Articles by Eleanor Gibson

The Hidden Pearl is a tiny bar tucked behind a Brooklyn ramen shop

August 4, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

A swinging door at the back of a ramen restaurant in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighbourhood reveals a tiny Japanese-style speakeasy, designed by architect Arnold Cheung. Cheung overhauled an already gutted, slender shop at 621 Manhattan Avenue to create both the Wanpaku restaurant, and The Hidden Pearl in a separate space at the rear. The venue is

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“Retail is not dead, but boring retail is dead” according to Nike

August 3, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Nike is testing a host of tech-driven shopping features at a new store in Los Angeles, as part of the sports brand’s major plans to “disrupt” retail. The stock at the pop-up-style Nike Live Melrose shop – and its location – were chosen using data sourced from local customers’ online shopping habits, and those using

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Red box houses galleries at Andrade Morettin’s IMS Paulista in São Paulo

August 2, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

São Paulo firm Andrade Morettin Arquitetos has encased exhibition spaces at this cultural centre in the city in a huge red wooden box, which can be glimpsed through the building’s translucent glass walls. The studio designed the 8,662-square-metre IMS Paulista for the Moreira Salles Institute– a major Brazilian cultural organisation. It includes a library, auditorium,

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Snøhetta plans nixed as Philip Johnson’s AT&T Building gains landmark status

August 1, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Philip Johnson’s postmodern AT&T Building has been awarded landmark status, halting Snøhetta’s controversial renovation plans for the Midtown Manhattan skyscraper. New York’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) announced yesterday, 31 July 2018, that it has granted landmark status to the tower, also known as 550 Madison. The designation protects the exterior of the reddish-toned stone building, preventing the Oslo and

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Paulo Mendes da Rocha and David Adjaye on Mies Crown Hall Americas 2018 shortlist

July 30, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Washington DC’s African American history museum and a leisure centre designed by Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha are among the six finalists for this year’s Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize. The museum designed for the US capital by a team including British architect David Adjaye, and Mendes da Rocha’s project in São Paulo, Brazil, are in the

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White volumes by HW-Studio form food market between stone buildings in Mexico

July 29, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture practice HW-Studio has ripped out an abandoned warehouse and replaced it with a series of all-white volumes to create this food market in a historic Mexican city. HW-Studio’s market is located in Morelia – a city in the central Mexican state of Michoacán, which was settled in the 1500s, and is known for its buildings made

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Vancouver taco restaurant references “rustic glamour of mid-century Mexican resort town”

July 29, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Luxury 1950s Mexican vacationlands and the style of a “gaudy” furniture designer have informed the interior of this taco restaurant in Vancouver, by local designer Shiloh Sukkau. Located on West Pender Street in the city’s Downtown area, the Tacofino Oasis is the latest outpost of a Mexican restaurant chain that serves tacos and burritos in

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Michael Arad unveils Emanuel Nine Memorial to commemorate Charleston church shooting

July 27, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Michael Arad, the architect behind New York’s 9/11 Memorial, has revealed plans for a monument dedicated to the victims of a shooting massacre that took place at Charleston’s Mother Emanuel AME Church. The Emanuel Nine Memorial will recognise those who were killed and wounded in the racially motivated Charleston church shooting on 17 June 2015.

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Herzog & de Meuron to overhaul Harvard GSD’s Gund Hall

July 26, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture firms Herzog & de Meuron and Beyer Blinder Belle have been enlisted to renovate and expand the main building at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, in order to support “groundbreaking collaborations” between its programmes. The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) revealed today, 26 July 2018, that Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron

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Female-focussed co-working clubs “amplify the voices of women and equal rights”

July 25, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Women-only co-working spaces are opening across the globe in response to a push for gender equality, according to their founders, who believe the clubs are changing the way their users work. Workspaces and members clubs geared towards women, like Seattle’s The Riveter, Toronto’s Make Lemonade, London’s AllBright and New York’s The Wing, have all opened

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