Xuhui Zhang colours New York restaurant to evoke “early spring in Northern China”

October 7, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

New York designer Xuhui Zhang has chosen minimal furnishings and mint green accents for a local Chinese restaurant as a conscious effort to redefine East Asian design. Junzi Kitchen is a fast-casual cafe on a popular corner in New York’s Greenwich Village, at the intersection of Bleeker and Sullivan streets. The restaurant measures 1,800 square feet (167 square

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Product Of The Week: Beautiful Air Plant Holders

October 7, 2018 HD Staff 0

With the right base, air plants can look like art installations. Check out these three awesome ones we found. Get it on Amazon. Recommended Reading:  50 Unique Self Watering Planters For Sale Online 50 Unique Animal Planters To Help You Bring Nature Indoors 30 Unique Hanging Planters To Help You Go Green

Grass terraces zigzag up Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos’ Mexico City apartments

October 7, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Black porcelain walls appear to fold up and around the huge windows and gardens of this luxury housing block, which Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos has staggered down a hill in Mexico City. Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos’ five-unit Alcázar de Toledo apartment block descends in four levels. The three glass-fronted lower floors – occupied by the residences and amenities – are

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Storefront for Art and Architecture Appoints José Esparza Chong Cuy as Executive Director

October 7, 2018 Vasundhra Aggarwal 0

José Esparza Chong Cuy has been appointed as the new Executive Director and Chief Curator at Storefront for Art and Architecture. Following the departure of former director Eva Franch i Gilabert to London as the new Director of the Architectural Association, the extensive international search to fill her shoes began. An architect, curator, and writer, originally from Mexico, Esparza Chong Cuy was named and will assume the position starting November 1st.