Tag New York, Usa

23-09-2020

SPEED & SUSTAINABILITY

"There are just some things you have to learn through experience…when you work for yourself, you have to pay for all the mistakes you do”, Jinhee Park, SsD.

09-06-2020

I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO KINDERGARTEN

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it" - Roald Dahl

05-06-2020

Farewell to Christo, artist and pioneer of land art

"Beauty, science and art will always triumph": words written by Christo in a letter back in 1958, but which today remain as the most important legacy that the artist has left to the world through his unique works. A press release issued by Christo's press office on his official Facebook page, sadly communicated to the world that on May 31, 2020 the artist died of natural causes in his New York home, at the age of 84.

07-04-2020

CannonDesign, creative ideas in the time of COVID-19

At this moment in time when social distancing is being used to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the team from US architecture studio, CannonDesign are doing what they can to help. Being architects, they’re doing it how they know best, with a reflection on street signs and with a walk-in, COVID-19 testing booth slated for the general public.

01-04-2020

Italian design takes centre stage in New York and China with Vudafieri-Saverino Partners

Italian firm Vudafieri-Saverino Partners recently completed two important projects. In China, the Italian firm designed a new concept for Glory Casa’s showrooms, a brand of made in Italy furnishing accessories. In New York, on the other hand, Vudafieri-Saverino Partners designed the first American flagship for Delvaux, a Belgian luxury leather goods brand.

31-03-2020

Tresoldi sculpture for Cathédrale - Moxy East Village Hotel by the Rockwell Group

The Rockwell Group designed Moxy East Village Hotel for the Marriott International Group, a project celebrating one of New York’s most characteristic neighbourhoods. The hotel is designed to be a vertical timeline representing the district’s past, present and future. Italian artist Eduardo Tresoldi created the wire mesh sculpture Fillmore specifically for the hotel’s Cathédrale restaurant.

25-03-2020

Touring the museums of the world... from home

From Triennale di Milano to the London Design Museum, from the Prado in Madrid to the Uffizi in Florence, from the Louvre in Paris to the Vatican Museums and the Guggenheim Museum on the other side of the ocean: these are only a few of the museums that have closed their doors physically but can now be toured via the new media.

17-03-2020

Panoramic views: Edge at Hudson Yards, New York

Edge, a cantilevered observation deck jutting out from the 100th floor of the Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)-designed 30 Hudson Yards supertall, opened to the public last week at Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, only to close two days later to aid in the containment of the coronavirus.

13-02-2020

Countryside, The Future exhibition by AMO / Rem Koolhaas at the New York Guggenheim

Radical changes in vast rural areas on earth are forcing architects to address urgent environmental, political and socio-economic issues. The New York Guggenheim looks at these issues through the eyes of architect and urban planner Rem Koolhass and AMO, the think tank of his studio, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), in the exhibition Countryside, The Future.