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Nature And Design Meet In Lautner's Modern Homes

Nature And Design Meet In Lautner's Modern Homes

An artist with an idyllic childhood might be as rare as a house with walls made of air, but both play a part in the story of architect John Lautner. Lautner's homes have appeared in Hollywood movies, but the architect himself was [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Nature And Design Meet In Lautner's Modern Homes

Nature And Design Meet In Lautner's Modern Homes

An artist with an idyllic childhood might be as rare as a house with walls made of air, but both play a part in the story of architect John Lautner. Lautner's homes have appeared in Hollywood movies, but the architect himself was [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

In search of the lost modernist of design

In search of the lost modernist of design

The director of the design archives at RMIT in Melbourne, Edquist had become interested in Michael O'Connell after shows about modernism in Australia. O'Connell's Pandemonium, a linocut and woodblock frieze printed on silk, is [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

A Beijing Square Designed for Everyday Occupation

A Beijing Square Designed for Everyday Occupation

Architect Adolf Loos believed that truly modern architecture should have furniture integrated with its walls. In several of his buildings, bare benches, cushioned seating areas and sets of drawers emerge seamlessly from the interior archi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Ford Center's design, interior a modern take on city's history

Ford Center's design, interior a modern take on city's histo...

The Ohio River remains a defining characteristic of Evansville, both economically and culturally, its horseshoe bend literally shaping the city. So it's little surprise that both the designers of Ford Center and the artist whose work [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Redesigning offices for modern times

THE impact of technology and productivity principles has led to a transformation of office environments over the past few years. Traditional workplaces are increasingly adopting a more flexible approach, with companies redesigning their o [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern classicist: Architect Leon Krier talks visionary desi...

Leon Krier is in Detroit, at the DIA’s Film Theatre tonight, to speak about how Detroit can envision its future city form. Mr. Krier has been a vital part of the dialog on the nature of cities since the 1970s. His work was essential [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern classicist: Architect Leon Krier talks visionary design at DIA

Modern classicist: Architect Leon Krier talks visionary desi...

Leon Krier is in Detroit, at the DIA’s Film Theatre tonight, to speak about how Detroit can envision its future city form. Mr. Krier has been a vital part of the dialog on the nature of cities since the 1970s. His work was essential [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

San Francisco Architecture Firm, AXIS Architecture + Design'...

Construction has started on AXIS Architecture + Design's remodel project at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento. The San Francisco architecture firm has been employed to be the architect for a new and improved lobby, restaurant and meeting r [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

MoMA Exhibit “Talk to Me” Captures Innovations in Communication Design

MoMA Exhibit “Talk to Me” Captures Innovations in Communicat...

A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in NY called, “Talk to Me” is opening today. The main theme of the exhibition is that communication is now the dominant force in design. The exhibition will show how different innov [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Meet Ernö Goldfinger, the unsung hero of furniture design

Meet Ernö Goldfinger, the unsung hero of furniture design

Hidden in the basement of a terraced house on the Kingsland Road in east London, behind a black metal door, is a gallery called The Russian Club. Currently showing there is an enigmatic little exhibition entitled Ernö Goldfinger v Gr [...]

Posted On : Jun, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Snohetta Defends Its Controversial Design For SF's Museum of Modern Art

Snohetta Defends Its Controversial Design For SF's Museum of...

Snøhetta, the Viking architects of the World Trade Center pavilion and one of our 2011 Most Innovative Companies, unveiled embryonic plans for a hotly anticipated extension to SFMOMA last week and, as these things go, reactions wer [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Architectural Design Software expands scope of BIM workflow.

ArchiCAD v15 provides ability to integrate renovation and refurbishment projects in BIM workflow. Shell structures support wide variety of architectural shapes and forms in classical and modern architecture, and 3D guidelines and editing [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Greek residence near Athens, designed by Nikos Koukourakis

Modern Greek residence near Athens, designed by Nikos Koukou...

Located only 23km northeast of the Greek capital – Athens – this beautiful property you can see below was designed by Nikos Koukourakis. The town of Dionisos received among its houses this luxury property with clean straight d [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

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