Category: Architecture

  • Zaha Hadid Dies At 65

    Zaha Hadid Dies At 65

    Even as I type these words, I cannot believe that one of the greatest architects in the world, Zaha Hadid, died today at age 65. It seems impossible that this powerful, talented phenomenon of a person can be stilled. It is also striking to me that one of my most cherished idols, passed away here […]

  • Met Breuer Opens March 18th

    Met Breuer Opens March 18th

     The Met Breuer media preview took place yesterday and what an amazing preview it was! Formerly the home of the Whitney, the Met Breuer in New York City is now the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new home for its modern and contemporary art collections. The Met Breuer’s program spotlights modern and contemporary art in dialogue with historic works […]

  • New Release – The Surf Club from Assouline

    New Release – The Surf Club from Assouline

    New Release – The Surf Club from Assouline Miami’s legendary Surf Club, led by the vision of Nadim Ashi and Fort Capital Management, will re-open in 2016 as The Surf Club Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, with a pool of extraordinary talents that includes Pritzker-Prize winning architect Richard Meier.  In conjunction with the restoration of this historic site, Assouline has published The Surf Club, which celebrates […]

  • MODERNISM : STIRRED NOT SHAKEN

    MODERNISM : STIRRED NOT SHAKEN

    Modernism : Stirred not Shaken Several years ago, I went to Palm Springs, CA for a conference and was fortunate to have some free time to go and explore my surroundings. What I found there was cool architecture with cool people in the only place hotter than South Florida where I came from. Now, there […]

  • #DesignMiami : formlessfinder x Design Miami 2013

    #DesignMiami : formlessfinder x Design Miami 2013

    #DesignMiami : formlessfinder x Design Miami 2013 formlessfinder has been selected to design the Design Miami 2013 Entrance Pavilion. Based in NYC, the formlessfinder team of Garrett Ricciardi and Julian Rose is dedicated to releasing the formerly siloed input and output aspects of architecture so that each project has the ability to have its own flavor. As […]

  • House Vision 2013 Tokyo Exhibition

    House Vision 2013 Tokyo Exhibition

    Back in March for almost three full weeks, the House Vision 2013 Tokyo Exhibition , a groundbreaking collection of seminars, installations and an expo, organized by Kenya Hara and Tsuchiya Sadao took place. House Vision seeks to introduce the current Japanese urban lifestyle and discuss how traditional Japanese design elements can be pulled into its future. […]