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Snohetta
OHIO   |  6 comments

Which State Has the Boldest Architecture?

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue May 5, 2009 at 2:23 PM

Quick: Which state has the boldest architecture? Ohio didn't roll of your tongue, did it? But Bowling Green State University, near Toledo, just broke ground on a new building by Snøhetta. And that's on top of a slew of other ...READ»

Gehry
FURNITURE DESIGN   |  4 comments

A Building? A Plane? Nope. It's Frank Gehry's Newest Chair

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Apr 20, 2009 at 12:38 PM

This week at the Milan Furniture Fair, Frank Gehry, the white-maned maven of expressive architectural design, is unveiling his newest work: An undulating chaise lounge for Emeco, a Pennsylvania-based furniture maker with a ...READ»

UglyBuilding
ARCHITECTURE   |  1 comment

Hideous Chic: The World's Ugliest Buildings

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 99
Mon Oct 12, 2009 at 11:01 AM

Travel & Leisure finds 15 of the ugliest buildings in the world. What on earth were these architects thinking?READ»

SKiN
DESIGN   |  Comment

Le Sexy Sofa by Le French Architect

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 90
Fri Jan 30, 2009 at 12:41 AM

French architect Jean Nouvel was recently canonized with the profession's highest honor, the Pritzker Prize. Usually, he sticks to buildings, instead of flirting with furniture as most starchitects do. But when he does, he does it ...READ»

DESIGN IN BUSINESS   |  Comment

The Man Who Loved Chairs

BY Jill Rosenfeld
Relevancy Score: 89
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:21 AM

Rolf Fehlbaum, CEO of Vitra, really cares about chairs. His company is a celebration of what to some is the most mundane object in the office -- but to him is a source of passion.READ»

ARCHITECT   |  1 comment

Architect london house extensions

BY ben ridley
Relevancy Score: 76
Tue Jul 14, 2009 at 12:33 PM

http://www.architectureforlondon.co.uk/architecture-blog.html site for planning drawings, architectural plans and house extensionsREAD»

MICHAEL CANNELL   |  Comment

It’s On: A Critic Says L.A. Is Now Architecture’s Leading Light. A Brooklyn Designer Says No Way

BY Michael Cannell
Relevancy Score: 75
Tue Aug 25, 2009 at 4:30 PM

Could this be the architecture equivalent of Tupac versus Biggie? Last Sunday Nicolai Ouroussoff, the architecture critic for The New York Times, published an essay (“As Heroes Disappear, the City Nees More”) lamenting the 1970s ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Can Green Homes be Mass Produced?

BY Kermit Pattison
Relevancy Score: 68
Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 6:28 PM

The Fast Interview: Architect Michelle Kaufmann on finding an alternative to endless subdivisions of McMansions.READ»

Pritzker
2009 PRITZKER PRIZE   |  1 comment

Pritzker Prize - the Nobel of Architecture - Goes to Peter Zumthor

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 67
Mon Apr 13, 2009 at 7:05 AM

Today, architecture's highest award, the Pritzker Prize, was announced--and you've probably never heard of the the man who won, Peter Zumthor. He prefers it that way. He doesn't have a Web site. He frequently refuses ...READ»

HOWARD SCHOOR   |  Comment

The Chapin Estate is the Perfect Luxury Retreat within Two Hours of Manhattan

BY Howard Schoor
Relevancy Score: 66
Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 9:05 PM

BETHEL, NY, JUNE 8, 2006 – The Chapin Estate, a unique gated collection of north western and Adirondack inspired new custom homes in the Catskill mountain region of Sullivan County, New York, is the “vacation hot spot” for ...READ»

Greenhouse
DESIGN   |  Comment

Carl Verdickt's Greenhouse Grows On Us

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 65
Mon Mar 9, 2009 at 10:12 AM

Modern architecture is no stranger to the greenhouse effect--the heat trapping ability of glass is what has often rendered so many modernist house by Mies van der Rohe and others extraodinariy expensive to cool. But this ...READ»

TAMPA CLOSETS   |  Comment

Cheesy Chipboard Choices

BY James Talarchyk
Relevancy Score: 64
Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 1:08 PM

You know you want it. Tampa custom home offices are the latest hot item to add to your home.READ»

TAMPA CLOSETS   |  Comment

You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til It’s Gone

BY James Talarchyk
Relevancy Score: 59
Wed Jul 22, 2009 at 3:39 PM

In some cases, knowing what you had and seeing it gone are two very good things.READ»

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DESIGN   |  Comment

Zaha Hadid's Faucet Turns Us On

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 58
Thu Jan 22, 2009 at 3:54 PM

Can’t afford a Zaha Hadid Aqua Table from Established and Sons? Then how about something similarly swoopy and a little more modestly priced? Just in time for spring kitchen remodeling projects, the Pritzker Award-winning architect ...READ»

Beekman Tower
BEEKMAN TOWER   |  Comment

Why Starchitect Skyscrapers like Frank Gehry's Beekman Are Getting Chopped

BY Alissa Walker
Relevancy Score: 58
Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 2:49 PM

Will a stunted economy leave us with stunted cities? Reduced building heights have become an unfortunate reality for a faltering construction industry, as architects are seeing their projects slashed in half, some ...READ»

highline park
HIGH LINE   |  1 comment

The City Parks Renaissance

BY Michael Cannell
Relevancy Score: 58
Tue Sep 1, 2009 at 11:02 AM

With the success of New York City's High Line, planners and developers ask: Are parks the design destination of the moment?READ»

TAMPA CLOSETS   |  Comment

Tampa Custom Home Office Takes the Environmental Lead

BY James Talarchyk
Relevancy Score: 56
Wed Jul 22, 2009 at 3:42 PM

Made to order and designed to suit a customer's office preferences, a Tampa custom home office is the way of the future and good for the environment.READ»

DESIGN IN BUSINESS   |  3 comments

The Architect of a Different Kind of Organization

BY Jena McGregor
Relevancy Score: 55
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:54 AM

Joshua Prince-Ramus isn't just creating buildings. In a field obsessed with celebrity, he's putting the work -- and his workers -- first.READ»

La Pyramide du Louvre
KEN CARBONE   |  Comment

Viva Le Louvre! At 20, I.M. Pei's Controversial Pyramid Defies Critics

BY Ken Carbone
Relevancy Score: 55
Mon Apr 20, 2009 at 12:53 PM

From the moment I.M. Pei's design for the pyramidal addition to the Musee du Louvre was introduced in 1985, it was the subject of controversy and international attention. Critics derided it as a violation of the museum's classical integrity. But two decades later, it is one of the top tourist attractions in Paris.READ»

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MICHAEL CANNELL   |  1 comment

Frank Gehry's Rx for New Orleans

BY Michael Cannell
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 5:23 PM

Bilbao effect for the Big Easy? Fresh from his Brooklyn setback, the master goes traditional.READ»

TAMPA CLOSETS   |  Comment

Tampa Custom Home Office Blues

BY James Talarchyk
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 1:09 PM

For a stunning Tampa custom home office, one needs to choose only the best product that will stand up to anything thrown at it and still come out looking good.READ»

national library of kazakhstan
BJARKE INGELS GROUP   |  1 comment

Dictator Chic: BIG Wins Competition to Build National Library of Kazakhstan

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 9:02 AM

BIG beat out Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid in a competition to architect the National Library of Kazakhstan--which happens to be a notoriously corrupt regime. Should we care?READ»

DESIGN IN BUSINESS   |  Comment

Rogers and Heart

BY Alec Appelbaum
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:09 AM

A master planner eyes New York's shoreline.READ»

TAMPA CLOSETS   |  Comment

Affordable Custom Home Office

BY James Talarchyk
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 1:07 PM

You definitely need a more organized space for your Tampa home office, but have no idea how to get the look and feel that you want. Creativity is your watchword. READ»

Barnhouse
LIVING ARCHITECTURE   |  2 comments

Summer Vacation Rentals Designed by Starchitects

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 52
Sun May 10, 2009 at 8:37 AM

Living Architecture wants anyone with enough cash for a vacation to be able to rent a wild-eyed masterpiece, from a house that looks like a uncut gemstone, to a barn whose back half hangs over a hill. The rental scheme got ...READ»

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