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3 weeks ago | 
archinect.com | Nam Henderson |Sean Joyner |Nicholas Korody
Marvin Davis claimed that, as he sat there, probably in a room by himself at the studio with Walt standing over him poking him in the shoulder, he did 133 revisions of these maps to get to the Disneyland layout by 1955...A few of these maps have been shown before but a lot of these have not been seen before.
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1 month ago | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Nicholas Korody |Nam Henderson
Mexiconewsdaily.com has a neat summation of some leading figures behind the new face of Mexican architectural practice. Many of them—including the list’s most recognizable name, Fernanda Canales—have gained notoriety through a heavy engagement with social practice. Others like...
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1 month ago | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Nicholas Korody |Alexander Walter
French designer Philippe Starck has released images of a new nine-story hotel called the Maison Heler in the picturesque eastern city of Metz, France. Photo: Julius Hirtzberger A uniquely inspired design—Starck’s team said it was named after the title character in his new novella La...
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2 months ago | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Antonio Pacheco |Nicholas Korody |Orhan Ayyuce
Ennead is behind a newly completed dinosaur fossil museum project for Rowan University, a private school with an enrollment of 23,000 located in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Their design for the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum with KSS Architects situates the 44,000-square-foot building...
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2 months ago | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Anastasia Tokmakova |Paul Petrunia |Nicholas Korody
Rigidity is the target of a new interdisciplinary project at the Cornell AAP led by ecoLogicStudio founder Jenny Sabin that developed a new system of photovoltaics that can contour more flexibly to different surfaces of structures thanks to its mimicry of complex biomechanics. It’s called...
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2 months ago | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Nicholas Korody
As the important task of debris removals continues in the devastated areas of Altadena, the LA Times has picked up on the mission to recover historic tiles from the surviving mantelpieces of burned homes. There, a patchwork battalion of masons, homeowners, and other volunteers are working...
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Nicholas Korody
The New York Times is following the growing community of food-inspired furniture obsessives on TikTok whose love for pillaging HomeGoods and other retailers in search of stools designed to look like burgers or fruit has grown into what might be taken as a full-blown re-embrace of kitsch...
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Nicholas Korody
Phillippe Starck has shared news of a newly completed architectural project in Spain called LA Almazara. The resorted olive oil manufacturing plant now allows for an inspiring epicurean museum-like experience for tourists in search of a day trip or hands-on romantic getaway. Image courtesy Starck...
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
archinect.com | Alexander Walter |Nicholas Korody |Eleanor Marshall
UK media outlets report that Brighton's i360 tourist attraction has filed for administration. Initially launched as "British Airways i360," the seaside 531-foot moving observation tower had great expectations of attracting huge crowds pinned on it when it opened in August 2016 as a "vertical...
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Antonio Pacheco |Nicholas Korody |Julia Ingalls
Dutch architect Sim Van der Ryn, a pioneer of green architecture and a longtime professor at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, has died at age 89 according to the San Francisco Chronicle. He will be remembered for his experimental teaching methods and approach to designing...
