Architectural Digest HOW WILL L.A.’S NEWEST HIGH-RISE FIT INTO AN EVOLVING CITY? Architects have their own language. They speak about space in terms that may seem arcane or even cabalistic to nonpractitioners, delineating elusive concepts such as scale, proportion, and balance with words like datum and enframement....
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Anatomy of an Award, LD+A, May 2012 CHASE BANK BENSONHURST - BROOKLYN, NY "Branding" a building is a lot tougher than expressing a company's image on paper or through a website. After al, buildings are part of the existing landscape, not a tabula rasa. Such was the...
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IGNITE Lighting Design Alliance, Feb 2012 Ignite showcases a variety of Ligthing Design Alliance’s finest design concepts. LDA’s portfolio covers numerous market sectors, and each particular location tells its own unique story, integrating lighting within architecture, landscape, and interior design. As diverse as these projects seem, each...
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Global Shopping Spree, Architect, June 2011 Retail developments are leading the surge in new construction in emerging markets. But shopping malls take very different shapes in China, India, and Brazil. China: It’s the country at the top of everyone’s list when it comes to a robust market for...
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Interiorismo Sostenible Barasona, 2011 Inaugurated after more of 60 years from the first showroom by Herman Miller in Los Angeles, -De Charles Y Ray Eames, 1948-, The New Showroom projected by the studio TVS Design has obtained the certification LEED CI platinum interiors, the highest level of...
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Renaissance Mingjie Hotel - Shanghai Los Angeles Times, Dec 2010 In preparation for this year's World Expo, development has been on the rise in Shanghai. One of the newest entrants is the Renaissance Mingjie Hotel, part of a large complex in teh city's Putuo District. The design by...
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Long Beach Towne Center VM+SD, Nov 2000 Lighting the Darkness Malls have always used outdoor lighting primarily for nighttime safety and security concerns. Nothing flashy or high-design. Purely utilitarian. Now, though, they're taking indoor lighting principles outdoor. Increasingly, lighting is being used to extend the retailer's brand identity...
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