Presidential libraries are an… interesting conceit. This new design for the upcoming Teddy Roosevelt library caught my eye however, for the way it tries hard to not catch the eye. Trying to capture his love of landscape, the library nestles…
This is not an accident. It is not a truck that drove into the sea. It’s not a beached whale either. It is a restaurant, appropriately named “Under.” Just recently completed (and, alas, too far away for me to visit…
Let’s slip back over to Oslo tonight, to visit the Opera House (which also houses he National Ballet, plus theatre, concerts, and more) designed by none other than one of my favs, Snøhetta. One of the things that makes this…
I love it when companies recognize good design makes for a better running enterprise, especially for building types that, over the past century or so, have been considered “utilitarian” and thus “unnecessary” or “wasteful” to spend any effort in making…
I posted about the new Calgary Central Library earlier this year while it was still under construction… and now it’s done and open! And it still looks great. I waxed poetic a bunch about the lovely spaces that the renderings…
This is a project close to my hometown, in Toronto, a new Student Learning Centre for Ryerson University, designed by Zeidler Partnership and (one of my favs) Snøhetta. While the outside is all angular and kinda sculptural and opens to…
OK, so this one isn’t even complete yet, but I’m too excited to not share about it right away! Not the least of which because it is by my perennial fave, Snøhetta. It’s also a library! Given their first project…
I don’t think it’s a surprise at this point that I’m a fan of Snøhetta. And this lovely cabin design is just another example why. Check this out. There’s a nice play at work here between a long rectangular bar…
An absolutely delightful little cabin in Norway by Snøhetta! So much to like here. A Living roof. Local materials. Blends into and is one with the landscape rather than perched like a prow atop it. Simplicity executed elegantly to create…
I first heard of Snøhetta from the firm’s founder, at a lecture in SF. It was an amazing talk, not only for the work they produced, starting by winning as a brand new firm the competition for the new global…
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