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Mellon Foundation bestows $1.5 million to Storefront for Art and Architecture

2024-03-20T14:18:00-04:00

A new grant worth a total of $1.5 million has been awarded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to New York’s Storefront for Art and Architecture. The 42-year-old space in Manhattan's Nolita district will use the funding to expand its programming over three years while supporting the organization's pursuit of new hires.

Speaking in a press release, Storefront's Chief Curator José Esparza Chong Cuy stated: "Storefront has been devoted to public life and to chronicling the changes in diverse built environments through critical artistic practice for over forty years, and this funding will enable us to expand its grassroots legacy by creating even more opportunities for engagement and collaboration on many scales."

Esparza Chong Cuy has been serving in the role since the departure of Eva Franch i Gilabert in October 2018.

Storefront has recently unveiled Swamplands, a three-artist exhibition and research series focused on the politics of water use and the Gulf of Mexico. The premiere exh...

Cartier dazzles with new Hinoki facade designed by Klein Dytham

2021-06-27T08:46:00-04:00

A new storefront for Cartier’s Osaka operations has been unveiled, bringing a decorative feel to the city’s glittering Shinsaibashi district with a glowing facade composed of over 2,500 interlocking three-dimensional masu boxes handcrafted by master carpenters in Kyoto.

Tokyo-based Klein Dytham Architecture wrapped the luxury retailer in an Hinoki wood facade using a recycled aluminum framework meant to mirror the brand’s commitment to sustainability.

The high-end store's wooden facade is composed of more then 2.500 diamond-shaped boxes. Images courtesy KDa.

The structure can be illuminated thanks to built-in LED lights and is complete with a double-height arched window entrance that gives a sharp contrast to nearby glass-curtained retail establishments.

The high-end store's wooden facade is composed of more then 2.500 diamond-shaped boxes. Images courtesy KDa.

KDa was able to place the facade in a narrow 200mm boundary area.

The store’s ground floor features a fragrance bar decorat...

VACANT NEW YORK maps Manhattan's shuttered storefronts

2016-09-02T13:23:00-04:00

This is high-rent blight. The vacancy problem is immediately visible but lacking in hard data. The intent of this project is to provide some background around commercial vacancies and use a map to give some insight into the extent of the issue, ideally doubling as a tool for community groups and policymakers to identify areas for intervention. It's an obvious problem without a clear set of causes or solutions, but there are several contributing factors [...]

Click here for the interactive VACANT NEW YORK map.

Finalists of Storefront’s Competition of Competitions

2014-02-08T11:23:00-05:00

Competition briefs for urban development can overlook the most pressing and relevant needs of local communities, and architects are usually limited to satisfying the brief's requirements in their proposals. As a response, Storefront set up the Competition of Competitions, where interdisciplinary teams got to ask the questions in creating their own competition briefs.

Eighteen finalists were chosen out of 100 submissions. The jury will then select 3 winners, 7 honorable mentions, and a Storefront Special Prize. The Special Prize will get to run their submitted competition as part of the 2014 Storefront for Art and Architecture program calendar.

The 18 finalists are:

TAKING BUILDINGS DOWN by IncA
THE DISCREET ARCHITECT by Local provision Studio
OPEN SOURCE OPEN SPACE, HACKING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT by Boot Trunk
THE CITY by Form Fiction Format
NO TITLES by GroundLAB
NATURE, ERROR, BABIES by Metonymy's Architecture
DEPLOY YOURSELF, NOT YOUR DESIGNS by CIRCa
DEPOLITISIGN by Min Chen & Kristin Enright
AMAZONIA 2020 by Civic Projects .
THE NEXT SUBURB by The Thirteenth Hour
OFF-THE-RADAR: THE ARCHITECTURE OF NON-EXISITING SPACE by MITNICK-RODDIER
LABYRINTH COMPETITION by Gray_matter(s)
ARCHITECTURAL WORK by The Architecture Lobby
BLISS [BETTER LIVING THROUGH INTUITIVE SOFT SURVEILLANCE] by Yeadon Space Agency
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