Heatherwick Studio’s Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross Set to Open in October
Heatherwick Studio has transformed two heritage rail buildings from the 1850s in King’s Cross into a brand new shopping district and public space. The site earlier served as a place to receive coal...
View ArticleQueens Museum Announces Participating Artists for Its Upcoming Biennial
The Queens Museum in New York has announced the list of 43 artists and collectives participating in its upcoming biennial “Volumes,” which will open on October 7.“Since its inauguration in 2002, this...
View ArticleRIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist — A Look at Waugh Thistleton’s Bushey Cemetery...
Waugh Thistleton’s extension to Bushey Cemetery in Hertfordshire is one of the six projects shortlisted for this year’s prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize. The project marks the first new consecration of...
View ArticleDarren Walker Announced as Director’s Award Recipient of the 2018 National...
Caroline Baumann, director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, has announced the selection of Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, as the Director’s Award recipient of the 2018...
View Article“Raw Design” opens at Museum of Craft and Design
The Museum of Craft and Design features “Raw Design,” a group exhibition curated by Glenn Adamson, curator, theorist and former Director of Museum of Arts and Design, New York. The exhibition is on...
View Article“Sunny Side Up” at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford
Gallery Pangolin in Chalford will feature a group exhibition from August 13 through September 14. Titled “Sunny Side Up,” the exhibition will celebrate summer with a selection of colorful and...
View ArticleFoster + Partners’ Milan Apple Store Features a Dramatic Waterfall
Apple’s Piazza Liberty Store, designed by Foster + Partners, opened to the public last week. A dramatic fountain and a stepped plaza are the highlights of this store that sits in one of the most...
View ArticleHerzog & de Meuron to Design Harvard Graduate School of Design Gund Hall...
Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) has selected Herzog & de Meuron as the design consultant for a significant expansion and retrofit of the school’s Gund Hall into a 21st century...
View ArticleKonstantin Grcic’s “Volumes” at Gallery kreo, London
Galerie kreo in London presents the works of Konstantin Grcic in “Volumes,” through September 22. The works are sculpted into solid Bleu de Savoie marble and are defined by a rough finish which brings...
View Article“The Blanket” at Burning Man 2018
Moscow-based designer Alex Shtanuk has launched an Indiegogo campaign for his 107,000-square-foot (10,000-square-meter) blanket woven from more than 3000 NASA Space blankets held together with 40 km of...
View ArticlePorfírio Valladares’ “(i)móveis” at Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo
Through August 4, Bergamin & Gomide in São Paulo is showcasing 17 projects by the architect Porfirio Valladares made of wood by cabinetmaker Ze Dias.“The handcrafted pieces are miniatures of...
View ArticleStudio Drift’s Debut Museum Solo at The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is presenting the debut museum solo of the Dutch duo Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta, the founders of Studio Drift, through August 26, 2018. The show features eight...
View ArticleKengo Kuma’s “Fu-An” at The Frac Franche-Comté in Besançon, France
The Frac Franche-Comté in Besançon, France, is showcasing “Fu-An,” a tea pavilion by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.Fu-An translates to “a tea space floating in the air.” Kengo Kuma has created a...
View ArticleSix Finalists for the 2018 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize
Six buildings from Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and the USA have made it to the list of finalists for the 2018 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize. The shortlisted projects, announced by the Director Dirk Denison...
View Article“Crystal Twist” Lamps by Studio Floris Wubben
Studio Floris Wubben, in collaboration with Baars & Bloemhoff, has designed and developed the “Crystal Twist” collection using HI-MACS acrylic stone.Acrylic stone is a combination of minerals and...
View ArticleChristina Mackie’s “People Powder” at Spazio Culturale Antonio Ratti
Christina Mackie’s “People Powder” brings together three large works at Spazio Culturale Antonio Ratti, a former church in San Francesco in Como.“People Powder” is a term used to define the optimal...
View ArticleGary Kuehn’s Italian Retrospective at GAMeC
GAMeC is presenting Gary Kuehn’s first major solo exhibition in Italy. The comprehensive retrospective at the GAMeC in Bergamo with around 70 works was developed in close cooperation with Hausler...
View ArticleUnited Visual Artists’ ‘Spirit of the City’ at A/D/O, Brooklyn
London-based United Visual Artists (UVA) is presenting “Spirit of the City,” a site-specific installation in the outdoor courtyard of A/D/O, the creative space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn by MINI. The...
View ArticleSpotlight: Serpentine Pavilion Beijing
The Serpentine Pavilion Beijing is the first pavilion to be co-commissioned and built by the Serpentine outside the UK. The result of a major new collaboration between the Serpentine Galleries (London)...
View ArticleJean Royère’s Furniture Evokes the Quintessential French Mid-century Home
Distinct and rare furniture works by French designer Jean Royère are on view at the Galerie Patrick Seguin, London, through September 1, 2018. The featured works evoke the classic elegance of a French...
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