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Archtober, a month-long tribute to architecture and design in New York, is turning 10—and the Center for Architecture has put together an impressive mix of in-person and digital tours, exhibitions, and events across all five boroughs for this year’s iteration. "Building of the Day," the long-popular architect-led tours, are now going virtual, and will include Little Island by Heatherwick Studio, the Marcel Breuer Buildings at the Bronx Community College, the High Line by James Corner Field Operations, and the Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor by Gluckman Tang Architects. New Yorkers who would rather escape the city for a spell should consider the three-hour tour of Art Omi Sculpture & Architecture Park in Ghent, in the Hudson Valley, led by architecture director Warren James, or a tour of Steven Holl Architects’ the Ex of In House in Rhinebeck.
“During summer there is so much greenery, and it grows and changes every day. It’s very different in the autumn and winter—even the acoustics are different,
The traditional 17th century-style Shofuso Japanese House and Garden sits in Philadelphia’s West Fairmount Park. It is here that the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia is presenting Shofuso and Modernism: Mid-Century Collaboration Between Japan and Philadelphia. Also available virtually, the exhibition pays tribute to the friendship and cross-cultural exchanges between the house’s architect, Junzo Yoshimura—who first built it for an exhibition at MoMA in New York—woodworker George Nakashima, designer Noémi Pernessin Raymond, and architect Antonin Raymond through a collection of images, objects, and artifacts.
After the success of London Design Festival, it’s now time for London Craft Week (September 30-October 10), a celebration of makers, designers, brands, and galleries chock-full of demonstrations, exhibitions, and workshops. "The Natural Room" at Sarah Myerscough Gallery, for example, illuminates pieces that honor organic materials like wood, jute, sisal, and willow. The work of emerging makers is intertwined with those by established artists and craftspeople in "300 Objects," curated by heavyweights including Martin Brudnizki and Yinka Ilori, and handmade Mexican objects get the spotlight in "Revolution of Forms."
For its 10 year anniversary, LA Design Festival (September 24-27) boasts as eclectic a lineup as ever. Installations by the likes of Brendan Ravenhill, Block Shop Textiles, Stephen Kenn, Studio Warm, Liqui, and Concrete Geometric will brighten ROW DTLA. Here, designer and theorist Demar Matthews will also reveal his "Unearthing a Black Aesthetic" project, a sustainable live/work unit that embodies and grows out of Black culture, specifically capturing the lifestyles and values of residents in the Watts neighborhood. There is also a 3D-printed pop-up ADU from Mighty Buildings, virtual tours of Walter White’s midcentury Wave House in Palm Desert, as well as a trifecta of East Hollywood workshops, including Estudio Persona, Cuff Studio, and Bradley Duncan Studio.
American designer Willi Smith aimed to democratize fashion, and by melding his clothing with contemporary architecture in the WilliWear boutiques and showrooms designed by New York architecture and environmental arts studio SITE in the 1970s and ’80s, he underscored that philosophy. In tandem with its exhibition Willi Smith: Street Couture, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York offers the virtual panel discussion "Rebellion in Design: Developing a Blueprint for the Future" (September 23). Featuring SITE founder James Wines, interdisciplinary architect Oana Stănescu, and Virgil Abloh, chief creative director and founder of Off-White and men’s artistic director at Louis Vuitton, it examines the unlikely connections between fashion and architecture.
Brian Clarke is one of the world’s most esteemed artists working with stained glass today. In the comprehensive exhibition Brian Clarke: The Art of Light at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York (through February 21, 2021), which also includes compositions in lead and related drawings, more than 20 of the Brit's free-standing glass screens, their saturated colors playing with light, take center stage.
Concrete, instrumental to the Bauhaus design movement, greatly influenced the Swiss Style font, more formally known as International Typographic Style, in the 1950s. The Swiss Grid (through February 14, 2021) at New York’s Poster House museum shows how it was a graphic design powerhouse for decades, embracing geometric grid structures that yielded a crisp, streamlined, and timeless look.
Running from September 3 to 5, the annual showcase in Copenhagen reveals resonant new themes in interior design.
"How would a kid draw a house?" architect Per Franson asked himself when designing the Olivero-Reinius family home. The simple prefab structure’s unusual color comes from a traditional source: falu rödfärg, the historic mineral paint that gives the region’s famous barns their red color.
Park Avenue Prewar Apartment by Michael K. Chen Architecture
Built as a live/work space for a sculptor, Indigo by Dutch practice Woonpioniers is an eco-friendly, prefabricated cabin with bent wooden walls. The low-slung bed in the loft accentuates the height of the pitched roof and mimics the experience of camping in the woods.
An elegant timber screen at the kitchen maintains a sense of porosity, as well as lets in light and breeze while filtering kitchen mess or activity. The tactility of the Carl Hansen Wishbone dining chairs matches the kitchen screen panels.
The "Jungle Room" is swathed in Benjamin Moore’s Lehigh Green.
"The colonnade arches are turned upside down as they are better for sitting in and for playing (bombies into the pool and chasing through the garden)," say the architects.
On average, we spend about a third of our lives asleep. Shop our picks for bedding that makes it time well spent.
The home is elegantly set into its surroundings and overlooks a serene garden patio with a koi pond.
The Bergamaschis don’t have an end date in mind for their journey—for now, they are calling the open road home.
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