Ben Dreith

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US Editor at Dezeen

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MillerKnoll unifies its brands under one roof for Chicago Design Week

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ben Dreith

Furniture company MillerKnoll has consolidated several of its brands under one roof in time for Chicago Design Week, showcasing multiple new products and unveiling the first-ever Hay showroom in the United States. The American furniture brand unveiled the new complex spread over two buildings for visitors to Fulton Market Design Days fair (Design Days), which sees several furniture brands open up their offices and showrooms in the West Loop neighbourhood.
Chicago Design Week

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ben Dreith |Rima Sabina Aouf

Local magazine Sixtysix has collaborated with trade fair NeoCon to curate an exhibition of experimental design during Chicago Design Week, addressing what the curators perceive as a lack of experimental showcases in the city. More
Paved States brings "spirit of experimental design" to NeoCon

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ben Dreith

Local magazine Sixtysix has collaborated with trade fair NeoCon to curate an exhibition of experimental design during Chicago Design Week, addressing what the curators perceive as a lack of experimental showcases in the city. Called Paved States, the exhibition was located on the ground floor of the Mart, the massive 1930s building that holds hundreds of showrooms that activate for the annual NeoCon trade show.
Create "cyborg" infrastructure to save cities says Lauren Bon

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Ben Dreith

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The Torch supertall skyscraper to include thrill ride above Manhattan

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Ben Dreith

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Create "cyborg" infrastructure to save cities says Lauren Bon

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ben Dreith

Artist Lauren Bon has embarked on an ambitious project to access water from the Los Angeles River. In this interview, she explains why she believes infrastructure should be treated like nature. Bon and her LA-based practice Metabolic Studio are known for large-scale conceptual artworks. She told Dezeen that her starting point is always viewing the built environment as deeply interconnected with the natural one, forming what she refers to as "cyborg entities".
The Torch supertall skyscraper to include thrill ride above Manhattan

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ben Dreith

Construction has been restarted on a New York supertall skyscraper at 740 Eighth Avenue, designed by studios ODA and SLCE with a spiralling torch at its crown that may hold an above-city thrill ride. Called the Torch, the concept designs for the 740 Eighth Avenue hotel skyscraper, developed by Extell, were released in a book on ODA published by Rizzoli last year. According to website YIMBY, work has now restarted on the skyscraper on 8th Avenue, in Midtown's Theatre District.
Steven Holl creates house for Mark McDonald's design collection

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ben Dreith

Steven Holl Architects has utilised plywood interiors and playful details for Hudson L-House, a home for a client with an extensive design collection, including a 1910 Frank Lloyd Wright light fixture. L-House is located in the small city of Hudson, New York and takes its name from its L shape, which conforms to the in-fill site. It was designed for the design collector and gallerist Mark McDonald.
BIG designs chamfered complex with "plethora of niches" for Brooklyn

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ben Dreith

Architecture studio BIG has designed a residential structure with chamfered edges divided by a central outdoor space for the 175 Third Street residential building in Brooklyn, New York. Conceived as a series of stacked blocks, the structure is set to be built in the rapidly developing post-industrial Gowanus neighbourhood of Brooklyn.
"The tone in architecture is that the public is ignorant" says Thomas Heatherwick

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Ben Dreith

Architects should see themselves as providing a public service even when working on luxury apartment blocks, British designer Thomas Heatherwick tells Dezeen in this interview. "What I've learned in the last 30 years of running my studio is that ultimately we are in public service, and we are public servants, even when you're building high-end housing," Heatherwick said.