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Monday, August 1, 2011

Uniqlo Teams With HWKN and DS+R for High Line Rink

by Laurel Petriello | posted 11:00 am

From balloons to a roller rink, section 2 of the High Line in Manhattan is a hot summer attraction this year. Last Friday, Uniqlo, who teamed with Hollwich Kushner and Diller Scofidio + Renfro launched The High Line Rink – Made for All, complete with Uniqlo pop-up shop.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Take Two: Peter Zumthor’s Serpentine Pavilion Opens

by Laurel Petriello | posted 10:00 am

The annual Kensington Gardens summer attraction opened this month. Featuring gardens specifically designed by Dutch landscape architect Piet Oudolf, the structure epitomizes the simple statements well noted in Zumthor’s full body of work.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

The High Line Section 2, In Living Color

by Annie Block | posted 12:00 pm

The High Line’s Section 2 opened Wednesday with a fantastical installation by FriendsWithYou.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Mark di Suvero Storm King Governors Island

Mark di Suvero’s Latest Exhibition Opens Memorial Day Weekend

by Deborah Wilk | posted 1:00 pm

Storm King Art Center brings monumental sculpture to New York’s Governors Island.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Beckmann N'Thépé architects TN Plus Landscape Designers St. Petersburg Zoo

Beckmann N’Thépé and TN Plus Re-Up for Russia’s Saint Petersburg Zoo

by Nicholas Tamarin | posted 12:00 pm

The Paris-based architecture firm and landscape designers will be creating a new square-mile-plus grounds for the institution, founded in 1865 and Russia’s oldest, and its 3474 animals from 479 species.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Peter Zumthor Selected for 2011 Serpentine Pavilion

by Deborah Wilk | posted 12:30 pm

The 11th annual summer pavilion marks the 2009 Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s first UK structure. The project will include a specially created garden by Dutch landscape architect Piet Oudolf.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Thomas Balsley’s New Intercontinental Zen Garden

by Deborah Wilk | posted 1:00 pm

Renowned landscape-architecture and urban-planning firm Thomas Balsley Associates recently completed a 1,500-square-foot courtyard at the Intercontinental New York Times Square Hotel.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Kengo Kuma Selected for First Project in US

by Ian Volner | posted 12:00 pm

Architect Kengo Kuma will be coming stateside at last, having been selected to head up the expansion and renovation of the Portland Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Rios Clementi Hale Studios Hollywood Vine Metro subway Los Angeles

Rios Clementi Hale Completes L.A.’s Hollywood & Vine Metro Plaza

by Nicholas Tamarin | posted 2:00 pm

The hometown architects portal to city’s Hollywood/Vine Metro Red Line stop features a public plaza based on the courtyards lining Hollywood Boulevard at nearby landmarks like the Pantages, Egyptian, and Grauman’s Chinese theaters.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

http://www.interiordesign.net/article/48531Pole Dance SO-IL P.S.1 MoMA Young Architects Wade Zimmerman Photography

Take-Two Tuesday: 2010 P.S.1 Young Architects Pavilion

by Laurel Petriello | posted 12:00 pm

Summertime is hot for temporary architecture that straddles the line of indoor/outdoor, and this week we’re giving you a double-take of “Pole Dance,” the 2010 Young Architects Program pavilion by Brooklyn–based Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO-IL) at MoMA’s Long Island City outpost P.S.1.