A convent, an infant asylum and a mid-century motel are among the buildings converted into eight unusual and stylish hotels you can stay at in New Orleans. Hotel Saint Vincent in the Lower Garden District, New Orleans, by Lambert McGuire Design Built back in 1862, this red brick building used to be the Saint Vincent’s
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Architecture office ODA has proposed a rezoning plan for New York that would allow developers to build higher in return for turning private courtyards into public space. Called Beyond the Street, the scheme aims to address the loss of the city’s traditional mixed-use neighbourhoods, where people can live, work and enjoy leisure time, due to
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Here are six supertall skyscrapers – buildings over 300 metres – that have recently completed, topped out or broken records, changing the New York skyline forever. Central Park Tower on Billionaire’s Row by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill At 472 metres Central Park Tower, which was technically completed last year and is due to open
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Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower, the 20th-century metabolist landmark by architect Kisho Kurokawa, is set to be disassembled and donated to museums or turned into rental units. Located in the Ginza neighbourhood and built over the course of just 30 days in 1972, the housing block is considered a rare example of Japanese metabolism. Much of
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Architecture studio Foster + Partners has won planning permission to redevelop a triangular site in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, with a botanical garden and a pair of plant-covered high-rises. Approval was granted by Beverly Hills City Council last month to develop the 17.5-acre site next to the Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills. Foster +
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From rustic fine dining to colourful ceilings designed to “stimulate the appetite”, here are six top examples of interior design for restaurants from California. Loqui in Downtown Los Angeles, California, by Wick Architecture & Design Los Angeles studio Wick Architecture & Design looked to materials more commonly found on construction sites when designing Loqui, the
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The number of European Union students applying to study art and design in the UK has fallen by more than half compared to last year. Applications from the EU fell 52 per cent from 22,860 in 2020 to just 10,940 this year, according to data from the UK’s Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Applications
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Central Park House is a 41-storey high-rise in Burnaby, British Colombia, by global architecture firm Gensler that will feature a swimming pool with wraparound glass. The standout feature of the tower next to Central Park in Metro Vancouver, Canada, will be a double-height atrium midway up the building. Called the Horizon Pavilion, this communal section
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The Hamptons is an exclusive enclave of private holiday homes and sandy beaches at the eastern end of Long Island in New York. We’ve rounded up ten houses that make the most of the ocean views. Atelier 216 in Amagansett, the Hamptons, by Studio Zung New York-based architecture firm Studio Zung looked to the traditional
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A 73-storey supertall skyscraper designed by SHoP Architects that is currently under construction has become the tallest building in Brooklyn, New York. Called 9 DeKalb, the tower reached 721 feet (220 metres) last week, the JDS Development Group announced on Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by JDS Development Group
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