Googie Design
The Prayer Tower on Oral Roberts University campus. The site of Robert's lock-in debacle, in which Oral Roberts (a famous preacher, televangelist, university founder, and entrepreneur) claimed that he would "be taken home" if his ministry did not...
Zesty Lines and Lovely Contrasts
Located in Osnabrueck, Germany, Green Bistro's overall line and light plays-off a zesty architectural design, combined with a deft artistic touch that lends 'organ-icity' to the surrealism. Highly functional, informal decor (white chairs and tulip...
Stay - Babylonstoren - Wine Country South Africa
This relatively new wine country property in South Africa is an incredible place. The high design style mixes with Dutch Cape architecture and it is so well done. The property also sits on acres on organic farm land. Everything providing farm to...
Architectural highlight of Frankfurt
The latest architectural highlight in Frankfurt is a futuristic shopping complex (mall) called MyZeil. It is one of the most significant inner city development projects in Europe, designed by Roman architect Massimiliano Fuksas, with an...
Chicago's Peripatetic Gallery
For their roving, event-based Volume Gallery, Claire Warner and Sam Vintz pluck contemporary American designers like Thaddeus Wolf and Rich Brilliant Willing and set up short-run installations at galleries all over Chicago. One of Chicago’s own,...
Ponce Art Museum, Puerto Rico
by Christopher R. Cox
While San Juan’s got the buzz and the swagger, Puerto Rico’s second-largest city, Ponce, just a 90-minute drive to the south, maintains a quiet dignity. Gracious municipal buildings exemplify La Ciudad Señorial (The Noble...
Designing Life
Among the city's windows, I saw many beautifully designed items to wear as well as to decorate homes. Who knew opening an umbrella indoors was not bad luck as long it helps illuminate your dining room?
101 Hotel, Reykjavík, Iceland
The 101 Hotel’s clean lines and minimalist color scheme—Nordic-cool grays, whites, and blacks warmed by tan oak floors and natural light—reflect the sensibility of owner Ingibjörg S. Pálmadóttir, a graduate of The New School for Design in New...
entryway to the library, Seattle
One of Seattle's landmark buildings, the downtown Public Library is a dramatically asymmetrical 11-story-tall glass-and-steel 'sculpture' that takes up an entire city block. Designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, the interior features a...
