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Dan Brunn renovates Frank Gehry-designed LA house for an illustrator

June 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A Japanese-style reading nook and a sculptural wooden staircase feature in this 1970s Los Angeles house, which has been overhauled by local studio Dan Brunn Architecture to “pay homage” to its original architect Frank Gehry. Gehry was commissioned to design the residence in the 1970s for art collectors Edwin and Ann Janss, but the couple slightly modified the plans during construction

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“Apple’s new campus sucks” according to Wired magazine

June 13, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Foster + Partners’ Apple Park is an “anachronism wrapped in glass” that provides a poor model for company campuses, claims the first major critical review of the project, published by technology magazine Wired. The eagerly anticipated Apple Park finally began welcoming the tech giant’s employees in April 2017, eight years since the late Steve Jobs hired

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“Apple’s new campus sucks” according to Wired magazine

June 13, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Foster + Partners’ Apple Park is an “anachronism wrapped in glass” that provides a poor model for company campuses, claims the first major critical review of the project, published by technology magazine Wired. The eagerly anticipated Apple Park finally began welcoming the tech giant’s employees in April 2017, eight years since the late Steve Jobs hired

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Edmonds + Lee creates white Switchback House for sloped street in San Francisco

June 12, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

The founders of US firm Edmonds + Lee Architects designed this urban dwelling for themselves, including a bright white facade, a slanted roof and retractable glass walls. Located in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighbourhood, the Switchback House sits on a steep road lined with low-scale dwellings. The site was formerly occupied by a modest, one-storey

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates Blue Bottle coffeeshop within historic San Francisco building

June 7, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

A display system made of stacked and suspended wooden boxes forms a signature feature in this new Blue Bottle cafe, which occupies part of a 1920s brick building in downtown San Francisco. Situated in the city’s South of Market district, the cafe sits within a nearly century-old brick structure that once housed a Kohler plumbing

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates Blue Bottle coffeeshop within historic San Francisco building

June 7, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

A display system made of stacked and suspended wooden boxes forms a signature feature in this new Blue Bottle cafe, which occupies part of a 1920s brick building in downtown San Francisco. Situated in the city’s South of Market district, the cafe sits within a nearly century-old brick structure that once housed a Kohler plumbing

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates Blue Bottle coffeeshop within historic San Francisco building

June 7, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

A display system made of stacked and suspended wooden boxes forms a signature feature in this new Blue Bottle cafe, which occupies part of a 1920s brick building in downtown San Francisco. Situated in the city’s South of Market district, the cafe sits within a nearly century-old brick structure that once housed a Kohler plumbing

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House is an early example of Mayan Revival architecture

June 6, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

In celebration of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th birthday this week, we’re looking back at five of his most pioneering projects. Next up is the Hollyhock House, which was influenced by the style of seventh-century Mayan temples. Located in the East Hollywood neighbourhood of Los Angeles, Hollyhock House was completed between 1919 and 1921. As Wright’s first house

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“Designed in California” is the new “made in Italy” according to Design Museum exhibition

May 24, 2017 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Skateboards, Snapchat Spectacles, an early Gay Pride flag and a self-driving car sit side by side in a new Design Museum exhibition that explores how California has become the new centre of the design industry. Called California: Designing Freedom, the exhibition documents the American west-coast counterculture movements of the 1960s, and looks at how they fed into today’s

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Brooks + Scarpa completes The Six housing for LA’s homeless and disabled veterans

May 16, 2017 John Trujillo 0

California architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has designed a low-cost housing development in Los Angeles to accommodate displaced service members. Commissioned by Skid Row Housing Trust, a local homeless-advocacy group, The Six offers low-cost, permanent housing for homeless and/or disabled veterans in the region. Veterans make up three per cent of LA’s population, but account

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