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Smith Hanes Studio brings “a sense of calm” to Carmel restaurant in Atlanta

July 22, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Atlanta-based Smith Hanes Studio has used a palette of natural colours and materials to help diners at this restaurant imagine they’re beside a beach. A laid-back, coastal vibe was the goal for the Carmel restaurant, located on a cobblestone street in Atlanta’s Buckhead Village. Founder Tal Baum of Oliva Restaurant Group wanted to create a

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“Hip hop has always had to be sustainable” says Atlanta hip-hop architecture exhibition curator

November 1, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture uses many of the same creative principles as hip-hop music, the curator of an exhibition tracking the relationship between the musical genre and designing buildings, Sekou Cooke, says in this interview. Titled “Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture”, the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) exhibition showcases the work of 34 designers,

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Floral installations decorate Atrium bar in Atlanta by Smith Hanes Studio

April 9, 2022 Dan Howarth 0
The Bistro at Atrium in Atlanta

Handmade fluted ceramic tiles, pink blown-glass lighting and tropical patterned fabrics all feature in this Atlanta bar and restaurant by local architecture firm Smith Hanes Studio. Atrium opened earlier this year inside Ponce City Market, located in the city’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood northeast of Downtown. The mixed-use development contains a variety of restaurants and

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Furniture collection Brite Bodies is a “kaleidoscopic nod” to the work of influential creatives

June 7, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Brite Bodies furniture collection

Interior designers Kate Hayes and Krista Sharif have created Brite Bodies, a debut collection of colourful furniture informed by the work of creatives including Vivienne Westwood and Ettore Sottsass. Brite Bodies comprises 11 designs and is the first furniture range from the eponymous Atlanta-based studio, which was co-founded by Hayes and Sharif. Featuring coffee and martini

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Giant photovoltaic canopy tops net-positive Kendeda Building in Atlanta

June 6, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0
The Kendeda Building

US firms Miller Hull Partnership and Lord Aeck Sargent have designed a highly sustainable building at Georgia Tech university that generates more electricity and recycles more water than it uses. The project – officially called The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design – is located at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a public research university in central Atlanta.

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Trahan Architects creates curving wooden balconies for Atlanta theatre

November 5, 2020 India Block 0
Coca-Cola Stage at the Alliance Theater by Trahan Architects in Atlanta, Georgia

US firm Trahan Architects has renovated the Coca-Cola Stage at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, using steam-bent timber to form an undulating auditorium. Constructed in 1968, the 650-seat Alliance Theater is part of the Woodruff Arts Center campus in the state capital of Georgia. For the renovation, Trahan Architects stripped the interiors of the

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Green net shades hammocks and bird feeders in Murmuration by SO-IL

August 10, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Murmuration by SO-IL

Architecture studio SO-IL has built a green-mesh structure with suspended seating in this installation on the Renzo Piano-designed plaza of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. SO-IL created the structure to temporarily occupy the plaza in front of the extension that Italian architect Renzo Piano added to the High Museum of Art in 2005.

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Atlanta breakfast joint Pancake Social draws on simplicity of Scandinavian design

July 17, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Atlanta studio NO Architecture has teamed pale woods and white accents with retro tiles and gingham print inside this all-day breakfast eatery in the city. The Pancake Social restaurant is located in a historic brick building in Atlanta’s Ponce City Market area, which is a mixed-use community hub of food, retail, office and residential spaces.

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Alexander Wu designs himself a house on tiny plot in Atlanta

June 29, 2019 James Brillon 0
A Mews House by Alexander Wu in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta architect Alexander Wu chose one of the city’s smallest properties to build this home for his family. The two-bedroom home was a self-initiated project by Alexander Wu, who started up his architectural practice Alex Wu Architect in 2016. Wu was looking to expand his practice with residential work. His career previously focussed on institutional work while

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Jagged roof tops Jennifer Bonner’s Haus Gables in Atlanta

May 20, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Haus Gables by Jennier Bonner

American architect Jennifer Bonner has topped this slender white house in Atlanta with an asymmetrical roofline to make the most of the space on its tight plot. Bonner, who runs architecture studio MALL, completed the three-storey Haus Gables in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighbourhood. It sits on a 24-­foot­ (7.3-metre) wide plot with a breadth

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