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Friday, January 25, 2013

Rendering showing view of proposed fountain, looking north. Image courtesy of Fluidity Design Consultants.

The Met’s New Koch Plaza is Underway

by Jesse Dorris | posted 1:06 pm

The new David H. Koch Plaza for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York—with a $65 million budget funded in full by its namesake conservative activist—will offer a pair of new fountains, permanent and temporary seating areas, and new LED lighting.

Friday, January 4, 2013

American Sign Museum Worships Design Doctrine

by Sara Pepitone | posted 1:56 pm

Tod Swormstedt opened the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati just last year, installing 42,000 cataloged items across a 40,000-square-foot former factory.

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

The Guillermo Kuitca exhibition on display in a gallery. Photography by Cathy Carver.

The Drawing Center’s New Building Search Ends at Home with WXY Architecture + Urban Design

by Laura B. Weiss | posted 4:58 pm

A 35-year-old New York institution, the Drawing Center ended its eight-year quest for a new building at the very spot where its search began—in its longtime home in the city’s SoHo neighborhood.

Monday, November 12, 2012

The columns of Shigeru Ban’s cardboard structure reach nearly 25 feet high and were made from cardboard recycled locally in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Shigeru Ban’s Bond with Paper Persists

by Lauren DeBellis | posted 1:29 pm

Shigeru Ban Architects’ latest design is an 8,000-square-foot pavilion in Moscow’s Gorky Park.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Second Floor, showing the Permanent Exhibition. John Pawson Ltd. Image by Alex Morris Visualisation

Design Museum Redesign Breaks Ground in London, Buries 100-Year Time Capsule

by Tamara Moscowitz | posted 10:00 am

The British penchant for eccentricity was in full view last month when a time capsule was buried at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Design Museum at the former Commonwealth Institute, an iconic 1960s architectural landmark on Kensington Street, West London.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

BIG Wins Kimball Art Center Competition

by Ian Volner | posted 10:00 am

Bjarke Ingels has been named the architect of the new project in Park City, Utah.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Weiss/Manfredi Visitors Center

Weiss/Manfredi Brooklyn Botanic Visitors Center to Open in May

by Arlene Hirst | posted 12:00 pm

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is experiencing a growth spurt. The 52-acre urban eden, located in the heart of the urban New York borough, will open a new visitors center on May 16.