When it comes to run-of-the-mill chain hotels—especially those close to major transit hubs like Vienna’s Westbahnhof (Western train station)—ground-floor amenities tend to be rudimentary and standardized, offering exactly the same thing regardless of location. Lobbies,… Read More »The Günter Restaurant Emerges from a Nondescript Chain Hotel in Vienna
One of the most talked-about installations during Milan Design Week was The Paper Log: Shell and Core, a project led by Satoshi Kondo of Miyake Design Studio in collaboration with Spanish architecture office Ensamble Studio.… Read More »Issey Miyake’s Milan Shop Transformed Paper Into Marble
The Rockefeller Apartments occupy a singular position in American architectural history as one of the earliest International Style residential buildings in New York, originally designed in 1936 by Wallace Harrison and J. André Fouilheux and… Read More »Two Units Become One Inside the Rockefeller Apartments
Milan Design Week can quickly descend from showcase to stress test, where my attention is divided and endurance depleted in an effort to cover everything competing to be seen. The city, as always, expanded beyond… Read More »12 Selections from Salone and Beyond
While one unfolds across water and the other over pavement, surfing and skateboarding share an almost meditative relationship to rhythm, balance, and flow. Boards become extensions of the body–conduits not only for movement, but for… Read More »Mary Ratcliffe Studio Presents the CARVER Collection
Our homes are changing fast all the while being asked to accommodate more and more functions. The same space used during the day as an office or playroom can moonlight as a lounge or sleeping… Read More »This Milan Apartment Was Reimagined as a Versatile Urban Landscape