Alda Ly Is Raising the Bar for What Healthcare Should Look and Feel Like
A new health and wellness center in Manhattan takes cues from hospitality design.
Author: Elissaveta M. Brandon
Three Adaptive Reuse Projects in North Carolina Reinvent Historic Mills
Architects and developers are transforming these staples of the South—located throughout a 120-mile region from Winston-Salem to Fayetteville—into infrastructure fit for today.
An Exhibition in Singapore Challenges the Meaning of Repair
R for Repair shines a spotlight on the throwaway economy by pairing ten local designers with ten broken objects in need of a fresh lease of life.
BKSK Architect's Tammany Hall Restoration Draws on Lenape Symbolism
In a recent restoration project, the Manhattan-based architecture firm inserted a glass dome in the likeness of a tortoise on top of the Union Square building.
Fala Atelier's Latest House Is Not a House
The Portuguese architecture practice has transformed an old clothing factory into an experimental, flexible apartment. Except, according to the firm: "It's not a house."
A Parking Lot Becomes a Vibrant and Versatile Public Space—For Now
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Starlight Square serves as an ideal community center in the age of social-distancing.
“Texture + Transparency” Takes Viewers on a Virtual Tour of the Glass House Complex
The series uses 3D laser scanning and motion-control photography to reveal new facets of the iconic estate.
A 1940s-Era Motel in Vegas Offers a Lesson in Historic Preservation and Human Resilience
Former motel, Fergusons Downtown, has been transformed into a retail and community hub boasting shops, event spaces, and restaurants. But how can a community stay intact in times of social distancing?
Nordstrom's Manhattan Flagship Unites Historic Landmarks and Contemporary Forms
James Carpenter Design Associates and CallisonRTKL integrate a progressive new build and waveform facade within two landmarked buildings in Nordstrom's Manhattan flagship.
A Russian Parks Program Creates Over 350 Public Spaces and Nurtures Local Design Talent
Costing less than glitzier parks in Moscow, the Tatarstan initiative is revivifying the local design and manufacturing bases with a "teach a man to fish" approach.
Junya Ishigami’s New Park Turns Moscow’s Polytechnic Museum into a Public Offering
Designed with local firm Wowhaus, the park contains an amphitheater, circulation routes, and new entry points into the museum’s porous new basement.
