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Textured black brick props up “beak-like” windows in Dutchess County Studio

November 30, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Dutchess County Studio by GRT

US studio GRT Architects has completed this black house with huge triangular windows in New York’s Dutchess County with the layout of an open-plan studio. The project in Dutchess County, which is just under two hours drive from New York City, was created for a couple thinking about permanently moving out of Manhattan. While the

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Finger Lakes hotel The Lake House on Canandaigua designed like “a beloved family home”

November 27, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Lake House on Canandaigua hotel by Studio Tack and the Brooklyn Home Company

The founders of design house The Brooklyn Home Company have created a hotel in New York’s Finger Lakes region that draws on their summers growing up on Canandaigua Lake. The Lake House on Canandaigua is named after its location on one of the 11 long and narrow lakes that form the region aptly named the

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Ten dining rooms in American homes that are a feast for the eyes

November 25, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Dining room in Bayhouse by Studio Rick Joy

With glimpses of the seaside to views of the Rocky Mountains, we’ve rounded up 10 dining rooms in American houses that would be spectacular settings for a Thanksgiving dinner. This is the latest roundup in a series providing visual inspiration for the home. Previous articles in the series showcased cosy living rooms, domestic bathrooms designed by

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Carlos Zapata completes curved-glass Unique tower in Quito

November 24, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Unique by Carlos Zapata

New York City-based architect Carlos Zapata and Quito-based developers Uribe Schwarzkopf have completed a 24-storey glass residential building, which appears to be split in two, in the Ecuadorian capital. Unique contains 99 apartments and five units for commercial purposes and is located on the northern edge of the city’s La Carolina park. The building is

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Grand Cayman beach hotel Palm Heights is styled like a 1970s Caribbean mansion

November 22, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Palm Heights Grand Cayman by Gabriella Khalil

Creative director Gabriella Khalil has created Grand Cayman’s first boutique hotel, the beachfront Palm Heights, filled with collectible design pieces like Mario Bellini sofas, Ingo Maurer lights and an Ettore Sottsass rug. Khalil is the creative director and founder of Palm Heights, located on the well-known, white sand Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, the

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OMA designs underwater sculpture park The ReefLine for Miami Beach

November 19, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
The Reefline by OMA

Architecture firm OMA is building a seven-mile-long, underwater sculpture park, which it says will bolster the shoreline of Miami Beach against the effects of climate change and include installations that can only be viewed while snorkeling. Initiated by Argentinian curator Ximena Caminos, The ReefLine is intended to respond to, and raise awareness of, the way

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Den Cabin Kit is a DIY wooden guesthouse that can be built in a few days

November 18, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
A-frame Cabin Kit by Den Outdoors

Cabin-design company Den has launched a flat-packed, kit-of-parts for a steeply pitched cabin, known as an A-frame, that can be assembled in just a few days. The 115-square-foot (10.68-square-metre) Den Cabin Kit has slanted wooden walls with a large triangular window. It is designed to be an ideal guest house, yoga studio or study. Prefabricated

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Glass tubes and curvy roofs play with light in Steven Holl’s Houston arts museum

November 17, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects

Translucent glass tubes meet with curvy roofs “imagined from cloud circles” in this art museum US firm Steven Holl designed for Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Steven Holl Architects’ Nancy and Rich Kinder Building – which forms part of a major campus redesign – is split into segments topped with curved roofs. This creates gaps

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Studio Gang transforms Wisconsin power plant into Beloit College student union

November 16, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Beloit Powerhouse by Studio Gang

US firm Studio Gang has completed its transformation of a coal-burning power plant into the wellness-focused student union for Beloit College in Wisconsin with a suspended running track looping through the building. The 100-year-old plant building, which is located between the campus of the arts college and Rock River in Beloit, was updated to include

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Black dominates moody ELMNT spinning studio in Montreal

November 15, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
ELMNT by Ivy Studio

Cycling shoes are tucked into all-black shelving in this boutique spinning studio in Montreal, Canada, designed by locally based Ivy Studio. Ivy Studio chose the material palette for the indoor cycling facility to reflect the monochrome branding of ELMNT, a boutique gym providing spaces for yoga, spin, barre and high intensity interval training (HIIT). Black

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