Archinect - Features2024-11-22T00:37:12-05:00https://archinect.com/features/article/149988793/cutting-a-rug-making-the-abstract-tangible-with-urban-fabric-elena-manferdini-s-building-portraits-area-rugs
Cutting a Rug: Making the Abstract Tangible With Urban Fabric + Elena Manferdini's "Building Portraits" area rugs Julia Ingalls2017-02-10T12:13:00-05:00>2017-02-10T12:35:33-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/10003ltkasvpv70e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>After the success of <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/117968112/upstarts-four-o-nine-architecture-and-design" target="_blank">Four O Nine’s “Urban Fabric” rugs</a>, the firm has partnered with designer Elena Manferdini to create “Building Portraits,” a series of limited-edition area rugs that incorporate riffs on Miesian patterns and city grids with more abstract impressions of urbanity. The result, as unveiled in an opening in L.A.’s Chinatown on January 27th, is a mesmerizing blend of texture and architectural imagination.</p>