Construction work on the enormous The Grand development (formerly known as Grand Avenue Project) is finally underway in Downtown Los Angeles. Delayed for years and nearly believed dead, the $1-billion mixed-use complex vis-à-vis the Walt Disney Concert Hall and The Broad museum recently... View full entry
Now in its eighth year, the Women in Architecture Awards shined the spotlight on the inspiring women who have continuously pushed the boundaries of the profession through innovative and progressive design. Today during the Women in Architecture Awards in New York, Shiela O'Donnell and Xu Tiantian... View full entry
Known for their futuristic expressions of the built environment, MAD Architects has developed a reputation for designs that exhibit an organically dream-like aesthetic. By pulling elemental influences from nature, each architectural concept strives to strike a balance between the surrounding... View full entry
After announcing the launch of its Reserve Roastery in Tokyo back in 2016, Starbucks has now given a look inside the Kengo Kuma-designed space. The store is Starbucks’ fifth Reserve Roastery, and the second time that the concept has opened outside of North America, following the Milan location launched last year. — Hypebeast
The four-story coffee temple in Tokyo's Nakameguro neighborhood opened to the caffeine-deprived morning crowds at 7 a.m. today. "The Tokyo Roastery is the only Starbucks Roastery location designed in collaboration with a local architect from the ground up," explains the project description. Image... View full entry
Indiana Landmarks is looking for a private citizen to take over the House of Tomorrow from Chicago's 1933 World's Fair in order to fund its restoration. Working with the National Park Service, who acquired the property in the 1960s, they are offering a 50-year lease to whomever can cover the... View full entry
Works by artists such as John Akomfrah, El Anatsui and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye will go on show in Ghana’s first national pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale this spring (11 May-24 November). The Ghanaian pavilion, located in the Artiglierie of the historic Arsenale, will be designed by the prominent UK-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye, who is working on a number of cultural initiatives aimed at boosting the profile of the west African country. — The Art Newspaper
"Titled ‘Ghana Freedom’, after the song composed by E.T. Mensah on the eve of the birth of the new nation in 1957, the pavilion curated by Nana Oforiatta Ayim examines the legacies and trajectories of that freedom by six artists, across three generations, rooted both in Ghana and its... View full entry
There was no programme, there were no plans. It was a tectonic exploration of form, articulation and presence—the gratification to work on a form by virtue of its own rules: scale, proportions, aspect, consistency. — DRAWING MATTER
"The triptych itself started with an A3 drawing of the building, gradually expanding it with the growing context and plot. Rem came with the idea of featuring different aspects of the whole project in one drawing. I devised a series of overlays floating over the main image to visualize all kinds... View full entry
The art market is rapidly changing, and even the big players aren't immune to the need for adjustment: auction power house Sotheby's today revealed a few conceptual glimpses into a dramatic reorganization and expansion of its NYC headquarters at 1334 York Avenue. The redesign, led by OMA Partner... View full entry
Join us at Archinect Outpost on March 6th, from 7-9pm to host Lydia Kallipoliti and her newest book, The Architecture of Closed Worlds: Or, What Is the Power of Shit? Published by Lars Müller Publishers and Storefront for Art and Architecture, the book accompanied an eponymous exhibition... View full entry
Washington oversaw construction of the house while serving his two terms as president in New York and Philadelphia. He insisted that the President’s House be built of stone and embellished with extensive stone ornamentation...Washington requested alterations to the original design, adding the distinctive rose and acorn carved stone embellishments and cutting the building’s height. — National Geographic
The gutted interior of the White House, May 1950Abbie Rowe - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Noel Grove, William B. Bushong and Joel D. Treese take us back to 1792, when James Hoban (born in Ireland) became the architect of the President's House. They also explore how the... View full entry
The Pritzker Prize-winning Australian architect Glenn Murcutt will design this year's MPavilion, a temporary structure erected each spring in Melbourne's historic Queen Victoria Gardens. Now in its sixth iteration, the annual commission—an initiative of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation—is... View full entry
Dayton worked with renowned architect Frank Gehry in Los Angeles before striking out on his own in 1997.
With its angled exterior walls made of galvanized steel, Gehry's influence is evident in the MacPhail building on Second Street in downtown Minneapolis.
At its grand opening in 2008, Dayton told MPR News that his goal for the project was to put music front and center.
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Whether you're a fan of Valentine's Day or would rather ignore it altogether, the month of February always stirs contemplation of whether or not a friendly greeting is needed. Thanks to ArchDaily's annual Valentine's Day card submissions and PlanningLove.com's urban-planner themed designs there's... View full entry
Archinect Outpost has hosted a plethora of events in its short eight months of operation, each of which has brought the Los Angeles community together to celebrate exciting new publications and design items. We are proud to announce that we have several more to come, from various disciplines and... View full entry
For Deitch’s gallery, Gehry, 89, transformed a 15,000-square-foot former movie-lighting warehouse in Hollywood into a bright exhibition space. Ai then filled the gallery with a series of Chinese zodiac-themed works made out of Legos and a sweeping installation, first shown in 2014: a mass of nearly 6,000 antique wooden stools, scavenged from antique furniture dealers in China... — New York Times
As cultural renegades of the art and architecture world, it's safe to say both have more similarities than differences. During their careers, both have had their hand in art and architecture practice. Ai Weiwei has collaborated with Herzog & de Meuron for the Beijing Olympic's 2008 Bird's Nest... View full entry