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Buildings become “dance partners” at Snøhetta’s Dartmouth arts centre extension

October 28, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

International architecture studio Snøhetta has completed an expansion to the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, fitting two new cubic volumes onto an existing 1960s building. Located on the Dartmouth College campus in New Hampshire, the Hopkins Center for the Arts (The Hop) is a sprawling complex that serves as the school’s arts

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro wraps Cartier Miami in glass for “sense of mystique”

October 28, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

American architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed an expansion to the Miami flagship store of jewellery brand Cartier, which has a bulbous facade informed by a vintage Cartier piece. Located in Miami’s Design District, on the corner of NE 39th St and the walking corridor Paseo Ponti, the building has a wraparound facade

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“Metabolic systems” inform modular Guadalajara store by Xpan

October 17, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local art collective Xpan has created a store in Guadalajara lined with modular aluminium shelving that can be rearranged and shifted depending on the needs of the space. Located in Guadalajara’s Colonia Americana neighbourhood, Espacio.gdl is a commercial space designed and built by Xpan, a local studio that creates a broad array of work such

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Spaced Agency treats expansion of Chinatown restaurant as “architectural archaeology”

October 13, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

US studio Spaced Agency has built out the street level of the nearly 90-year-old restaurant Wo Hop in New York City, using the building’s basement dining room and facade as references. Located off Mott Street in Chinatown, Wo Hop was opened in 1938, and has been serving dishes such as chow mein and egg foo

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Philadelphia power plant transformed into sports venue

September 25, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local firms Good City Studio and Hexagon Studio Architects have converted the main turbine hall of a historic Philadelphia power plant into Ballers, a sports club that includes indoor pickleball, soccer and squash courts. Ballers is located inside a portion of the newly renovated  Delaware Power Station in Fishtown, Philadelphia, which was recently rebranded into

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Eight interiors where DJ booths take centre stage

September 21, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

DJ booths clad in wood, metal and a giant disco ball feature in this lookbook, which rounds up nightclubs, restaurants and even a bathhouse that centre music. With dance music culture “booming again” throughout the world, the spaces where it happens are also receiving renewed attention. The DJ booth is arguably at the centre of

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Parts and Labor Design and Blue Flag Capital create “nostalgic” Nantucket hotel

November 12, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

New York studio Parts and Labor Design and Brad Guidi of Boston real estate company Blue Flag Capital have renovated the Beachside Hotel on Nantucket to reflect a “nostalgic” ethos. Located outside of Boston on Nantucket island, the 45,000 square-foot (4,180 square metres) Beachside Hotel encompasses a motel-style property originally built in the 1960s, with

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Javier Senosiain Arquitectos creates “illuminated cave” office in Mexico City

November 11, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Architecture studio Javier Senosiain Arquitectos has created a wood-lined office space in Mexico City informed by an “animal’s refuge” and other cave-like spaces. The 202-square-metre office was designed to be “adapted to the human being” and consists of several main cave-like chambers linked by curving pathways. It serves as a Mexico City office for Javier

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Javier Senosiain Arquitectos creates “illuminated cave” office in Mexico City

November 11, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Architecture studio Javier Senosiain Arquitectos has created a wood-lined office space in Mexico City informed by an “animal’s refuge” and other cave-like spaces. The 202-square-metre office was designed to be “adapted to the human being” and consists of several main cave-like chambers linked by curving pathways. It serves as a Mexico City office for Javier

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Studio Gang places “eccentric” mass-timber buildings around concrete terrace

November 8, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Architecture studio Studio Gang has completed an expansive extension at the California College of the Arts San Francisco campus, which includes exposed bracing and a concrete terrace. The 82,305 square foot (7,646 square metre) addition extends outwards from the college’s main academic building and consists of buildings and courtyards encased in a large, elevated concrete

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