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Photo Essay: When Architecture Went California Crazy

James Porteous 7 March 2022 0 Comment

Over-sized owls, dinosaurs, coffee-pots, and even a Mexican giant standing on a roof serving nachos and beer – California Crazy! Photo: © Jim Heimann Collection/Courtesy TASCHEN 30 MAY 2018 HAWKINS BAY James Porteous 29...

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Watch: A swimmer in London’s fully transparent Sky Pool

James Porteous 8 June 2021 0 Comment

Fully transparent Sky Pool provides “a swim like no other” between two housing blocks in London 04 June 2021 | Tom Ravenscroft | | Dezeen Photography is by Simon Kennedy. Architecture studio HAL has created a...

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(Brand) Name-Dropping Inside Drake’s Manor Fit for a King

James Porteous 8 June 2021 0 Comment

Photo: Drake, in a Kapital sweatshirt and 1017 ALYX 9SM pants, with Rafauli in the lounge. By Mayer Rus Photography by Jason Schmidt Styled by Colin King Presented by Architectural Digest Remember the chintzy, pimped-out McMansions that...

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San Jose approves Google’s downtown village and campus plan

James Porteous 26 May 2021 0 Comment

Photo: SITELAB urban studio, Google San Fernando Street area of Google’s proposed Downtown West transit-oriented neighborhood in downtown San Jose, showing buildings in the project near a light rail line and existing building, concept...

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Oval-shaped school in India’s Thar Desert

James Porteous 16 May 2021 0 Comment

Photography is by Vinay Panjwani. 15 May 2021 James Parkes | Dezeen Photography is by Vinay Panjwani New York-based studio Diana Kellogg Architects looked to symbols of femininity for its design of an oval-shaped all-girls school in India made from...

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The World’s First Floating Swimming Pool

James Porteous 10 May 2021 0 Comment

Calling all adrenaline junkies: Take a dip in Sky Pool, a water-filled bridge between two 10-story residential towers 30 April 2021 | Jessica Cherner | Architectural Digest (original link) Anyone who thinks Londoners prefer...

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Bette Midler (Finally) Sells Her 14-Bedroom $50 Million NYC Penthouse

James Porteous 23 April 2021 0 Comment

Ms. Midler has confessed that she has been ‘wanting to downsize ever since her daughter moved out.’ 21 April 2021 | Isis Briones | Architectural Digest (original link) Bette Midler and her husband, Argentine performance...

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Inside The $5 Billion Apple Headquarters

James Porteous 21 April 2021 0 Comment

The Futurist | April 2021 What looks like a giant spaceship parked in the lush flats of Cupertino, California, is actually tech giant Apple’s new HQ. Fittingly named the Apple Park, this stunning architecture...

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The Glorious, Impossibly Sumptuous Kitchens of the SuperRich

James Porteous 7 April 2021 0 Comment

07 April 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media I know what you are thinking. This Clipper guy is taking the piss. Yes, you were going to finally find a new abode last year,...

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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip III Wants to Take You to the Stars (for a price)

James Porteous 6 April 2021 0 Comment

If you’ve got the money, honey, Richard Branson wants to take you for a ride. 02 April 2021 | Tim Nelson | Architectural Digest (original link) Just so you know, this is not an...

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If Frank Lloyd Wright Had Designed a Cocktail Bar?

James Porteous 29 March 2021 0 Comment

This cocktail bar only lasted eight months before closing but it must have been something to see. JP 02 November 2017 | Kathryn O’Shea-Evans | Architectural Digest (original link) Once you’ve seen Frank Lloyd...