Designboom Sunday Newsletter

peter zumthor comments on his LACMA redesign for the first time the project is the swiss architect's biggest to date, with an estimated construction cost of over $650 million USD.

by cristina gomez

one thousand museum, zaha hadid's residential skyscraper, completes in miami the 62-story tower, with 84 half-and full-floor residences, houses a wealth of luxury amenities including a multimedia theater, an aquatic center, and even a private vault.

by philip stevens

OMA to turn houston post office into cultural complex topped with rooftop park titled 'POST houston', the development aims to reinvigorate the city's north downtown neighborhoods with a mixed-use environment combining arts, entertainment, creative workspaces, dining, and retail.

by philip stevens

john lautner's circular wooden house from the 50's goes on sale for the first time the louise foster house was one of lautner's earlier residential commissions.

by sofia lekka angelopoulou

selgascano's 2015 serpentine pavilion re-opens in los angeles the translucent and multicolored structure has traveled to the united states where has been rebuilt at LA's la brea tar pits.

by philip stevens

snøhetta, WCIT, and AECOM to overhaul honolulu's blaisdell center the site's mid-century arena and concert hall will be carefully maintained and upgraded, while new structures will improve connectivity.

by philip stevens

OMA unveils plans for the new museum's second building 'our new building establishes its own distinct identity yet it is highly connected to the existing museum,' says OMA partner shohei shigematsu.

by philip stevens

norman foster designs timber boathouse for new york non-profit the scheme recalls the many timber structures that used to populate the banks of the hudson river at the beginning of the 20th century.

by philip stevens

BassamFellows repurposes 'virtually unknown' philip johnson building for its connecticut HQ the project involved extensive research and analysis of johnson's early work including the study of original drawings.

by philip stevens

the triple barn house reflects the rural landscape of california's sweeping sonoma valley the figural house is designed for gatherings that would create a new relationship with the surrounding environment.

by kat barandy

OMA completes 'the avery', a luxury residential tower in san francisco above the datum established by adjacent buildings, the south face of the building is sculpted with a series of steps or 'crenellations'.

by philip stevens

eligostudio stacks shipping containers for agriculture company headquarters in florida different units slide over each other to create rooms and terraces.

by sofia lekka angelopoulou

studio gang breaks ground on sculptural expansion of american museum of natural history the scheme has been designed to express earth's natural processes and introduce visitors to current scientific research.

by kat barandy

second home hollywood: selgascano designs plant-filled campus of 60 individual studios the project is a contemporary interpretation of los angeles' early 20th century bungalow court residences.

by philip stevens

barkow leibinger designs harvard university's artlab to be curated and adapted by its users the one-story building is clad in insulated glass and polycarbonate panels.

by sofia lekka angelopoulou

corrugated ruler and cone pen design by selek design $5.5 by Rubberband Products from india

saint lucy | Poster $35 by tuttiSanti – design to be Saint from italy

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