Articles by Laura Mirviss

Editors' Picks 2015: Highlights from NYCxDESIGN and ICFF

Laura Mirviss Rita Catinella Orrell
May 22, 2015
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Stephen Johnson created synthetic dough for this colorful tabletop in the new Play collection for Decode.  Product designers descended on New York last week for NYCxDESIGN, an annual week-long celebration of design in May that includes the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, WantedDesign, BKLYN Designs and dozens of other events and showcases in warehouses, galleries, showrooms, and studios throughout the city. RECORD's team scouted the venues for the best and most interesting product innovations. Click the image above to view a slide show of our favorites. Rita Catinella Orrell writes about product design at designythings.com and architectstoybox.com.
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Galveston Fire Station #4

Fighting Fire in Style: A coastal community ravaged by Hurricane Ike rebuilds one of its fire stations with an eye toward the next storm.
Laura Mirviss
March 16, 2015
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A coastal community ravaged by Hurricane Ike rebuilds one of its fire stations with an eye toward the next storm. Don't let the miles of seaside kitsch fool you: Galveston, Texas, is no ordinary beach town.


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Merge Architects, Boston

A nimble firm builds projects on a budget by immersing itself in the nitty-gritty details of fabrication and construction.
Laura Mirviss
December 16, 2014
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Elizabeth Whittaker, the principal of Merge Architects, doesn't take rejection personally. Working in Boston—a city that has historically lacked an appetite for contemporary architecture


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AIA Chooses Moshe Safdie Over Venturi Scott Brown for Gold Medal

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Cathleen McGuigan Laura Mirviss
December 11, 2014
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“It’s not ripping my flesh off,” says Denise Scott Brown of the loss. Photo Venturi Scott Brown and Associates Denise Scott Brown in Las Vegas in 1968. There’s a long shadow hanging over the AIA Gold Medal for 2015. Yesterday, the institute announced that Moshe Safdie is next year’s winner—a surprise for those who were expecting Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown to get the prize. This was the first year Venturi and Scott Brown were jointly eligible because of a change in the rules to allow two architects to win the award together. That change was made in the
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Portland, In-demand Cities

In Demand Cities: Portland

Oregon's largest city embraces high-density living.
Laura Mirviss
October 16, 2014
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Portland is a strange land: a place where curbside compost is picked up more frequently than garbage, where the first new bridge over the Willamette River in 40 years doesn't allow private cars, and where the mayor would like to build tiny houses for the homeless on public property.


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Blue Stratus

Blue Stratus, a luminous ceiling installation at a new shuttle station serving the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, was designed by Mario Madayag, Michael Parekowhai, and Paul Deeb.
Laura Mirviss
August 16, 2014
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Art is at the heart of the architecture of the recently completed HOK-designed shuttle stations serving the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Among the half-dozen works on view, Blue Stratus, a luminous ceiling installation, serves as a bold entrance to this major new point of access to the airport.


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