Lydia Lee, Author at Metropolis

Apple’s New Union Square Flagship Store Emphasizes Community

Fifteen years after opening its first store, Apple has once again revamped the retail typology, adding a slew of new gathering spaces.

Lydia Lee,

Fifteen years after opening its first store, Apple has once again revamped the retail typology, adding a slew of new gathering spaces.

Keeping It Real

Lydia Lee,

The game developer Jonathan Blow turns to architects to make virtual worlds more believable.

Space Share

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A San Francisco firm known largely for its conceptual work redesigns a workplace on a shoestring budget—and then is invited to move in with the client.

Prep School

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A scrappy little organization in downtown Los Angeles provides an alternative path into top architecture schools.

Sister Tract

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In Denver, a convent becomes the locus of an unconventional community development.

Random Acts of Architecture

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By combining classic modernism with a less predictable approach, the San Francisco–based firm Ogrydziak/Prillinger Architects creates the ultimate art collectors’ house.

The Shield

Lydia Lee,

A noisy freeway inspires an ingenious sound wall for an affordable-housing complex in Silicon Valley.

Lydia Lee

Apple’s New Union Square Flagship Store Emphasizes Community

Fifteen years after opening its first store, Apple has once again revamped the retail typology, adding a slew of new gathering spaces.

Keeping It Real

Space Share

Prep School

Sister Tract

Random Acts of Architecture

The Shield

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