VIDEO: The Multi-Faceted Atlas of Le Corbusier
VIDEO: The Multi-Faceted Atlas of Le CorbusierPublished: June 19, 2013Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887 - 1965), better known as Le Corbusier, was a visionary of his time. Not only was the Swiss-born...
View ArticleLook Ma, no Beams! City Form Lab's Floating Canopy
Look Ma, no Beams! City Form Lab's Floating CanopyPublished: June 19, 2013SINGAPORE – When a design school needs a new facility, who better than the students to brainstorm, design and even help to...
View Article“Demystify the Market”: Design Miami Founder Launches Online Sales
“Demystify the Market”: Design Miami Founder Launches Online SalesPublished: June 19, 2013NEW YORK — Nearly a decade after she co-founded Design Miami/ at the age of 23, wunderkind curator Ambra Medda...
View ArticleMoMA's New Corbusier Exhibition Reveals a Life Led By Landscapes
MoMA's New Corbusier Exhibition Reveals a Life Led By LandscapesPublished: June 20, 2013Watch ARTINFO video on Le Corbusier show HERE.Jean-Louis Cohen, guest curator of “Le Corbusier: An Atlas of...
View ArticleIssey Miyake's "In-ei" Lamp Exhibition in Tokyo and Osaka
Issey Miyake's "In-ei" Lamp Exhibition in Tokyo and OsakaPublished: June 20, 2013TOKYO — Issey Miyake’s “In-ei” lamps, which won the Gold Medal at the iF Product Design Award 2013 hosted by the...
View ArticleHip New Workspace Unites Frieze, The Kitchen, Art-World "Solopreneurs"
Hip New Workspace Unites Frieze, The Kitchen, Art-World "Solopreneurs"Published: June 21, 2013Earlier this year, when the artist and playwright William Leavitt held casting calls in New York for his...
View ArticleFarm Designs Jewel Cafe + Bar in Little India
Farm Designs Jewel Cafe + Bar in Little IndiaPublished: July 9, 2013SINGAPORE — In recent years, Singapore has witnessed a rise in design cafes offering good coffee, good food, and Instagrammable...
View ArticleZaha Hadid Buys Design Museum’s Shad Thames Home
Zaha Hadid Buys Design Museum’s Shad Thames HomePublished: July 9, 2013Architect Zaha Hadidhas purchased the former banana-ripening warehouse on the Thames that has been the home to London’s Design...
View ArticleEd Ng Adds The Gloucester to Hong Kong Skyline
Ed Ng Adds The Gloucester to Hong Kong SkylinePublished: July 11, 2013HONG KONG — Redefining the Hong Kong skyline is an ambition shared by architects and designers of the city. Only a handful have...
View ArticleAn Earthy Ode in Architect Jean Taek Park’s First Solo Show
An Earthy Ode in Architect Jean Taek Park’s First Solo ShowPublished: July 11, 2013South Korean architect Jean Taek Parkis opening his first solo exhibition July 13 at D Project Space, the alternative...
View ArticleKengo Kuma's Villas Inspired by Jeju's Volcanic Landscape
Kengo Kuma's Villas Inspired by Jeju's Volcanic LandscapePublished: July 11, 2013The volcanic landscape of Jeju Island has been translated into porous, pebble-like homes in the Art Villas of Lotte Jeju...
View ArticleMAD Architects Reveal Designs for “Floating” Pingtan Art Museum
MAD Architects Reveal Designs for “Floating” Pingtan Art MuseumPublished: July 16, 2013MAD Architectsled by Ma Yansong have designed the Pingtan Art Museum, which resembles a floating island. Situated...
View ArticleLe Corbusier's Kaleidoscope: Looking at the Architect's Sense of Place
Le Corbusier's Kaleidoscope: Looking at the Architect's Sense of PlacePublished: July 17, 2013How does something very ordinary and banal, say a rock, become something extraordinary? If that rock were a...
View ArticlePrison Design and Its Consequences: The Architect's Dilemma
Prison Design and Its Consequences: The Architect's DilemmaPublished: July 17, 2013Throughout California’s prison system, 30,000 inmates participated in a July 9 hunger strike as a gesture of...
View ArticleYasumichi Morita Redesigns Kyoto’s Arashiyama Station
Yasumichi Morita Redesigns Kyoto’s Arashiyama StationPublished: July 17, 2013Kyoto’s Arashiyama station, operated by Keifuku Electric Railroad, reopened on July 13 with a brand new interior design...
View ArticleLondon Design Festival “Destinations” Announced
London Design Festival “Destinations” Announced Published: July 17, 2013The London Design Festival, the largest annual celebration of design in the British capital, has announced its participating...
View ArticleDenise Scott Brown, Role Models, and the End of Pritzker Prestige
Denise Scott Brown, Role Models, and the End of Pritzker PrestigePublished: July 19, 2013The only architects Denise Scott Brown knew as a child were women: “I thought architecture was women’s work!”...
View ArticleBroad Group Breaks Ground on “World’s Tallest Building”
Broad Group Breaks Ground on “World’s Tallest Building”Published: July 22, 2013Work has begun on the Sky City tower, a skyscraper in Changsha, Hunan province, that developers claim will be the tallest...
View ArticleHK Polytechnic Students Design Hotel of the Future
HK Polytechnic Students Design Hotel of the FuturePublished: July 22, 2013Imagine stepping inside a completely interactive hotel, where a floor with LCD screens will guide you from the reception to the...
View ArticleVIDEO: China Opens World's Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge
VIDEO: China Opens World's Longest Cable-Stayed BridgePublished: July 22, 2013The world's longest and widest multi-pylon cable-stayed bridge is now open to traffic in eastern China.The Jiaxing-Shaoxing...
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