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Kukje Gallery—K3, Seoul, South Korea

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Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, USA

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Duravcevic - Ben Ari House, Long Island, New York, USA

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Las Americas Social Housing, Leon, Mexico

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K11 Art and Cultural Centre, Hong Kong

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Breathe – MINI Living, Milan, Italy

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Frame Series, New York, NY

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Cheng Shifa Museum, Shanghai, China

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Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Place Mazas, Paris, France

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Solid Objectives: Order, Edge, Aura

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Walther Residence, Millbrook, New York, USA

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Frieze Art Fair, New York, USA

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Knoll Furniture System

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Future Work, Design Miami, Basel, Switzerland

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Beeline, Lisbon, Portugal

“Workspheres”

The office is no more. We work anywhere, anytime. We don’t even think we are working, we don’t really have professions any longer—just different things we do, sometimes alone, sometimes with others we are connected to, through a myriad of mutating platforms and dynamic structures. We meet, tweet and charette in, lounges, clubs, incubators, shared work spaces, hotdesks, café cars, coffee shops, dropdown benches, skype booths, concentration rooms and hotel lobbies. The flexibility and freedom [..]

The office is no more. We work anywhere, anytime. We don’t even think we are working, we don’t really have professions any longer—just different things we do, sometimes alone, sometimes with others we are connected to, through a myriad of mutating platforms and dynamic structures. We meet, [..]

The office is no more. We work anywhere, anytime. We don’t even think we are working, we don’t really have professions any longer—just different things we do, sometimes alone, sometimes with [..]

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Logan, New York, USA

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L’air pour l’air, Chicago

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Tricolonnade, Shenzhen, China

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Passage, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Bad Thoughts, Amsterdam

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Blueprint at Storefront, New York

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Maujer Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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m.XX, Berlin, Germany

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Site Verrier, Meisenthal, France

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Wesleyan Art Gallery, Middletown, CT

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ArtA, Arnhem, The Netherlands

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BlooM+, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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Campus Santé, Chavannes-près-Renens, Switzerland

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Omaha Artist’s Loft, Omaha, NE

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2040 – The End of Fictionalism, Rotterdam

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Landscapes of the Hyperreal, Montreal, Canada

“Focusing in the fog”, Domus #958, March 28, 2012

Our train cuts through a desaturated dawn. Hazy, fleeting images of a carefully constructed landscape flash by in various shades of gray. The track runs perfectly parallel to an unswerving canal. Perpendicular to this connective corridor, endless rows of similar trees rhythmically emerge out of the thick of the mist. More and more signs of a meticulous modern world appear under the sun’s slowly rise. The free newspaper offered at the station declares that people living here are the happiest in the [..]

Our train cuts through a desaturated dawn. Hazy, fleeting images of a carefully constructed landscape flash by in various shades of gray. The track runs perfectly parallel to an unswerving canal. Perpendicular to this connective corridor, endless rows of similar trees rhythmically emerge out of the [..]

Our train cuts through a desaturated dawn. Hazy, fleeting images of a carefully constructed landscape flash by in various shades of gray. The track runs perfectly parallel to an unswerving canal. [..]

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A conversation with Ivan Chermayeff, New York, USA

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Chermayeff House, Garrison, New York

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Costa House, Lexington, Kentucky

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Versace Showroom, New York, USA

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Derek Lam Atelier, New York, USA

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Dichroicarus, Milan, Italy

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Flockr, Get It Louder, Beijing, China

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Meissen, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

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Future Archeology, Los Angeles, USA

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In Bloom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Community Center, Wulpen, Wulpen, Belgium

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Light and Air, Bristol, UK

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Benetton Flagship Store, New York, USA

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Forecast, Providence, RI

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Museum as Process, University of California, Davis, USA

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Meicang Art District, Shanghai, China

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Prato Nursery School, Prato, Italy

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Pole Dance, New York, USA

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Pollination, Chengdu, China

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New Inc, New York, USA

“New Sobriety”

A recent interest has developed in the phenomenology of diagrams in mathematics, cognitive science, and architectural theory. Traditionally, the diagram is used as a rational tool for analysis and design in these fields, as an abstract representation of a more complex system. The architecture of Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA disregards this absoluteness and shows how subjective utilization of the diagram, as a carrier of graphic qualities, can be stunningly beautiful and Superflat.2 The [..]

A recent interest has developed in the phenomenology of diagrams in mathematics, cognitive science, and architectural theory. Traditionally, the diagram is used as a rational tool for analysis and design in these fields, as an abstract representation of a more complex system. The architecture of [..]

A recent interest has developed in the phenomenology of diagrams in mathematics, cognitive science, and architectural theory. Traditionally, the diagram is used as a rational tool for analysis and [..]

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Party Wall, Athens, Greece

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Amant, Brooklyn, NY

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tiNY, New York, USA

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Spiky, Beijing, China

“Its about time all over again”, Domus #958, January 10, 2013

Once again, halfway through writing an Op-Ed, a catastrophic flood punishes the earth. The Fukushima tsunami washed over Abstainability, a text I wrote for domusweb in 2011. Now Sandy has purged some of my thoughts on adaptive reuse.  Originally intent on writing about how we, in the pursuit of a “timely” architecture, contemplate sites saturated with extant “stuff”—mostly parts that once aggregated to a near whole—I had drifted towards pondering world heritage, Metabolism and [..]

Once again, halfway through writing an Op-Ed, a catastrophic flood punishes the earth. The Fukushima tsunami washed over Abstainability, a text I wrote for domusweb in 2011. Now Sandy has purged some of my thoughts on adaptive reuse.  Originally intent on writing about how we, in the pursuit [..]

Once again, halfway through writing an Op-Ed, a catastrophic flood punishes the earth. The Fukushima tsunami washed over Abstainability, a text I wrote for domusweb in 2011. Now Sandy has purged [..]

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Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA

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Harlem Artist Studio, Harlem, NYC

“Relations”, The SANAA Studios 2006–2008: Learning from Japan: Single Story Urbanism, October 21, 2009

Oedipus and Kronos never reached Japan. For in this country it is not inevitable that a young architect instantaneously commits patricide upon leaving his master, nor is it given for a master to impair his “renegade’s” prospects. The opposite is more likely. Japanese architecture can be characterized as a series of continuous flows. Concepts and attitudes are not copied blindly, but adapted, developed, reinterpreted, and modified. The relationship between master and apprentice generally [..]

Oedipus and Kronos never reached Japan. For in this country it is not inevitable that a young architect instantaneously commits patricide upon leaving his master, nor is it given for a master to impair his “renegade’s” prospects. The opposite is more likely. Japanese architecture can be [..]

Oedipus and Kronos never reached Japan. For in this country it is not inevitable that a young architect instantaneously commits patricide upon leaving his master, nor is it given for a master to [..]

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Antwerp Province Hall, Antwerp, Belgium

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University of Arts London, School of Fashion, London, UK

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Kukje Jeju, Jeju, South Korea

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Wynwood Gateway Park, Wynwood Miami

“The House that Used to Fly”, Arbitaire, #500, January 8, 2008

As the Narita Express, the train between airport and city, dips under the Sumidagawa River on its journey toward Tokyo Station, it passes a monstrous looking structure; a colossal spaceship on massive piers, festooned with a demonic oculus and lined with pulsing red lights: The Edo-Tokyo Museum. An encounter with this building reminds the awed visitor that Tokyo once was the birthplace of the future. Last year the museum’s architect, Kiyonori Kikutake, marked his 80th birthday by opening up [..]

As the Narita Express, the train between airport and city, dips under the Sumidagawa River on its journey toward Tokyo Station, it passes a monstrous looking structure; a colossal spaceship on massive piers, festooned with a demonic oculus and lined with pulsing red lights: The Edo-Tokyo Museum. An [..]

As the Narita Express, the train between airport and city, dips under the Sumidagawa River on its journey toward Tokyo Station, it passes a monstrous looking structure; a colossal spaceship on [..]

“Abstainability”, Domus, April 20, 2011

In a brief moment of anxiety, not uncommon in our current role of “Promising Architects,” a condition that allows for the quick re-calibration of one’s own position before the “show is on,” I felt we should consider “broadening our appeal.” How can our firm, SO–IL, become more attractive to more clients now that we need to “capitalize on our potential”? I was thinking about our “marketability,” and impressed by the ease with which my peers incorporate Greeniness into [..]

In a brief moment of anxiety, not uncommon in our current role of “Promising Architects,” a condition that allows for the quick re-calibration of one’s own position before the “show is on,” I felt we should consider “broadening our appeal.” How can our firm, SO–IL, become more [..]

In a brief moment of anxiety, not uncommon in our current role of “Promising Architects,” a condition that allows for the quick re-calibration of one’s own position before the “show is [..]

“Voracious Feast”, De Architect #4, April 1, 2010

Now that we have entered a phase of involuntary fasting, any anxiety that the architect is destined to turn into the marginalized hunger artist of our time, soon to be replaced by an omnivorous beast—be it a construction consortium, plan-buro or engineering mammoth—seems foolish. Never have the dominant systems been so frail. Through the downpour of hubrical debris, an abundance of opportunities emerges. As we free ourselves from the fascination with the stable, the monumental and the explicit, [..]

Now that we have entered a phase of involuntary fasting, any anxiety that the architect is destined to turn into the marginalized hunger artist of our time, soon to be replaced by an omnivorous beast—be it a construction consortium, plan-buro or engineering mammoth—seems foolish. Never have [..]

Now that we have entered a phase of involuntary fasting, any anxiety that the architect is destined to turn into the marginalized hunger artist of our time, soon to be replaced by an omnivorous [..]

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Wedding Chapel, Nanjing, China

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Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Hasselt, Belgium

“Cocooning”

The design of interiors has come to embody a line of egocentric thoughts. It purports to put our biological body—and possibly even our soul and individualistic existence—at its center. Womb-like sensations arise, promising warmth, safety, and other prenatal comforts. How do we swaddle or cushion the self sufficiently for it to survive our savage reality? Interiority as a pure and peaceful haven for the spirit … a mindset that seems increasingly coveted, even as we roam in public. We create [..]

The design of interiors has come to embody a line of egocentric thoughts. It purports to put our biological body—and possibly even our soul and individualistic existence—at its center. Womb-like sensations arise, promising warmth, safety, and other prenatal comforts. How do we swaddle or [..]

The design of interiors has come to embody a line of egocentric thoughts. It purports to put our biological body—and possibly even our soul and individualistic existence—at its center. Womb-like [..]

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Home Futures, London, UK

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Adelaide Contemporary, Adelaide, Australia

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Zenith Nadir, New York, USA

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Des Voeux Daydream, Hong Kong

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Dubai Global Grad Show, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

“Beautiful Rough”, Domus #909, January 12, 2007

The New Museum of Contemporary Art opened its new building in downtown Manhattan to the public in early December. The roughly 6000m2, eight-story structure of loosely stacked boxes provides the institution a perfect platform for the advancement of new ideas, in a time and place where they are most needed. The New Museum was born out of a defiant spirit. Marcia Tucker, a strong minded curator, started it in 1977 after being fired at the Whitney Museum in New York, over a show deemed too provocative. [..]

The New Museum of Contemporary Art opened its new building in downtown Manhattan to the public in early December. The roughly 6000m2, eight-story structure of loosely stacked boxes provides the institution a perfect platform for the advancement of new ideas, in a time and place where they are most [..]

The New Museum of Contemporary Art opened its new building in downtown Manhattan to the public in early December. The roughly 6000m2, eight-story structure of loosely stacked boxes provides the [..]

“The Culture of Decongestion”, Domus #915, January 8, 2008

Be it well documented examples as Detroit and the eastern part of Germany, or lesser known cases elsewhere, vast regions in the world are being left abandoned as a result of globalization, natural disasters and demographic trends. This is not a new phenomenon; however it is accelerating to a pace where it starts to affect the way we should imagine our cities and buildings. Architects love the metropolitan condition, this smoldering melting pot of global cultures. Statistics confirming that within [..]

Be it well documented examples as Detroit and the eastern part of Germany, or lesser known cases elsewhere, vast regions in the world are being left abandoned as a result of globalization, natural disasters and demographic trends. This is not a new phenomenon; however it is accelerating to a pace [..]

Be it well documented examples as Detroit and the eastern part of Germany, or lesser known cases elsewhere, vast regions in the world are being left abandoned as a result of globalization, natural [..]

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Into the Hedge, Columbus, Indiana

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2A, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Murmuration, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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450 Warren, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Artpark, Lewiston, New York, USA

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Bergen Residence, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Shanghai Museum, Century Park, Pudong, Shanghai

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Living House Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea

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Melbourne Arts Precinct, Melbourne, Australia

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Currents, Lisbon, Portugal

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Jackson Heights Street Seats, Jackson Heights, New York

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Palace for the Eastern Bluebird, Brooklyn, New York

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Kavel Boog, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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134 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn, New York, USA