Josephine Minutillo

The imaginative installations of Daniel Libeskind, Kengo Kuma, and more. "Future Flowers" by Daniel Libeskind. Each year at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, the Italian magazine Interni engages international architects and designers for temporary exhibits that become spaces for experimentation. Working off the theme "Energy for Life" of the Expo Milano 2015 (opening May 1), this year Interni presents "Energy for Creativity" at the University of Milan. Within the many courtyards of the sprawling university complex, built beginning in 1456 as a hospital, are large-scale installations by the likes of Daniel Libeskind, Alessandro Mendini, and Philippe Starck (though if

Cologne • International Furniture Fair

Josephine Minutillo

April 7, 2015

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imm Cologne has the distinction of not only being the first furniture fair of the year, but one of the biggest.

Cologne • International Furniture Fair

Josephine Minutillo

April 7, 2015

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imm Cologne has the distinction of not only being the first furniture fair of the year, but one of the biggest.

Yodelay-hee-what? Morphosis Designs Sky-High Tower for Swiss Village

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Josephine Minutillo

March 25, 2015

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How do you guarantee a view when you are in a valley in Switzerland? Thom Mayne of Morphosis decided to build as high as the mountains.

Innovations in Glass

Continuing Education: Corning Museum of Glass, New York

Reflections on the Box: A new addition at the Corning Museum of Glass by Thomas Phifer and Partners continues a tradition of invention at its upstate New York campus.

Josephine Minutillo

March 1, 2015

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A new addition at the Corning Museum of Glass by Thomas Phifer and Partners continues a tradition of invention at its upstate New York campus. Photo © Iwan Baan The addition's pristine exterior masks a series of inventive details that made it possible to sheathe the structure in a single layer of glass with few joints. To earn one AIA learning unit (LU), including one hour of health, safety, and welfare (HSW) credit, read each of the articles below, and complete the test online. Upon passing, you will receive a certificate of completion and your credit will automatically be reported

Fondation Vincent van Gogh

Fluor Architecture's renovation of a 15th century building for the Fondation Vincent van Gogh d'Arles exploits the city's brilliant sunlight.

Josephine Minutillo

February 15, 2015

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Fluor Architecture's renovation of a 15th century building for the Fondation Vincent van Gogh d'Arles exploits the city's brilliant sunlight.

Knoll to Buy B&B Italia?

Josephine Minutillo

February 10, 2015

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The first version of B&B's Landscape chaise lounge, designed by Jeffrey Bernett, was released in 2001. Rumors are swirling that Knoll—makers of such classics as Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Chair, Marcel Breuer's Wassily Chair, and Eero Saarinen's Tulip and Womb Chairs—is ready to buy contemporary Italian furniture line B&B Italia, known for stylishly elegant pieces by the likes of Antonio Citterio, Patricia Urquiola, and Mario Bellini. For its part, B&B Italia issued a denial of the rumors late Friday evening, following a story about the potential sale to Knoll on Italian website Pambianco.com, a go-to news source among Italy's

Housing Stack

Josephine Minutillo

January 1, 2015

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Photos © Daici Ano (top); Roel Backaert (middle); Duccio Malagamba (bottom) Click here to view images. Robert Venturi’s iconic 1964 house for his mother in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, a departure from the “less is more” ideal of his architectural peers at the time, offered a strong but subtle statement. In his own words, its gabled form created “an almost symbolic image of a house.” These days, you can forget subtlety. A string of recent projects takes an in-your-face approach to revive the gable once again. In Tokyo, Sou Fujimoto stacks prototypical house shapes three stories high in a wood structure.