In this issue

John Portman: Atlanta's Architect. Everlane's new Soho flagship. Cassina headquarters redesign. The Public Hotel in NYC. The Msheireb Museums in Qatar.

Retail - Lighting The Beacon

Edina, Minnesota, is home to a massive—yet somehow nondescript—living relic of architectural history: the first modern mall, Victor Gruen’s 1956 Southdale Center. Innovative at the time, the mall is inward facing, with stores contributing to a new kind of communal plaza. But today, at the Galleria Edina, another mall just across the street, a new Design Within Reach (DWR) store aims to break away from this inward-focused architecture.

2 mins

Anatomy - A View From The Switch

The designer of the Noon Smart Lighting System reveals the thinking behind the unit’s streamlined, DIY-friendly design.

2 mins

Materials Spontaneous Construction

The Bouroullec brothers’ new rug benefits from a special technique that ensures beauty and durability—and a bit of randomness.

1 min

Building Details - Depth Of Color

The use of paint advances a maritime theme for Expedia’s cruise division.

1 min

Hospitality - Creative Quarters

For its newest property in Chicago’s booming downtown, Ace Hotel makes art central to its design.

3 mins

Development - High And Tight

Cornell Tech’s towering 352-unit apartment building on Roosevelt Island sets a Passive House record.

3 mins

Back To Basics

Everlane’s new Soho flagship, the e-tailer’s first brick-and-mortar store, embraces its ethos of transparency.

4 mins

Cassina's Sweet Refuge

In a redesign of the Cassina headquarters, Patricia Urquiola honors the company’s Modernist legacy while investing in unexpected and revelatory design flourishes.

3 mins

The Anti-Vanity Museum

By unflinchingly acknowledging Qatar’s history of resource extraction and migrant labor, a set of four cultural institutions in Doha points the way to a new kind of Middle Eastern architectural project.

4 mins

Welcome To Mo-Po

Postmodernism, the laughingstock of architectural aesthetic tendencies, refuses to go away. Three books document the movement at its moment of re-revival.

6 mins

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