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Newsmaker: Theaster Gates

April 30, 2014

Theaster Gates will present the 10th annual Lewis Mumford Lecture at The City College of New York on May 1. Theaster Gates is a performance artist, potter, object maker, educator, urban planner, and innovator, and he has become a catalyst for renewal on Chicago’s South Side by putting his background to use in a unique way. His Dorchester Projects transformed abandoned houses into small cultural centers. He partnered with the University of Chicago, where he is a lecturer in the Department of Visual Arts, to create the Arts Incubator for artists-in-residence in a neglected building. And he’s now working on

Dispatch from Milan: Expo Milano 2015 Focuses on an Immaterial, not Architectural, Legacy

Josephine Minutillo

April 14, 2014

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An innovative, conceptual approach aimed at tackling the challenges of world nutrition changes the role of 21st-century Universal Expositions. A model of the Italian Pavilion planned for Expo Milano 2015. After welcoming over 350,000 visitors, Milan’s Salone del Mobile closed its doors yesterday. As preparations for next year’s edition of the annual furniture fair are undoubtedly already underway, the city braces for an even bigger event in 2015 that is anticipated to bring 20 million pilgrims to the design capital over the course of six months. Related links Dispatch from Milan: Where Architects Live Dispatch from Milan: Designers Show Their

Dispatch from Milan Salone del Mobile 2014: Designers Show Their Softer Sides

Josephine Minutillo

April 9, 2014

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It is fitting that the Salone del Mobile this year takes place during a warm, sunny week in Milan, at the start of Spring.

Dispatch from Milan Salone del Mobile 2014: Where Architects Live

Josephine Minutillo

April 8, 2014

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More than any other furniture fair, the Salone del Mobile is the place for furniture manufacturers and product designers to introduce their latest creations.

Dispatch from Milan Salone del Mobile 2014: Design Week in Preview

Josephine Minutillo

April 7, 2014

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The 53rd edition of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile (International Furniture Fair) officially gets underway tomorrow, but Monday in Milan is an opportunity to preview events and product introductions throughout the city center, before the trek to the Massimiliano Fuksas-designed fairgrounds in the Eastern suburb of Rho.

Newsmaker: Dominique Perrault

Josephine Minutillo

March 21, 2014

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In July 2012, Dominique Perrault Architecture won a competition to transform France's biggest post office into a mixed-use municipal and commercial facility. The Poste Centrale du Louvre (Central Post Office of the Louvre) in Paris was built between 1880 and 1888. For French architect Dominique Perrault, 2014 is off to an impressive start. Last month, he inaugurated two new projects—DC Tower 1 in Vienna and a Grand Theater for the small town of Albi in southern France. At the same time that his Paris-based firm is designing tall buildings and large developments throughout Europe and Asia, he’s taken on several

First Look: Dominique Perrault's DC Tower 1 in Vienna

Josephine Minutillo

March 4, 2014

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The newly completed tower along the Danube is the tallest in Austria. The tower, overlooking Vienna, has a facade of folded glass planes that appear to weave in and out. The heart of Vienna lies within its famous Ringstrasse—a circular road completed nearly 150 years ago punctuated with Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Baroque, and Neo-Gothic monuments, and later, icons of Viennese Secession architecture. Like most modern capitals however, Vienna has expanded well beyond its historic center. In recent decades, the city has embraced a part of its geography it had long shied away from—the fabled Danube River. Donau City, or Danube City, began

Natural Resources Defense Council Midwest Office

Josephine Minutillo

February 15, 2014

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If it were only a case of “practice what you preach,” the sustainably designed Midwest offices of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) would offer an impressive enough example, with a new space that exploits daylight and incorporates reclaimed materials.

Hannah Arendt School

High Marks Below Grade: Limited by a dense site and preservation concerns, an Italian firm creates an underground academy in the heart of a South Tyrol city’s historic center.

Josephine Minutillo

February 15, 2014

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Limited by a dense site and preservation concerns, an Italian firm creates an underground academy in the heart of a South Tyrol city’s historic center.