James Hueter was a central figure in a group of artists local to Claremont California. This residence was designed by Hueter, a strict modernist, in collaboration with Everett Tozier. The current owners, Jay and Lori Dunton, became the second owners of the home in 2021. Their philosophy of deep preservation has helped restore key spaces to their former glory. In particular, the studio where Hueter worked remains in pristine condition. Hueter worked in this studio daily for over 50 years.
Watch the full video-documentary and learn about the Dunton’s ongoing restoration efforts on @openspaceseries youtube channel.
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In this short exploration of @gensler_design renovation of the @frickcollection they detailed their development and design of the new auditorium and renovated garden. The garden represents an iconic piece of the Frick Collection experience. The newly built auditorium required extensive construction and included newly poured foundations and repurposing of old bomb shelters. See the full interview on frick collection youtube channel.
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In this short we explore the renovation plan of the Frick Collection in New York. This full length video is available to watch on the @frickcollection youtube channel.
The renovation of The Frick Collection represents a delicate balance between preserving a Gilded Age masterpiece and modernizing it for a 21st-century audience. The project was defined by the principle of “do no harm,” ensuring that essential infrastructure upgrades did not disrupt the museum’s intimate, historic character.
Restoration as a Centerpiece: Rather than pursuing a previous plan that was criticized for impacting the 70th Street Garden, the team pivoted to make the garden a central element of the museum’s evolution. By consulting archival photographs and correspondence, they restored the Russell Page Garden to be more faithful to its original design intent than it has been in decades.
By focusing on these precise interventions, the institution successfully updated its capabilities—including new gallery space and visitor amenities—while maintaining the seamless, guest-focused atmosphere that has defined the Frick for nearly a century.
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For Erwan Bouroullec, the spaces we inhabit directly impact our well-being. He argues that a room filled with meaning and character nourishes the spirit, while a sterile, empty environment can actually be harmful to the body.
He views the objects we choose as more than just decor. These objects are “tiny animals” or companions that form our personal network. The pieces do not just sit there. Instead, they help us move, act, and navigate our daily lives. Design is a tool for living, not just an aesthetic choice.
Full Interview @wallpapermag youtube
Designer: @erwanbouroullec
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The Maiji Mountain Visitor Center in Tianshui, China, is a ring-shaped cultural facility designed by ZXD Architects and BIAD, inspired by Buddhist symbolism and the nearby UNESCO World Heritage site. Its design features a continuous, circular path of six column-free spaces, which are separated by six trapezoidal cores. The exterior uses sandstone in earthy tones, and the interior blends traditional and modern aesthetics, with specific areas dedicated to reception, digital exhibits, a 5D cinema, a performance theater, and a cultural/creative center.
Below, a description from the architects:
To explore the significance of Maiji Mountain culture and art, we must first consider the influence of Buddhism, and design begins from here. Circumambulatory structures are the most common and primitive form of space used for ceremonial and commemorative purposes after the awakening of human consciousness, corresponding to the Buddhist concept of reincarnation. All living things, if they do not seek 'liberation', will forever be in the cycle of life and death in the 'Six Paths', with no end. Of course, these concepts and annotations have undergone changes through cultural integration in the long river of history, especially in the process of communication and integration with the native culture of the Han ethnic group, and even in the process of modernization. They have surpassed the original meaning of Buddhism and have a more contemporary interpretation, which will foreshadow the realistic power of sustainable development and affect our life experience.
Architects: @zxdarchitects
Source: @divisare_
Photos: @archexist
The Budapest Central Market Hall was constructed in 1897 in response to the city's rapid growth following the unification of Buda and Pest in 1873, and it was designed to be a central hub for commerce. The market's architecture, a blend of historical styles, features a three-story structure with a prominent roof. It was extensively damaged during World War II and subsequently underwent major renovations in the 1950s and 1960s
Our clients for The Findling, two accomplished psychoanalysts from Manhattan, asked us to design a small home that would be in every way possible the opposite of a house they had recently completed overlooking a pond on their property in upstate New York. Their plan was to live in this new home and eventually retire to the pond house. The new home would then become a guest house where their children could stay when visiting. The architecture needed to be an alter ego to the pond house. The essence of this brief was not only to discover an architecture of otherness — of alterity — but to be custodians of a process through design, pricing, and construction that would be a restorative antithesis to their previous experience building the house on the pond.
When we analyze this house, we can see the attention to detail imposed upon it. From the carefully crafted details to the magnificent boulders the house rests upon, the entire project has an intense passion interwoven throughout it.
Check out more details of the project on the @of_possible Instagram page and website.
Architects: @of_possible
Builders: @alulawoodworks
Images: @darcstudio_
This project is located on the edge of the Moulin des Gourmands park, in the commune of Saint-Révérend. The building, designed in the spirit of a grain market, is divided into two main program elements. On one side, a large room, benefiting from a breathtaking view of the mill, can accommodate large groups; on the other side, there is an exhibition and screening room intended to be the final point of the guided tour of the mill. The building is based on a 2.80 m grid, which was the starting point for the construction of the project's partition. The wooden frame supports a lightweight roof that extends to the north side of the building to form a covered courtyard. Its frame, insulation, and much of the interior cladding were made of wood and wood fiber. Foundations are included between the posts under the covered courtyard and on the facade under the wide roof overhangs, facing the park, allowing the building to be used when closed.
Design: @atelieriso_architectes
Source: @divisare_
Photos: @charles_bouchaib
The Newberg Residence, a remarkable home designed to exist in harmony with the nature surrounding it. Perched over an old logging pond, this one-of-a-kind home is the work of Jim Cutler of Cutler Anderson Architects, who envisioned a structure not imposed on the land, but integrated with it. Built like a bridge over water, the residence is a testament to Cutler’s philosophy: to never harm natural life through his work, but instead to foster and encourage it. In the decade since its construction, the surrounding landscape has flourished, with wildlife, water, and woodland thriving around the home.
See the full interview on @archdigest YouTube
Enhanced by the subdued browns and grays of the soaring landscape, Villa ITO stands as an expansive estate that harmoniously marries genuine Mexican influences, contemporary concrete architecture, and Japanese design principles. This captivating fusion celebrates uncluttered spaces and an aesthetic communion with the surrounding natural environment, creating an immersive sanctuary of unrivaled beauty.
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.
See the full video on Open Plan Youtube
Architect Søren Pihlmann wants to revolutionise how we build. We followed him for one and a half years as he applied his philosophy to the Danish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Find the full discussion on TheLouisiannaChannel YT
The building finds the continuity between the ground and his vertical surfaces in the colors of the earth: the purplish red of the clay reminds the architectural tradition of the reclamation land and of nearby Fertilia. The building relates with its surroundings and with the “inside”, the ground is elected to host the productive spaces, to be discovered through the continuous references of the triple height and the projections of the intermediate floor. The only above ground floor is the wide hall: a glass box punctuated by the triangular pillars of the portico. In contrast to the seriality of the system, the internal ceilings are vaulted, featuring variable geometries forced into the rigid perimeter of the building.
Source: @divisare_
Architect: @casciurangoarchitetti
Photographer: @cedric_dasesson
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