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Tiffany Ginza by Kengo Kuma and Associates

Tokyo

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

November 19, 2009

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Kengo Kuma creates a luminous jewel box for Tiffany Ginza.

Kengo Kuma & Associates Tiffany Ginza Lighting Projects

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

November 19, 2009

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Project Specs Tiffany Ginza Tokyo, Japan Kengo Kuma & Associates << Return to article the People Architect Kengo Kuma & Associates 2-24-8 Minamiaoyama Minato-ku Tokyo, 107-0062 Japan TEL: 81-3-3401-7721 FAX: 81-3-3401-7778 Engineer: Oak Structural Design Office Consultant(s) Lighting: Uchihara Creative Lighting Inc. General contractor: Taisei Corporation / Mitsukoshi Kankyo Engineering Photographer Masao Nishikawa 81-42-343-5861 Renderer(s): Kengo Kuma & Associates, NAU Architecture Design Studio CAD system, project management, or other software used: Vector Works, AUTO CAD, 3D MAX, Tomonaga Tokuyama (designer who developed new software for this project) the Products Exterior cladding Masonry: Nagano Stone, Co., LTD. Metal/glass curtainwall: Glass

Linda C. Lentz

November 19, 2009

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Lighting: Armani/5th Avenue Canada Line Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory New York, USA Studio Fuksas Architects Armani animates 5th Avenue On a crisp evening before Christmas, New York City’s Fifth Avenue was packed with shoppers hurrying to pick up last-minute gifts. The stores — appropriately decked out with the subtle signage and tasteful decorations mandated by the city for businesses here — beckoned customers with softly glittering LED bows, stars, and supersize trimmings. But none conveyed the dynamic aura of the year-old Armani/5th Avenue boutique, a four-story glass-enclosed box on the corner of 56th Street wrapped in a virtual blizzard of

Nordwesthaus

Baumschlager Eberle's Nordwesthaus casts its reflection on a quiet corner of Lake Constance.

Linda C. Lentz

November 19, 2009

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At the base of lake Constance, Within the picturesque Rhine Delta Nature Conservation Zone of southwestern Austria, a radiant, transparent pavilion celebrates the completion of a small but distinctive marina in the town of Fussach.

Linda C. Lentz

November 19, 2009

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Project Specs Nordwesthaus Fussach, Austria Baumschlager Eberle << Return to article the People Architect Baumschlager Eberle Lochau ZT GmbH Lindauer Strasse 31 6911 Lochau Austria Tel.: +43 5574 43079-0 Fax: +43 5574 43079-30 Christoph von Oefele, project architect Consultant(s) Building technology: GMI Ing. Peter Messner GmbH, Dornbirn/Austria Structural engineer: Mader + Flatz, Bregenz, Austria Façade: Glas Marte GmbH, Bregenz, Austria Superstructure: Oberhauser-Schedler Bau, Andelsbuch, Austria Illumination: Ledon Lighting GmbH, Lustenau, Austria Photographer Eduard Hueber + Ines Leong / archphoto.com Eduard Hueber Arch Photo, Inc. 109 South 5th Street, Suite 401 Brooklyn NY 11211-5501 USA Tel: +1-212-941 9294 CAD system, project

Peace Bridge

Mulvey+Banani illuminate the U.S. Peace Bridge to Canada.

David Sokol

November 19, 2009

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The Peace Bridge connecting Buffalo to Fort Erie, Ontario, commemorates cordial relations between Canada and the United States.

UNStudio MUMUTH Music Theater Project Portfolio

Victoria Newhouse

October 19, 2009

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Project Specs MUMUTH Music Theater Graz, Austria UNStudio << Return to article the People Architect UNStudio Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos with Hannes Pfau and Miklos Deri, Kirsten Hollmann, Markus Berger, Florian Pischetsrieder, Uli Horner, Albert Gnodde, Peter Trummer, Maarten van Tuijl, Matthew Johnston, Mike Green, Monica Pacheco, Ger Gijzen, Wouter de Jonge Engineering: Arup London: Cecil Balmond, Volker Schmid, Charles Walker, Francis Archer Consultants: Engineering execution: Peter Mandl ZT GmbH Structural Engineering, Arge Statik, Graz Specifications: Housinc Bauconsult GmbH, Vienna Electrical: Klauss Elektro – Anlagen Planungsgesellschaft m.b.H. Acoustic and Building Physics: ZT Gerhard Tomberger, Graz. Pro Acoustic Engineering Thorsten Rohde,

Standard New York

Polshek Partnership raises the bar with a new benchmark in hotel design at the Standard New York.

Josephine Minutillo

October 19, 2009

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Imagine New York City’s UN Headquarters building transported from its stuffy midtown location to a trendy downtown spot, kinked in the middle, rotated 90 degrees, and balanced over an elevated rail-line-cum-popular parkland and you’ve got the Standard New York.

Josephine Minutillo

October 19, 2009

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Project Specs Standard New York New York, New York Polshek Partnership << Return to article the People Architect Polshek Partnership Architects 320 West 13th Street New York, NY 10014 212-807-7171 tel 212-807-5917 fax Todd Schliemann FAIA, Design Partner Kevin McClurkan AIA, Management Partner Megan Miller AIA, Project Architect Amy Lin AIA, Project Designer Tara Leibenhaut-Tyre AIA, Project Architect Michael O’Meara Frederick Tang Gary Anderson Darla Elsbernd John LaBombard Apichat Leungchaikul Saem Oh Jesse Peck Alan Slusarenko Maya Weissman-Ilan Interior designer(s): Shawn Hausman; Roman & Williams—Stephen Alesch, Principal Robin Standefer, Principal Eric Cheong, Project Manager Jennifer Dubas, Project Designer; André Balazs

New Acropolis Museum

Bernard Tschumi Architects presents a case for bringing the Elgin Marbles back to Athens in its design for the New Acropolis Museum.

Suzanne Stephens

October 19, 2009

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After all the controversy, lawsuits, and delays in building the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, it will no doubt seem churlish to point out that the $180 million museum, designed by Bernard Tschumi Architects, is not the firm’s most spectacular work.

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