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Box Fresh: five homes under five years old

As we are well aware, a modern house has multiple meanings and can span as far back as the early 20th century. This week however, we’ve decided to look to the more recent past and marvel at how architects and developers are translating the requirements […]

24th Jan 2025 34 votes
The Modern House guide to Christmas gifts that give back

The festive sprint comes with ample occasions for gift giving, from Secret Santa to stocking fillers. Where to start? This year, we’ve decided to focus on gifting with an altruistic inclination and present an edit of design-led festive finds that support the work of charities […]

5th Dec 2024 30 votes
A new chapter: seven creatively converted homes

It takes an especially skilled eye to see the potential of somewhere to call home in a space not designed with that in mind. But in this country, with its architectural tapestry of period buildings and premium on space, we have become adept at repackaging […]

21st Nov 2024 28 votes

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New and Old #280

Durable homes, the return of the Walkman (?), and very rare video gaming artifacts

2 weeks ago 2 votes
An Interstate Highway Program — but for Sidewalks?

What if communities had more control over their transportation priorities?

2 weeks ago 2 votes
How Does Architectural Knowledge Get Passed On in the AI Office?

Technology may reduce production hours, but that lengthier process has been a crucial learning time for younger professionals.

3 weeks ago 1 votes
The Astor Building 2

Keeping on with the construction photos of the St. Regis Hotel under its temporary name “the Astor Building”… Unlike my previous dive into the construction photos of the Equitable Trust Building on Broad Street, the main sequence photos here (which are numbered and dated) begin with the superstructure steel being erected. There are two foundation […]

3 weeks ago 1 votes
Supreme Court allows Trump's White House ballroom construction to continue

This just in: The U.S. Supreme Court today allowed construction of Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project to proceed indefinitely while legal challenges continue. In a 5–4 decision, the court blocked lower-court rulings that would have paused the aboveground portion of the project (Archinect reported on August 7). The challenge, brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, argued that Trump lacked unilateral authority to proceed without congressional approval.  The court’s unsigned eight-page ruling found that the trust likely lacks standing to bring the case but stopped short of deciding whether the president actually has the authority to build the ballroom without Congress.  "Today, we do not pass upon the legality of the government’s East Wing project," the ruling states. "We conclude only that, based on the submissions before us, the government is likely to prevail in showing that the Trust lacks Article III standing to challenge the project in federal cou...

3 weeks ago 0 votes
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