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Bordeaux, France
Classical yet current, Bordeaux is a city that celebrates the details that comprise the whole. Architect Oliver Brochet guides our tour around the accessible tram system, the historic women,...
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Peter Augustin03.23.09 -
Lizz Chair
Kartell's indoor/outdoor Lizz chair—similar to Starck's La Marie, but designed with comfort in mind—finally arrived stateside in 2008 in seven glossy techno-polymer colors.
$285.00
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Barbara Carafe
If you have ever dreamed of Jeannie, this bottlenecked Barbara carafe—with a glass ball stopper-hopper in its base—will rub you the right way.
$69.00
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Mode All-In-One Recycling Center
An estimated 75% of household trash can be recycled. This recycling center eliminates the clutter of bottles, cans, and paper by sorting, storing, and compacting recyclables. There's also a junk...
$199.99
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Michael Van Valkenburgh on the Future of Landscape Design
Though large projects often garner the greatest attention, Michael Van Valkenburgh agrees that residential projects are also worthwhile:
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Documenting and Preserving Modernist Architecture in the Outer Cape
Beginning in the late 1930s, a group of visionary architects congregated on the isolated backshore of Wellfleet and Truro. In conjunction with the exhibition Marcel Breuer, this lecture by Peter...
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Marcel Breuer's Design and Architecture
RISD Museum assistant director James Brayton Hall will lead a discussion on the furniture and architectural design of Marcel Breuer, and the materials he favored.
03.23.09 -
Bardessono Green Hotel, Napa Valley
Northern California's wine country has the advantage of built-in open space preservation by virtue of its indispensable agricultural acreage. While there are certainly more tourist accommodations...
written by: Sarah Rich03.23.09 -
Container Cinema
As part of the cultural countdown to the winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010, media art group Springboard—a trio composed of architect Robert Duke, designers Keith Doyle and Iain Sinclair, and...
written by: Ilana Diamond03.23.09 -
Eames House of Cards
This 32 card set was designed by Charles Eames in 1952 and features images of textiles, patterns and everyday things, proving that inspiration can be found in the simplest of sources. Interlock...
$35.00
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Brücke: The Birth of Expressionism in Dresden and Berlin, 1905–1913
In 1905 four architecture students founded a new artistic movement with an emphasis on vivid color and emotional directness. This group, called Brücke ("bridge in German), founded by Frtiz Bieyl,...
03.22.09 -
Stuffed Stools
This stool might look like a simple stump, but it's actually a steel version of the real deal. Available in different heights and colors, collect them all for a full forest effect in your living room.
€199.00
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Ligne Roset Concept Boutique Opening
We love Austin for its mobile eateries, creative design, and independent spirit, and next time we visit, we’ll have one more place to go: French furnishing company Ligne Roset’s first...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.21.09 -
The Secret Lives of Urban Space
Earlier this week, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival presented a collection of six experimental short films, grouped as The Secret Lives of Urban Space, which explored...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.21.09 -
Table for Two
Whether you're planning an intimate tete-a-tete with a friend or just trying to sit down to a civilzed meal in a cramped space, sometimes you need a tinier table. Rather than tempting fate by...
03.20.09 -
Arborism Table
The delicate legs (or are they limbs?) of this trestlelike table by Nosigner grew out of a fractal algorithm called Tree Curve that used the free-form geometry of tree branches to determine their...
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Corbusier's Cabanon at RIBA
The only structure that famed architect Le Corbusier ever designed for himself has been reconstructed inside the Royal Institute of British Architects in the UK for the exhibition "Le...
written by: Laure Joliet03.20.09 -
Eames House Bird
Produced in Appalachia in the 1910s, this anonymous black bird from the Eames House rose to stardom in the 1950s when it appeared in silhouette with a group of DKR chairs. From 3-D scans of the...
$210.00
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Exhibition: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde, 1910-1917
During the years spanning the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, Russia was in spiritual, social, and cultural crisis. This exhibition explores the way Russian avant-garde poets and artists responded to...
03.20.09 -
Boolean Valley
Potter Adam Silverman and architect Nader Tehrani collaborated on this room-sized installation, which is comprised of 400 cut-clay objects that together form a topographic sculptural landscape. The...
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An Evening with Richard Longstreth
Join The Los Angeles Conservancy at the Neutra VDL House in Silver Lake for a fundraiser featuring architectural historian, author, and professor Richard Longstreth. All proceeds will go directly...
03.20.09 -
Friday Blog-Spotting
Today begins Dwell.com's Friday round-up series, in which the editors take a look back at our week in Web-reading and call out a favorite post from the blogosphere. Check out this week's editors'...
written by: Sarah Rich03.20.09 -
Greywater Installation Workshop
Interested in learning how to reuse your greywater? Then come to a three-part design and installation workshop given by The Greywater Guerrillas. ...
03.20.09 -
Spring Sale at Renegade Handmade
Stop by the brick and mortar shop, located in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, for DIY goods from over 300 independent artists. To celebrate spring, Renegade will offer 25% off select housewares...
03.20.09 -
Energy Alternatives: Weaning New York from Fossil Fuels
Ashok Gupta, Air & Energy Program Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, will moderate a discussion on practical near-term opportunities and barriers associated with the deployment of...
03.20.09
