10 crazy facts from Cà d'Zan, the mansion the circus builtNext to Hearst Castle or the Biltmore, Florida's Cà d'Zan enjoys little public attention, but it was born out of the same desire to create one of the country's most elaborate private homes. Built in the …
Next to Hearst Castle or the Biltmore, Florida's Cà d'Zan enjoys little public attention, but it was born out of the same desire to create one of the country's most elaborate private homes. Built in the 1920s...
- Peek Inside the Winners of the 2013 AIA Housing Awards
Click here to view the full photogallery.Photos: Will Austin/AIA Last week, the American Institute of Architects announced the winners of the 2013 AIA/HUD Secretary Housing Awards, to honor "the best …
Click here to view the full photogallery.Photos: Will Austin/AIA Last week, the American Institute of Architects announced the winners of the 2013 AIA/HUD Secretary Housing Awards, to honor "the best in housing design and promote the importance of good...
- Will Supermarkets Soon Sort of Resemble Machu Picchu?
Rendering via Co.Design Co.Design recently featured the oddly genius scheme by the Amsterdam-based firm NL Architects to break apart the lusterless "big box" design standard of the standard supermarket. …
Rendering via Co.Design Co.Design recently featured the oddly genius scheme by the Amsterdam-based firm NL Architects to break apart the lusterless "big box" design standard of the standard supermarket. Their plan? Replacing the boring, customary form with a structure that...
- A Closer Look at Sky City Tower, to Break Ground in 'June'
Rendering via Design Boom The fickle, press junketeers of China's Sky City Tower, the 220-story skyscraper that developers once insisted—then recanted, then insisted again—would take just 90 days to build, …
Rendering via Design Boom The fickle, press junketeers of China's Sky City Tower, the 220-story skyscraper that developers once insisted—then recanted, then insisted again—would take just 90 days to build, are saying ("Totally for real, this time, guys. No take-backsies,"...
- Right On Time, the 2013 Kips Bay Show House Listed for Sale
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got. Location: New York, …
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got. Location: New York, N.Y. Price: $16,000,000...
- Inside Michael C. Hall's Elegant and Understated L.A. Buy
Click here to view the full photogallery. Famous people buy and sell beautiful, historically significant places all the time, but actor Michael C. Hall has a little more street cred than most; after all, …
Click here to view the full photogallery. Famous people buy and sell beautiful, historically significant places all the time, but actor Michael C. Hall has a little more street cred than most; after all, he lived for a while...
- The 'Strawscraper' May Be the World's First Bristled Building
Rendering via Dezeen This hairy-looking skyscraper towering over Stockholm is actually Swedish firm Belatchew Arkitekter's rendering for a rather surrealistic "urban wind farm of the future," a 40-story …
Rendering via Dezeen This hairy-looking skyscraper towering over Stockholm is actually Swedish firm Belatchew Arkitekter's rendering for a rather surrealistic "urban wind farm of the future," a 40-story tower covered top to bottom in energy-harvesting plastic straws. The bulk of...
- Reminder: Curbed Young Guns Nominations are Still Open
It's been two week since we opened nominations for Curbed Young Guns—the annual roll call of the next guard—and the submissions have been rolling in. To reiterate, the aim of Young Guns is to identify …
It's been two week since we opened nominations for Curbed Young Guns—the annual roll call of the next guard—and the submissions have been rolling in. To reiterate, the aim of Young Guns is to identify the most promising up-and-comers in...
- Tour the Unsurprisingly Mod, Pristine Digs of Knoll's CEO
Photo by Roger Davies/Architectural Digest In the June issue of Architectural Digest: the airy, streamlined home of Andrew Cogan, a glassy estate built from scratch by architect Michael Haverland and interior …
Photo by Roger Davies/Architectural Digest In the June issue of Architectural Digest: the airy, streamlined home of Andrew Cogan, a glassy estate built from scratch by architect Michael Haverland and interior designer Philip Galanes on Shelter Island, the artsier-than-the-Hamptons community...
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Photo via Design Sponge · Tour the East River's mysterious North Brother Island—in 3D. · Buy the house Gregory Ain designed for his shrink in Bev Crest. · A history of Michigan's influence on American …
Photo via Design Sponge · Tour the East River's mysterious North Brother Island—in 3D. · Buy the house Gregory Ain designed for his shrink in Bev Crest. · A history of Michigan's influence on American modernism. · Modern settings for...