AN Interior’s Top 50 Architects and Designers list celebrates the most interesting architects and design firms producing interiors in North America. Now in its ninth year, this collection, researched by AN Interior’s editors and based on their coverage, surveys the studios actively rethinking and advancing the field. From younger, smaller firms (some with just two…
In 1857, when firefighters at Brooklyn’s Engine Company 204 relied on horse-drawn vehicles, the sound of a response to an emergency at 299 DeGraw Street would have been the clatter of hooves, the rumble of wheels, and the wail of an alarm. Nearly 170 years later, the former firehouse in Cobble Hill is preparing for…
VERTICAL PLANTERS ENCLOSE FOUR-LEVEL RESIDENCE IN SÃO PAULO Designed by Isay Weinfeld with landscape architecture by Rodrigo Oliveira, 111 House is a four-level residence in São Paulo, Brazil, created for a family of contemporary art collectors. Positioned on a compact urban plot, the house organizes its footprint along the left site boundary, leaving a…
US studio Graham Baba Architects used timber and board-formed concrete to create “warmth and depth” at the Westwood Golf clubhouse and driving range in an agricultural region. The project completed a refresh of the nine-hole golf course in the central Washington town of Yakima. Graham Baba Architects has completed a golf clubhouse in Washington The semi-arid region is…
a permanent home for anselm kiefer’s ‘black flakes’ A monumental painting by German artist Anselm Kiefer has finally found a place large enough to exhibit it, nearly two decades after its creation. In Künzelsau, Germany, David Chipperfield Architects has completed a freestanding concrete pavilion built specifically to house Schwarze Flocken (Black Flakes), a work…
The Zaha Hadid Foundation will reopen 10 Bowling Green Lane, the Clerkenwell building that housed Hadid’s practice for more than 30 years, following a renovation of its ground floor by London-based Studio KA. The reopening falls on the tenth anniversary year of Hadid’s death and coincides with 89 Degrees of Zaha Hadid, a two day…
In contemporary architecture, achieving a cohesive visual language—a true continuity—requires meticulous attention to the smallest details. Yet specifiers frequently encounter a design roadblock at the staircase. While primary door hardware and custom joinery are specified in high-end finishes, handrails are often compromised by utilitarian, off-the-shelf brackets that fail aesthetic standards or break finish cohesion. Halliday+Baillie…
Rafael Viñoly Architects has been selected to lead the transformation of Detroit’s historic Levi Barbour Intermediate School, alongside entrepreneur and education advocate Kyle Smitley, to give the century-old building that has stood vacant since 2009 a new life. The Barbour School, designed by Detroit-based architecture firm Malcomson & Higginbotham, is located adjacent to Detroit Prep…
Significant parts of the 143-year-old Limoges Town Hall in France have been destroyed in an arson attack, as protests broke out across the country over the weekend. On 17th October, Limoges Town Hall was set on fire. Videos taken by people on the ground show its slate roofs ablaze and its central bell tower collapsing.…
Dutch studio OMA has completed the Palais de Justice de Lille, a six-sided law court in northern France with a faceted facade lined with coloured glass. Located in Lille, the project was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice to host the city’s high and district courts. OMA has completed the Palais de Justice de Lille…