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10 Breathtakingly Beautiful Art School Campuses

By Matthew Bower on

There are certain creative undertakings in which form should never be too far removed from content. Click through to explore some unique and imaginative art school campuses across the… Read More

Architecture

The Surprisingly Colorful Homes of 10 Famous Architects

By Claire Cottrell on

Architects often get classified as stark minimalists obsessed with the seemingly boring, non-color palette of black and white. We thought we’d dispel this myth with a virtual visit to the vibrant homes of some of our favorite design legends. Verner Panton, enfant terrible of Danish design and creator of fabulous, funky pieces in exotic colors, once said that “choosing colors should not be a gamble. It should be a conscious decision. Colors have a meaning and a function.” Color brings life, meaning, and mood to even the most simple of spaces, and when done well — in our opinion — is the sign of real genius. From Luis Barragán’s vivid pink walls to Charles and Ray Eames’ whimsical use of red, yellow and blue, click through to peek into the surprisingly colorful lives of some of the world’s most famous architects. Which would you want to live… Read More

Architecture

Spectacular Hotels Designed by Famous Architects

By Claire Cottrell on

When Frank Lloyd Wright said that “a great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart,” surely he was alluding to the fact that travel and exploration are important aspects of any designer’s process. Seriously, what better way to feed your soul and get the creative juices flowing than a fabulous get-away in an inspiring and culturally significant hotel?

A testament to the splendor of heart-driven design, we’ve married two of our favorite things – extraordinary hotels and stunning architecture – to bring you our guide to the most architecturally significant hotels in the world. From Frank Gehry’s iridescent design set against a medieval backdrop in Spain’s Rioja wine region to a recently renovated mid-century icon by John Lautner to Renzo Piano’s whimsical update of an old Fiat factory in Italy, click through to check out these visionary and inspiring designs. Let us know in the comments which one you’ll be booking for your next creative crusade! … Read More

Architecture

Wanted: Minimalist Posters of Modern Architecture

By Caroline Stanley on

Six Architects is a series of minimalist posters by a designer who goes by Roosterization; his crisp black and white graphics simplify and recreate the work of some of modern architecture’s most famed structures — from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum to Louis Kahn’s National Assembly Building in Bangladesh. Click through to check them out, and let us know in the comments which one you’d like to hang on your walls. … Read More

Architecture

Exploring Mad Men-Era New York with Ezra Stoller

By Caroline Stanley on

Ezra Stoller — considered a pioneer in the world of architectural photography — was known for snapping images of some of the 20th century’s most celebrated buildings, from the Guggenheim Museum to the TWA terminal at Idlewild Airport. In fact, his work was considered so influential that architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Paul Rudolph, and Richard Meier all wanted their buildings “Stollerized.”

His method for magically capturing a building’s essence? Patience. ”Photography is space, light, texture, of course,” Stoller once said, ”but the really important element is time. That nanosecond when the image organizes itself on the ground glass.” A selection of his gelatin silver prints are currently on display at New York’s Yossi Milo Gallery through February 12th; click through to check out a few of our favorite images of iconic NYC landmarks, alongside a few lesser known gems. … Read More

Art

Bauhaus at the MoMA: A Very Long Essay That Develops a Proposition

By Flavorwire Staff on

I’ve always considered the MoMA’s sixth floor as the place to escape from the otherwise escapist’s ultimate playground. It’s where the intelligentsia, the freelancers, the art history students and the discerning tourists alike all co-mingle, satisfied at having bypassed the hordes who are arrhythmically struggling to catch an unobstructed glimpse of a Picasso or Cézanne. If the sixth floor were a busy sidewalk, its inhabitants understand basic pedestrian… Read More

Books

Big Brother Book Club: Kindles, Public Enemies, and Corbusier

By Lauren Hubbard on

For those of you who are new to the Big Brother Book Club, we give up our precious subway reading time each week to bring you the scoop on what the world around us is reading. It’s a hard job filled with all kinds of exciting espionage-related tasks we dare not speak of to the unindoctrinated. Just know, that wherever you are reading, the book spy is out there, working hard for you.… Read More