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Equinox Fitness Clubs: Design Matters
(17 November 2009) - Advertorial content: Equinox Fitness Clubs takes the design of their clubs very seriously—as of course we think they should. We sat down with Aaron Richter, AIA, the VP of Design, who told us a bit about what he and his team think about every day to make the clubs look good, stay fresh and wear well. Many gyms want to have as many members as...
(17 November 2009) - Advertorial content: Equinox Fitness Clubs takes the design of their clubs very seriously—as of course we think they should. We sat down with Aaron Richter, AIA, the VP of Design, who told us a bit about what he and his team think about every day to make the clubs look good, stay fresh and wear well. Many gyms want to have as many members as...
Frank Gehry: The Houses
(17 November 2009) - by Anna Carnick Beginning with an insightful quote, Rizzoli’s newest architectural book Frank Gehry: The Houses illustrates his philosophy that "You can learn from the past, but you can’t continue to be in the past; history is not a substitute for imagination." The retrospective of Gehry’s seminal residential designs over the years includes his work before achieving fame for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao...
(17 November 2009) - by Anna Carnick Beginning with an insightful quote, Rizzoli’s newest architectural book Frank Gehry: The Houses illustrates his philosophy that "You can learn from the past, but you can’t continue to be in the past; history is not a substitute for imagination." The retrospective of Gehry’s seminal residential designs over the years includes his work before achieving fame for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao...
Openshop Studio
(12 November 2009) - by Andi Teran The typical architecture firm would never tell a client, “We don’t know what we’re doing,” or describe its method as “DEEP PLAY” (yes, all caps). Openshop Studio, however, is anything but typical. Headed by Adam Hayes and Mark Kroeckel, the nine-year-old studio is an environment where a wayward motorcycle is at home in the kitchen. Using the bike as its mascot, Openshop...
(12 November 2009) - by Andi Teran The typical architecture firm would never tell a client, “We don’t know what we’re doing,” or describe its method as “DEEP PLAY” (yes, all caps). Openshop Studio, however, is anything but typical. Headed by Adam Hayes and Mark Kroeckel, the nine-year-old studio is an environment where a wayward motorcycle is at home in the kitchen. Using the bike as its mascot, Openshop...
Kelly Gorham: The Stones Have Memories
(05 November 2009) - Commemorating the 9 November 2009 unifying of Berlin, photojournalist Kelly Gorham's newest show, The Stones Have Memories studies the wall, looking at the structure as a modern architectural ruin. While much of the infamous barrier has since been razed, the Berlin of today still bears the scars of its former partition. Brilliantly captured by Gorham, the photographer portrays a city once divided between the...
(05 November 2009) - Commemorating the 9 November 2009 unifying of Berlin, photojournalist Kelly Gorham's newest show, The Stones Have Memories studies the wall, looking at the structure as a modern architectural ruin. While much of the infamous barrier has since been razed, the Berlin of today still bears the scars of its former partition. Brilliantly captured by Gorham, the photographer portrays a city once divided between the...
Architizer
(02 November 2009) - An entirely ubiquitous medium, it can be difficult to remain current on the progress surrounding the transglobal field of architecture. Architizer, a new website, aims to bring unification to the discipline by tracking daily innovations and linking architects, firms and clients around the globe. Created by architects at the Manhattan firm HollwichKushner, Architizer simulates the style of a social networking site, focusing on the...
(02 November 2009) - An entirely ubiquitous medium, it can be difficult to remain current on the progress surrounding the transglobal field of architecture. Architizer, a new website, aims to bring unification to the discipline by tracking daily innovations and linking architects, firms and clients around the globe. Created by architects at the Manhattan firm HollwichKushner, Architizer simulates the style of a social networking site, focusing on the...
BonFire Jewelry
(19 October 2009) - Conceived while building a health center on a reservation in Nova Scotia, Rachel Hawkes Cameron's line of laser-cut acrylic jewelry—aptly called BonFire—features playful pendants of tepees, feathers and more on hand-beaded strings. Playful but assiduously designed, the clean form of each piece speaks to Cameron's architectural background, maintaining a subtlety perfect for everyday wear. Adored by Robert Verdi, the BonFire collection became a fashion...
(19 October 2009) - Conceived while building a health center on a reservation in Nova Scotia, Rachel Hawkes Cameron's line of laser-cut acrylic jewelry—aptly called BonFire—features playful pendants of tepees, feathers and more on hand-beaded strings. Playful but assiduously designed, the clean form of each piece speaks to Cameron's architectural background, maintaining a subtlety perfect for everyday wear. Adored by Robert Verdi, the BonFire collection became a fashion...
Richard Meier: Architect Volume 5
(08 October 2009) - by Anna Carnick In celebration of Richard Meier Studio’s 45th anniversary, Rizzoli new monograph looks at the Pritzker Prize-winning American architect's recent work. Titled "Richard Meier Architect Volume 5," this latest volume reveals that time hast slowed Meier down at all. Focusing on his work between 2004 and 2009, the book offers a thorough and intimate understanding of Meier’s style—particularly the qualities of light...
(08 October 2009) - by Anna Carnick In celebration of Richard Meier Studio’s 45th anniversary, Rizzoli new monograph looks at the Pritzker Prize-winning American architect's recent work. Titled "Richard Meier Architect Volume 5," this latest volume reveals that time hast slowed Meier down at all. Focusing on his work between 2004 and 2009, the book offers a thorough and intimate understanding of Meier’s style—particularly the qualities of light...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Sergio Rodrigues
(05 October 2009) - by Gregory Mitnick Visiting Sergio Rodrigues at his NYC gallery Espasso, this video checks in with the iconic Brazilian designer and architect to celebrate the relaunch of his "Chifruda" chair. Translated as "the horned one" in reference to cuckoldry, the chair's return comes thanks to the discovery of the original in a Rio pawn shop last year. In our interview, the playfully witty octogenarian imagines...
(05 October 2009) - by Gregory Mitnick Visiting Sergio Rodrigues at his NYC gallery Espasso, this video checks in with the iconic Brazilian designer and architect to celebrate the relaunch of his "Chifruda" chair. Translated as "the horned one" in reference to cuckoldry, the chair's return comes thanks to the discovery of the original in a Rio pawn shop last year. In our interview, the playfully witty octogenarian imagines...
Facet Design Trend PDF
(10 September 2009) - by Laura Neilson The creative hub Everyone is an Art Director, a website sharing art and design for all, recently launched its first trend publication—a 217-page visual study on Facet Design and its widespread use in contemporary design. The PDF—free for download—serves as a digital inspiration board, featuring an array of stellar examples of this visually-arresting design theory. The concept of flat surfaces taking...
(10 September 2009) - by Laura Neilson The creative hub Everyone is an Art Director, a website sharing art and design for all, recently launched its first trend publication—a 217-page visual study on Facet Design and its widespread use in contemporary design. The PDF—free for download—serves as a digital inspiration board, featuring an array of stellar examples of this visually-arresting design theory. The concept of flat surfaces taking...
Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and Architecture
(06 August 2009) - by Tamara Warren In fashion and art circles alike, the palpable buzz for the September release of " Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and Architecture" comes from the French brand's pairing of their coveted insignia with artistic sensibilities. Best embodied in the art handbag, couture collectors continue to hunt for limited editions of the Stephen Sprouse, Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami designs, both for daily use...
(06 August 2009) - by Tamara Warren In fashion and art circles alike, the palpable buzz for the September release of " Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and Architecture" comes from the French brand's pairing of their coveted insignia with artistic sensibilities. Best embodied in the art handbag, couture collectors continue to hunt for limited editions of the Stephen Sprouse, Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami designs, both for daily use...
Kimber Modern Bed and Breakfast
(04 August 2009) - While in Austin recently, I spent a couple of nights at a beautifully designed new hotel called the Kimber Modern, located in the happening SOCO area, just a short hop, skip and sideways roll to the bustling hive of restaurants and cafes along South Congress. The hotel features more than a few twists, including stunningly elegant and contemporary architecture with subtle splashes of color...
(04 August 2009) - While in Austin recently, I spent a couple of nights at a beautifully designed new hotel called the Kimber Modern, located in the happening SOCO area, just a short hop, skip and sideways roll to the bustling hive of restaurants and cafes along South Congress. The hotel features more than a few twists, including stunningly elegant and contemporary architecture with subtle splashes of color...
La Rinascente Design Supermarket
(30 July 2009) - by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab The Design Supermarket, a new floor entirely devoted to design in its multiple expressions, debuted recently as part of Milanese shopping icon La Rinascente's ongoing renovation. Over the past four years, international architects and designers such as Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Cibic & Partners, Dordoni Architetti, Vincent Van Duysen and Future Systems, have been transforming the seven-floor department store...
(30 July 2009) - by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab The Design Supermarket, a new floor entirely devoted to design in its multiple expressions, debuted recently as part of Milanese shopping icon La Rinascente's ongoing renovation. Over the past four years, international architects and designers such as Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Cibic & Partners, Dordoni Architetti, Vincent Van Duysen and Future Systems, have been transforming the seven-floor department store...
Searching For True: Cutler Anderson Architects
(28 July 2009) - We love nature and we love innovative architecture. Cutler Anderson Architects showcase their amazing ability to combine the two in "Searching For True," an upcoming compilation of 22 of their most impressive projects. These projects range from chic, expansive forested villas to an inconspicuous yet undeniably moving Armed Forces Memorial. No matter what the task at hand, Cutler insists that "each material has its...
(28 July 2009) - We love nature and we love innovative architecture. Cutler Anderson Architects showcase their amazing ability to combine the two in "Searching For True," an upcoming compilation of 22 of their most impressive projects. These projects range from chic, expansive forested villas to an inconspicuous yet undeniably moving Armed Forces Memorial. No matter what the task at hand, Cutler insists that "each material has its...
Extreme Architecture: Building For Challenging Environments
(27 July 2009) - Tough terrain doesn't make construction easy, but Ruth Slavid's upcoming book "Extreme Architecture: Building For Challenging Environments" proves that it's not only feasible, but the outcome is completely worth the effort. A journey through the elements, the book covers the major environmental factors—hot, cold, high, wet and space—categorized into five chapters and led by a brief summary explaining the difficulties of each climate. The...
(27 July 2009) - Tough terrain doesn't make construction easy, but Ruth Slavid's upcoming book "Extreme Architecture: Building For Challenging Environments" proves that it's not only feasible, but the outcome is completely worth the effort. A journey through the elements, the book covers the major environmental factors—hot, cold, high, wet and space—categorized into five chapters and led by a brief summary explaining the difficulties of each climate. The...
Holger Schubert Maserati Garage
(24 July 2009) - by Tamara Warren A beautiful car deserves a beautiful garage, and Holger Schubert’s minimalist 1200-square-foot carport for Maserati's Design Driven competition is exactly that. Overlooking western Los Angeles, Schubert's winning design has a setting more akin to an art gallery than a garage. Accessed by a separate driveway bridge, the sustainable structure allows the car to remain the focal point of the airy elevated garage....
(24 July 2009) - by Tamara Warren A beautiful car deserves a beautiful garage, and Holger Schubert’s minimalist 1200-square-foot carport for Maserati's Design Driven competition is exactly that. Overlooking western Los Angeles, Schubert's winning design has a setting more akin to an art gallery than a garage. Accessed by a separate driveway bridge, the sustainable structure allows the car to remain the focal point of the airy elevated garage....
The Architecture of Parking
(24 July 2009) - If architecture is, as Mies van der Rohe held, "the will of an epoch translated into space," then it's no surprise that a rabid proclivity towards parking structures marks the last century. Born out of an increasing reliance on cars, the design of parking garages range from the mundane to profound. Oftentimes, though, they're mistaken as purely utilitarian structures that have nothing to add...
(24 July 2009) - If architecture is, as Mies van der Rohe held, "the will of an epoch translated into space," then it's no surprise that a rabid proclivity towards parking structures marks the last century. Born out of an increasing reliance on cars, the design of parking garages range from the mundane to profound. Oftentimes, though, they're mistaken as purely utilitarian structures that have nothing to add...
Frank Restaurant
(17 July 2009) - Designed by and named after the iconic architect Frank Gehry, Toronto's Frank makes a tasty complement to the beautiful buildings of the Art Gallery of Ontario that houses it. The stunningly chic interior design is a work of art in its own right, featuring modern Danish furnishings and an installation of Frank Stella's work. And the restaurant itself benefits from the oversight of executive...
(17 July 2009) - Designed by and named after the iconic architect Frank Gehry, Toronto's Frank makes a tasty complement to the beautiful buildings of the Art Gallery of Ontario that houses it. The stunningly chic interior design is a work of art in its own right, featuring modern Danish furnishings and an installation of Frank Stella's work. And the restaurant itself benefits from the oversight of executive...
Macro | Sea Dumpster Pools
(08 July 2009) - Transforming a dumpster into a pool in a mere twelve days, the creative developers behind Macro | Sea are quickly changing sections of Brooklyn's urban landscape from an industrial wasteland to a pool party. The pool project is a subsidiary of NY-based Macro | Sea's larger mission to transform defunct strip malls into pleasant community spaces where people can congregate. The concept was a...
(08 July 2009) - Transforming a dumpster into a pool in a mere twelve days, the creative developers behind Macro | Sea are quickly changing sections of Brooklyn's urban landscape from an industrial wasteland to a pool party. The pool project is a subsidiary of NY-based Macro | Sea's larger mission to transform defunct strip malls into pleasant community spaces where people can congregate. The concept was a...
Steven Guarnaccia: The Three Little Pigs
(07 July 2009) - Illustrator and former New York Times Op-Ed art director Steven Guarnaccia reinvents a childhood classic with his recent architecture-inspired version of "The Three Little Pigs." This time around the three pigs are Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry, fighting to keep the big bad wolf from blowing down houses made of glass, stone, mortar and brick designed by great architects of the...
(07 July 2009) - Illustrator and former New York Times Op-Ed art director Steven Guarnaccia reinvents a childhood classic with his recent architecture-inspired version of "The Three Little Pigs." This time around the three pigs are Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry, fighting to keep the big bad wolf from blowing down houses made of glass, stone, mortar and brick designed by great architects of the...
Domecage Prisons
(03 July 2009) - by Richard Dewitt "I like to call them Sportdomes, not cages," says prison architect Willem Van der Sluis. Indeed, his unusual 2007 project in the Zaandam industrial zone in the Netherlands consists of conjoined geodesic domes that don't look like cages at all. But, these spaces, designed for playing sports, prevent soccer or basketball players from escaping; the users are inmates. Starting with the...
(03 July 2009) - by Richard Dewitt "I like to call them Sportdomes, not cages," says prison architect Willem Van der Sluis. Indeed, his unusual 2007 project in the Zaandam industrial zone in the Netherlands consists of conjoined geodesic domes that don't look like cages at all. But, these spaces, designed for playing sports, prevent soccer or basketball players from escaping; the users are inmates. Starting with the...
Héctor Zamora: Sciame di Dirigibili
(01 June 2009) - The installation "Sciame di Dirigibili" by Mexico-born, Brazilian resident Héctor Zamora is jump-starting the exciting kickoff of the six-month-long 53rd Venice Biennale, offering us a glimpse at what will have festival-goers remembering the event for biennials to come. Zamora wedged a life-size zeppelin between buildings at the Arsenale—where a majority of the events take place—saluting the former era of air balloon festivals that captivated...
(01 June 2009) - The installation "Sciame di Dirigibili" by Mexico-born, Brazilian resident Héctor Zamora is jump-starting the exciting kickoff of the six-month-long 53rd Venice Biennale, offering us a glimpse at what will have festival-goers remembering the event for biennials to come. Zamora wedged a life-size zeppelin between buildings at the Arsenale—where a majority of the events take place—saluting the former era of air balloon festivals that captivated...
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" House for Sale
(27 May 2009) - Tucked away in the woods of Chicago, this four-bed, four-bath is a modernist masterpiece, but might be more well-know for its starring role in the painfully infamous car scene of the feature film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Its reprise on the web currently comes from its recent listing on the market for $2.3 million. Two steel-and-glass buildings make up this peaceful palace with the...
(27 May 2009) - Tucked away in the woods of Chicago, this four-bed, four-bath is a modernist masterpiece, but might be more well-know for its starring role in the painfully infamous car scene of the feature film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Its reprise on the web currently comes from its recent listing on the market for $2.3 million. Two steel-and-glass buildings make up this peaceful palace with the...
Japan Brand Pop Up Shop: Hitoma Portable Tea Room
(26 May 2009) - by Ariston Anderson The Japan Brand Pop Up Shop, currently at NYC's Felissimo through 30 May 2009, is full of the latest fashion accessories, kitchen props and home décor straight from Japan, but what really caught our eye was Hitoma—an enormous portable tea room meant to easily turn any room into the perfect tea or meditation retreat. The project's title, Hitoma, signifies a room used...
(26 May 2009) - by Ariston Anderson The Japan Brand Pop Up Shop, currently at NYC's Felissimo through 30 May 2009, is full of the latest fashion accessories, kitchen props and home décor straight from Japan, but what really caught our eye was Hitoma—an enormous portable tea room meant to easily turn any room into the perfect tea or meditation retreat. The project's title, Hitoma, signifies a room used...
Bastard Bowl x Studiometrico: Comvert Store and Indoor Skate Park
(19 May 2009) - Converting an old cinema theater into a skateboarder's paradise, Italian design firm Studiometrico showed off their innovative talent when creating the Bastard Bowl for the HQ of skate and snowboard company Comvert. By suspending the bowl from the ceiling, the design leaves the bottom portion open for retail space, where Comvert sells gear under the brand name Bastard. The combination of flagship store and...
(19 May 2009) - Converting an old cinema theater into a skateboarder's paradise, Italian design firm Studiometrico showed off their innovative talent when creating the Bastard Bowl for the HQ of skate and snowboard company Comvert. By suspending the bowl from the ceiling, the design leaves the bottom portion open for retail space, where Comvert sells gear under the brand name Bastard. The combination of flagship store and...
Billes Architecture Home Design Competition
(17 April 2009) - Recently, Cool Hunting was invited to participate as a guest judge in the Billes Architecture Home Design Competition, a student competition aimed at fostering new designs for affordable housing in New Orleans' most devastated neighborhoods. Students from 16 U.S. and five Canadian universities were invited to submit their proposals in the hopes of earning a $1,000 cash prize, but more importantly, working with Billes Architecture...
(17 April 2009) - Recently, Cool Hunting was invited to participate as a guest judge in the Billes Architecture Home Design Competition, a student competition aimed at fostering new designs for affordable housing in New Orleans' most devastated neighborhoods. Students from 16 U.S. and five Canadian universities were invited to submit their proposals in the hopes of earning a $1,000 cash prize, but more importantly, working with Billes Architecture...
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