Search results for: “architecture”
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Miami’s new vice – an addiction to star architects
The Florida city’s main asset was once a TV police series. Now, with an influx of money and art, it is America’s fastest-changing city. Can it do better than build a series of trophy buildings?
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Will the buildings of the future be grown underwater?
In a new exhibition, Michael Pawlyn lays out his vision for architecture inspired by the natural world – including biorock buildings grown entirely underwater and whole office blocks being lit by learning from the blind sea star
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Park Hyatt Chicago’s new contemporary art collection
Park Hyatt hospitality chain is known for investing in world-class contemporary art, architecture and design. Today, artwork at Park Hyatt hotels includes: Lucio Fontana’s 1984 sculpture “Testa Di Medusa” in the Cupola Lobby Lounge at Park Hyatt Milan; six works by Polish-American painter Ed Paschke that hang in Le Bar at Park Hyatt…
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High Lines and park life: why more green isn’t always greener for cities
Transforming old industrial areas into urban woodland may look nice but can be conterproductive in the long run
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Inside the billionaires’ superyachts: helipads, tennis courts and a missile defence system
Boat builders can now design almost anything that the mega-rich can imagine – but most just want room for a giant TV
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Poltrona Frau at 2014 imm Cologne Design Village
An atmosphere inspired by the great Italian designer and architect Gio Ponti, strongly recalling the late 1960’s, filled the Poltrona Frau‘s space at 2014 Cologne Design Week. Gio Ponti designed the Dezza armchair for Poltrona Frau in 1965. Products from the new collection come in the colours of the Ponti tradition, evoking a Mediterranean atmosphere.…