Articles by Josephine Minutillo

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American Gothic: Westlake Reed Leskosky raises the roof in its overhaul of a music building by Minoru Yamasaki.
Josephine Minutillo
Josephine Minutillo
November 15, 2014
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Westlake Reed Leskosky raises the roof in its overhaul of a music building by Minoru Yamasaki. Visitors to Oberlin College in rural northern Ohio might be surprised by the caliber of architecture that graces its nearly 500-acre campus.


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$90 Million Restoration Nears Completion on the Largest Theater in Brooklyn

Josephine Minutillo
Josephine Minutillo
October 21, 2014
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The Kings Theatre under renovation. Shuttered for almost 40 years, the ornamental façade of the Kings Theatre—towering over the storefronts along Brooklyn, New York's busy Flatbush Avenue—stood as a sad reminder of the area’s decline, beginning in the 1970s, from a once glorious past. Now its decorative terracotta panels and sculptural flourishes are a sign of progress as the theater prepares to reopen in January 2015. The façade, however, does not come close to equaling the splendor of the newly restored interiors. Opened in 1929 as one of five Loew’s Wonder Theatres constructed in New York and New Jersey, it
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The Big Squeeze

As cities wrestle with an affordable-housing crisis, some people see micro units as one option to explore.
Josephine Minutillo
Josephine Minutillo
October 16, 2014
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As cities wrestle with an affordable-housing crisis, some people see micro units as one option to explore. Chances are, if you live in a city, you live alone. More than half of all adults living in New York, Austin, Denver, and Seattle live by themselves; in Washington, D.C., 71 percent of adults are single.


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Newsmaker: David Adjaye

Josephine Minutillo
Josephine Minutillo
October 3, 2014
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On Tuesday, David Adjaye received a W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard University, along with 12 Years a Slave filmmaker Steve McQueen, the late writer and activist Maya Angelou, and six others who were recognized for their contributions to African American culture. This fall, the architect also celebrates the opening of the early childhood education center at the base of his recently-completed Sugar Hill housing development in Harlem (click the link to read more about the building). The building combines pre-kindergarten classrooms, permanently affordable housing, and the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling. For Adjaye, who has offices
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Detroit Design Festival Highlights the Role of Design in Transforming the City

Josephine Minutillo
Josephine Minutillo
September 23, 2014
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Photo courtesy Alan Kranairz Part of the festival, the DETROIT MADE exhibition includes 10 Detroit designers, including Alan Kaniarz of Mobël Link Modern Furniture. His ZigZag chair, above, is his take on Gerrit Rietveld's 1934 model. When one thinks of Detroit, many things come to mind. Design is not usually on the top of the list. But the city is a growing design hub, home to both leading design-driven industries and a vast network of skilled workers with the know-how to make things. And its low cost of living has attracted a growing number of creatives who want to do
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Sculptural Skins

Sculptural Skins

Digital fabrication comes into its own for creating precisely crafted, complex building envelopes, even on larger projects.
Josephine Minutillo
Josephine Minutillo
September 16, 2014
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Digital fabrication has been employed in the production of everything from furniture and lighting to jewelry and cell phones, but its use for large-scale construction has been rare.


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Memorial to the Victims of Violence in Mexico

The Creative Spark: Lighting designer Gustavo Avilés illuminates the Memorial to the Victims of Violence in Mexico in Mexico City
Josephine Minutillo
Josephine Minutillo
August 16, 2014
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Lighting designer Gustavo Avilés illuminates the Memorial to the Victims of Violence in Mexico in Mexico City Erecting a monument to casualties of crime is never straightforward, and can be controversial.


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