Simeone Deary Transforms a Former Men’s Social Club Into a Boutique Hotel
It’s probably a sign of the times that, in 2020, the task of renovating a former men’s social club would fall to a women-owned firm.
Writing
My writing has been published in consumer and trade magazines, mostly in the field of architecture and design, which has given me access to incredible work, super-talented people, and exciting ideas about the way people shape and are shaped by the built environment. Below are just a few recent examples.
A New Standard Helps Create Confidence That It’s Safe to Return
The Well Health-Safety Rating developed by IWBI offers third-party verification of health and safety features as buildings begin to reopen to the public.
AIArchitect This Week | The New Acropolis Museum: The Parthenon Gets a Bold New Neighbor
The New Acropolis Museum: The Parthenon Gets a Bold New Neighbor
Bernard Tschumi’s New Acropolis Museum embrace’s antiquity with contextual modesty and strident confidence Summary: Competing for the commission to build the New Acropolis Museum, New York City- and Paris-based firm Bernard Tschumi Architects created a design inspired by the simplicity and clarity of ancient Greece. About the museum soon to be open to the public, Bernard Tschumi, FAIA, describes a structure with a built-in chron
Bernard Tschumi’s New Acropolis Museum embrace’s antiquity with contextual modesty and strident confidence Summary: Competing for the commission to build the New Acropolis Museum, New York City- and Paris-based firm Bernard Tschumi Architects created a design inspired by the simplicity and clarity of ancient Greece. About the museum soon to be open to the public, Bernard Tschumi, FAIA, describes a structure with a built-in chron
Kansas City in Dialogue with Its Past
Just a few blocks from shops, art galleries, speakeasy-style bars, and a handful of haunted houses, the recently completed West Bottoms Flats is now the area’s only significant residential development.
The Kansas City Fabricator Quietly Exporting Its Architectural Prowess to the World
With a legendary roster of clients and collaborators, the fabrication company Zahner continues to perfect its ability to render almost any form in metal.
Bringing the Factory Floor to the Building Site
It's not every day that a construction company launches its own line of building materials, but that's exactly what Katerra did late last year when it introduced KOVA.
In Omaha, Nebraska, The Cottonwood Hotel Roars Back to Life
The Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel, in Omaha, Nebraska, has an almost cinematic quality. It greets visitors not with the large, open lobby we’ve come to expect in modern hospitality, but with a series of smaller rooms, each one leading into the next, like scenes in a film.
This, of course, is no accident. Midnight in Paris, a 2011 film by Woody Allen, was a main source of inspiration for the recent renovation of the Blackstone Hotel, as the property was known when it first opened in 1916. In the film
This, of course, is no accident. Midnight in Paris, a 2011 film by Woody Allen, was a main source of inspiration for the recent renovation of the Blackstone Hotel, as the property was known when it first opened in 1916. In the film
The Circular Office Gives Second Life to Workplace Furniture
The commercial property-remodeling industry in the United States is humming in a strong economy. Great news for office workers getting a refresh, not good news for the planet.
AIArchitect This Week | Real Solutions for Virtual Reality
Summary: HKS Inc.’s visualization studio has built a powerful real-time rendering engine based on gaming software. But the technology is more than many architecture firms can handle, and, in most cases, it might be more than they actually need.
A powerful tool, but even more powerful
HKS Inc. made headlines in 2007 when it announced its decision to license the Unreal Engine 3, by Epic Games Inc., a company based in Cary, N.C. The product, which is not commonly used in architectural visualiza
A powerful tool, but even more powerful
HKS Inc. made headlines in 2007 when it announced its decision to license the Unreal Engine 3, by Epic Games Inc., a company based in Cary, N.C. The product, which is not commonly used in architectural visualiza
Market Forces
Land is undeniably scarce in Boston, but new development initiatives are putting formerly undesirable sites back in play. This is fortunate for David Hacin, as his Boston-based design firm has a knack for rethinking neighborhoods and helping create new environments.
A Humble Acoustic Panel Achieves the Design Industry’s Most Rigorous Sustainable Certification
Tectum is one of only 21 products certified by the International Living Future Institute under the Living Product Challenge Imperative, and the list’s only acoustic panel.
AIArchitect This Week | Student Housing Made to Last
How do you . . . design sustainable and durable privately developed student housing?
Summary: The Steelhead Townhouses, designed by Eugene-based 2fORM Architecture, are everything privately developed student housing usually isn’t–modern and memorable, thoughtfully designed specifically for students, built sustainably using high-quality materials, and in harmony with the surrounding neighborhood. Several years ago, developer Dan Neal saw an opportunity opening up in Eugene, Ore. The student pop
Summary: The Steelhead Townhouses, designed by Eugene-based 2fORM Architecture, are everything privately developed student housing usually isn’t–modern and memorable, thoughtfully designed specifically for students, built sustainably using high-quality materials, and in harmony with the surrounding neighborhood. Several years ago, developer Dan Neal saw an opportunity opening up in Eugene, Ore. The student pop
AIArchitect This Week | Riverfront Residence: Greening the Desert
How do you . . . design a house with a green roof in an irregular desert site? Summary: Several years ago, architect Bil Taylor designed and built a 3,800-square-foot house in a small lot next to a river. As if the challenging conditions weren’t enough—a cliffside site, the hot climate of the Sonoran Desert, the size and shape of the lot, and what the architect considered a modest budget—Taylor decided the house would also have the first modern desert roof garden in the U.S. A cliff, a river, a
Working in Brazil: The Pros & Cons
Until Brazil was selected to host the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympic Games in 2016, only three countries had hosted both events back-to-back. Successful bids for either event are usually equal parts proof that the country already has what it takes, and a promise that it will do whatever else necessary to make things run smoothly.
