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Chanel moves into the neighbourhood

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Diane Chan | Comments

Categories: Architecture, Fashion

Chanel opens its redesigned SoHo boutique with the help of Peter Marino: the head-to-toe, leather-clad high-end retail architect behind such projects as the semi-transparent Louis Vuitton store in Hong Kong and Chanel Tower in Tokyo.

 

 

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Locale: where art and shoes meet

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Diane Chan | Comments

Categories: Architecture, Interior Design , Shopping, Fashion

Aldo shoes and Pompei A.D., the creative agency behind such retail stores as Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters, have teamed up to create Locale, ­a shopping mall experience inspired by cafés, galleries, and other popular urban meeting places. 

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Competition News: Museum of the Second World War

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Nina Boccia | Comments

Categories: Architecture, Competition

Architecture firm Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat has won the competition to build the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, Poland. 

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Now in Venice: Lucent Saddles by Patterns and 3form

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Nina Boccia | Comments

Categories: Product design, Architecture, Events, Green design

For the 12th edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, Los Angeles architecture firm Patterns teamed up with 3form to create a playful installation for the Austrian Pavilion. 

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Cesar Pelli comes to Toronto

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Catherine Osborne | Comments

Categories: Architecture, Urban planning, Green design

Toronto’s New Blue Edge, the largest waterfront development project in North America, has announced the winning bid to develop a four-hectare parcel of industrial land. Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, was in Toronto last week to present his vision for the massive project.

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