"Architecture is finally moving beyond a homogeneous status quo"
Opinion: the Chicago Architecture Biennial's diverse range of participants and mediums offers hope for the future of the discipline, despite protestations from self-appointed "gatekeepers" of the profession like Patrik Schumacher, says Mimi Zeiger.
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Anouk van de Sande's Print in Motion garments create moiré effects
As the lines move past each other, the patterns create a visual effect known as moiré. Print in Motion by Anouk van de Sande for Dutch Design Week 2015. The effect has previously been used by other designers to create a range of jewellery and a …
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Alloy completes skinny townhouses in Brooklyn's most expensive neighbourhood
Artists and New Yorkers looking for affordable studios and loft-style apartments started moving in to the area, and it went through a rapid period of gentrification in the 1990s. Still home to a number of leading galleries, it has more recently become …
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BIG unveils design for urban neighbourhood on site of former Pittsburgh hockey …
"BIG's masterplan seeks to become a catalyst for future investment into the Hill District, moving beyond the standard sustainability solutions and reversing a tendency to vacate, and instead to refocus and reinvest into building a strong community …
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SO-IL creates flexible light-filled showroom for Versace's New York headquarters
The structures can be moved along brass tracks in the floor, to enable them to "glide and rotate through the space and continuously redefine the surroundings and experience". Versace New York showroom by SO-IL. They can form intimate areas for private …
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Is Trevor Noah set for 'The Daily Show'? Let the 'cultural chameleon' fill you in
(Watching "Raw" as an aspiring comedian was like "someone showing you a skyscraper when you're busy building Legos"; society is always moving in the direction of progress, "like an iPhone.") It's a trait he says comes from growing up in a Bible-reading …
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