Southampton Beach House by Alexander Gorlin Architects

Ranked as one of 10 new homes in the Hamptons, by Curbed, the Southampton Beach House is built to accommodate a family of four and designed with entertainment in mind. 12,000 square foot summer house in the East End of the Hamptons takes full advantage of its location between the bay and the ocean to offer views of both. The house includes guest suites, staff quarters, an outdoor pool and a rooftop terrace.

Southampton Beach House, by Alexander Gorlin Architects

Typography = Models: Praline & The Model Shop

When Praline teamed up with The Model Shop, we were presented with a cauldron being stirred by an excellent set of designers and equally adept architectural model makers. The results are understandably broad, and include a new typeface, architectural models, a neon sign and most importantly one fantastic concept.

Avec, by Praline, and The Model Shop, for the If You Could Collaborate project
via: It’s Nice That

Burj Khalifa Tower Opens in Dubai

With a spectacular fireworks show, the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa tower has its opening ceremony in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The 828 m tall tower is named after the president of the UAE and ruler of emirate of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan.

Books: The Iconic House: Architectural Masterworks Since 1900

Presenting the most architecturally significant houses since 1900, The Iconic House is a comprehensive record of the most important works to date. With specially commissioned photographs by Richard Powers, and written by Dominic Bradbury, the book not only looks at the architects and their designs but also the close communion between the architect and client–a relationship, sometimes harmonious, but often conflicted.
The houses are experimental and innovative, their influence has spread throughout the world and many have established new architectural paradigms that affect the way we perceive a beautiful home. Each featured house includes floorplans, a short biography of the architect with key buildings, and are sorted chronologically with a giant date to anchor the description.
Not to be overlooked is a bibliography at the back of the book, as well as a gazetteer and list of houses by type which offer further information including which homes are open to the public.

Some of the architects whose work appears in The Iconic House include Tadao Ando, Shigeru Ban, Marcel Breuer, Richard Buckminster Fuller, Charles & Ray Eames, Eileen Gray, Greene & Greene, Walter Gropius, Herzog & de Meuron, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Pierre Koenig, Rem Koolhaas, John Lautner, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Richard Neutra, Oscar Niemeyer, Eero Saarinen, UN Studio, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Iconic House: Architectural Masterworks Since 1900, by Dominic Bradbury, Photographs by Richard Powers, Publisher: Thames & Hudson, Hardcover, 351 Pages, ISBN: 9780500342558

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Loft Apartment NYC by Bonetti Kozerski Studio

Designed a young couple with two children, this loft in Soho features dark floors and dark perimeter walls to unify the space and create a stark contrast with the views of the adjoining rooftops; with custom furniture designed by Bonetti Kozerski Studio.

Loft Apartment, Soho, New York, USA, by Bonetti Kozerski Studio

Mount Ishizuchi House by Kazujuki Okumura

Japanese architect Kazujuki Okumura planned the Mount Ishizuchi House on a North South axis to take advantage of the prevailing winds in this part of rural Japan.

House at the Northern Foot of Mount Ishizuchi, Ehime, Japan, by Kazujuki Okumura Architect & Associates

Louis Vuitton Luggage by Damien Hirst

Inspired by the movie Dead Ringers by David Cronenberg with its display of stainless steel surgical instruments, Damien Hirst has created a line of luggage for Louis Vuitton.

Secretaire, by Damien Hirst, for Louis Vuitton
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Sociocultural Center in Agrón Spain

Architectural Photographer, Héctor Fernández Santos-Díez has published recent images of a new sociocultural center in Galicia, Spain.

Centro Sociocultural, Agrón, Ames, A Coruña, Spain, by Architects Prieto + Vaquero + Carreiro + López, Photography by Santos-Díez

Wooden Textiles by Elisa Strozyk

Made by applying specially cut pieces of veneer to fabric, the textile takes on unexpected qualities when it’s folded.

Wooden Textiles, by Elisa Strozyk

Happy Hour Chandelier by Marcel Wanders & Nanine Linning

Happy New Year!
Award–winning choreographer Nanine Linning and designer Marcel Wanders present an innovative concept in which a Dancing Angel is hanging upside down for 20 minutes from a Chandelier. The dancer offers little spoons of chocolate mousse and flutes of champagne to the crowd beneath her.

Happy Hour Chandelier, by Marcel Wanders, and Nanine Linning.
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