Jony Ive on Apple Park: “It’s nice, though, isn’t it?”

July 28, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Apple’s chief designer Jonathan Ive has revealed his feelings about the tech giant’s new home, as his team prepares to move in, and photos of the building’s interior emerge. Ive has helped oversee the construction of the ring-shaped Apple Park campus, designed by architecture firm Foster + Partners, for the past eight years. It was the last

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Courtyard provides focal point for Seattle home by MW Works

July 27, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Seattle architecture firm MW Works has helped a couple to self-build this home, which is organised around a courtyard and clad in weathered reclaimed timber. MW Works designed the Helen Street house for a couple and their two dogs, who wanted to return to the city from their rural property and downsize. The corner plot

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Five design-centric eateries to dine at during NYC Restaurant Week 2017

July 26, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

New York’s annual Restaurant Week returns this summer, offering discounts at some of the city’s hottest dining spots. We’ve chosen five venues with the best interiors for those who appreciate both design and food. Organised by tourism platform NYC & Company, the event has 390 participating restaurants, serving a wide variety of cuisines across the

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Engineers propose solution for San Francisco’s sinking Millennium Tower

July 25, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

San Francisco’s sinking skyscraper has descended another inch, but engineers have come up with a potential fix. The Millennium Tower now sits 17 inches (43 centimetres) lower than when it opened in 2008 – down a further inch in the past seven months – according to local news source SFGate. The 58-storey luxury condominium tower

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Boutique hotel in Cabo offers design store, food carts and mezcal bar

July 24, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Guests staying in the minimal rooms at this small hotel in Los Cabos, Mexico, can also dine from on-site food carts, sample local booze and shop products by Mexican designers. The Drift San Jose hotel sits in the historic centre of San José del Cabo, a resort town at the southern tip of the Baja

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Matter curates show home at The Standish condominiums in Brooklyn

July 20, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

New York design showroom and gallery Matter has outfitted a model apartment in a historic Brooklyn Heights hotel undergoing conversion into residences. Matter selected and styled the furniture and accessories for one of 29 condos inside the 12-storey building that once housed the Standish Arms Hotel, completed by local architect FS Lowe in 1903. Developers

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Loop NYC driverless-car proposal offers Manhattanites more time and green space

July 19, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio Edg has proposed converting some of Manhattan’s major roads into public-transit highways for driverless vehicles, in order to reduce travel times and turn the island’s central thoroughfares into landscaped parks. Edg’s project, named Loop NYC, envisions swapping existing cross streets and highways for “driverless expressways” that could shuttle people around the city

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MAD unveils “extraterrestrial” campus for electric car brand Faraday Future

July 18, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Chinese architecture studio MAD has designed a sci-fi-influenced headquarters for Faraday Future, a new car company focussed on electric vehicles, in Northern California. Faraday Future (FF) plans to move from its current Los Angeles base to the new campus, which it is hoped will allow the fledgling company to expand its research and development. The company recently announced the

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Zaha Hadid’s 520 West 28th condo building in New York nears completion

July 17, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Instagram users are capturing the sinuous facades of Zaha Hadid Architects’ first building in New York City as it moves towards completion in Chelsea. Zaha Hadid Architects’ 520 West 28th abuts the popular High Line elevated park, providing a vantage point for photographers to document its construction progress. A post shared by Sine Cera (@edgaskin) on

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