28 Nicholas Tamarin - 10/23/2009
The seventh annual Mid-Atlantic design exposition for commercial interiors with a focus on the federal government will take over the Baltimore Convention Center from October 28-29.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple Turns 100 Judith Gura - 10/02/2009
Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic building celebrated its centennial on September 26, with a benefit reception and chamber music concert for several hundred friends and supporters.
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Rome Wasn't Built in a Day Raul Barreneche - 10/01/2009
During the tumultuous summer of 1968, while walking across his farm near Palencia, Spain, agronomist Javier Cortes stumbled on a stone block. A few yards away, a shiny bronze object caught his eye. And these turned out to be the tip of the iceberg.
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Light My Fire Mairi Beautyman - 10/01/2009
Smelly, noisy, and sometimes downright dangerous neighbors, industrial plants are rarely received with open arms. That's a point Interior Design Hall of Fame member Matteo Thun definitely kept in mind with the Powerstation Schilling in Schwendi, a remote town in southern Germany. To help the 1,000-square-foot intruder blend into the agricultural landscape, Matteo Thun & Partners took the "s...
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Prepared for Takeoff Stephen Treffinger - 10/01/2009
As the hub for all of Silicon Valley, plus the 10th-largest city in the U.S., California's Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport had become a bit inadequate. Facilities were outdated; there weren't enough gates to accommodate the growing population. Gensler helped change that. The firm, assisted by Steinberg Architects, has completed phase one of a two-part modernization: a $324 ...
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Gensler and Turner Collaborate on SFO Renovation Nicholas Tamarin - 09/28/2009
The architecture firm and the international design-build contractor will complete a $383 million renovation and expansion of San Francisco International Airport's Terminal 2 in Fall 2011.
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Cindy's Salon D.B. Kim, Traveling Design Guru, October 30, 2009 Shanghai Surprise
“Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Cindy's Salon D.B. Kim, Traveling Design Guru, September 4, 2009 Bregenz Art Museum
“For me the spaces of the Kunsthaus are extraordinary because they are so a... More
Cindy's Salon D.B. Kim, Traveling Design Guru, August 21, 2009 Meiji Shrine in Tokyo
“When we sip tea we are on our way to serenity.” -Alexandra Stoppard
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Cindy's Salon D.B. Kim, Traveling Design Guru, July 3, 2009 Musee d’Orsay
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all other... More
Cooler Than Cool From the Magazine:
It wasn't long after Pinkberry began sprouting all over town that cafés specializing in Asian tart-sweet, frozen dessert pioneered their yogurt chic. + Read the Article
Wonder Twin Powers From the Magazine: Twin Bricks might look familiar if you've ever encountered a structural system that Atelier Tekuto developed for stand-alone house Crystal Bricks. + Read the Article
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Up To The Challenge: 2009 Top 100 Giants
