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In ‘Lady Bird,’ Home Is Where the Heart Is (7 photos)

February 28, 2018 Anne Colby 0
When you grow up in Sacramento, California, as I did, you don’t expect to see your childhood, and your childhood haunts, portrayed on the big screen. All that changed when Sacramento native Greta Gerwig made the city a character in her 2017 solo directorial debut, Lady Bird. “I wanted to…

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RUCID College for Organic Agriculture / Studio FH Architects + Light Earth Designs

February 28, 2018 Cristobal Rojas 0

RUCID (‘Rural Community in Development’) is a privately run College for Organic Agriculture in Mityana, Uganda. Directly funded by The Tudor Trust from the UK, this project created new dormitory space for 72 students as well as two additional classrooms and kitchens, organised into two villages. Existing teaching and accommodation buildings were refurbished as part of the project.

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4 Small Studio Interior Designs That Give Little Places A Lift

February 28, 2018 HD Staff 0

Live small, think big. The designers of these four small but beautifully formed studio apartment interiors have put together decor schemes that are filled with gorgeous home style, furnishings and attractive accents without feeling overstuffed, despite their limited proportions. A small open plan studio layout can too often feel like each and every area is […]

“The only things I’ve ever kept are photographs,” says John Pawson

February 28, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

Minimalist John Pawson turned to architecture after failing as a Buddhist monk and a sports photographer. As a book of his photographs goes on sale, he spoke to Dezeen about how he discovered his love of colour through Instagram. Called Spectrum and published by Phaidon, the book contains pairings of photographs taken by Pawson, whose studio is

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Papagayo House / Ariel Valenzuela + Diego Ledesma

February 28, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

The project starts from a pre-existing building with many structural limitations and very limited areas. It was sought from the beginning to liberate the interior spaces generating new openings that allowed a correct lighting and ventilation, considering that the busiest spaces were the least illuminated.

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Docomomo Pens Letter In Response to the Planned Demolition of New York’s Union Carbide Building

February 28, 2018 Patrick Lynch 0

Following last week’s announcement of JPMorgan Chase’s plans to demolition the historically significant modernist masterwork 270 Park (formerly known as the Union Carbide Building), the US chapter of international non-profit Modernist architecture advocate Docomomo has penned a letter to New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee chair Meenakshi Srinivasan arguing for the structure’s preservation.