Alexandra The Archives
Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Casa Itu by Studio Arthur Casas
Glass panels slide into the walls to create an outdoor living room at this lakeside house outside São Paulo by Brazilian architects Studio Arthur Casas (+ slideshow). Named Casa Itu, the building is the main residence for a young family with two children. It is two storeys in height, but most of the rooms occupy [...]
Wednesday 03 October, 2012
Panel on Women in Architecture: Today in NYC
Today at 6:30pm in New York City, Design critic Alexandra Lange will moderate a panel of award-winning female architects (Galia Solomonoff, Claire Weisz of WXY Design, and Marion Weiss of Weiss/Manfredi) on “their experiences in a male-dominated field and how the gender landscape has changed since the start of their own careers.”
Thursday 10 May, 2012
Can you Crowdsource a City?
A screenshot of the Video for the City 2.0, the 2012 TED Prize Winner, which aims to use crowdsourcing technology to rebuild our cities. Photo via Atlantic Cities.
Sunday 15 April, 2012
Vintage Luggage Furniture by Emmanuelle Legavre
We were totally charmed by this vintage luggage furniture collection over at EL Paris called Les Valises (the luggage in English) by Emmanuelle Legavre. Les Valises is a new line inspired by and resembling classy vintage pieces. There something chic and trendy about luggage and travel, maybe it’s the homage to a jet-set lifestyle. Either [...]
Saturday 14 April, 2012
Vintage Luggage Furniture by Emmanuelle Legavre
We were totally charmed by this vintage luggage furniture collection over at EL Paris called Les Valises (the luggage in English) by Emmanuelle Legavre. Les Valises is a new line inspired by and resembling classy vintage pieces. There something chic and trendy about luggage and travel, maybe it’s the homage to a jet-set lifestyle. Either [...]
Saturday 07 April, 2012
Writing About Architecture / Alexandra Lange
We recently received a book we wished we had earlier, Writing About Architecture. Lange’s book pulls from “lessons learned from her courses at New York University and the School of Visual Arts.” ”The book offers works by some of the best architecture critics of the twentieth century including Ada Louise Huxtable, Lewis Mumford, Herbert Muschamp, Michael [...]
Saturday 07 April, 2012
Writing About Architecture / Alexandra Lange
We recently received a book we wished we had earlier, Writing About Architecture. Lange’s book pulls from “lessons learned from her courses at New York University and the School of Visual Arts.” ”The book offers works by some of the best architecture critics of the twentieth century including Ada Louise Huxtable, Lewis Mumford, Herbert Muschamp, Michael [...]
Friday 16 March, 2012
Competition: five copies of Writing About Architecture by Alexandra Lange to be won
Competition: we’ve teamed up with architecture critic Alexandra Lange to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of her new book, Writing About Architecture: mastering the language of buildings and cities.
Wednesday 29 February, 2012
Striking Modern Design: Triumph Palace Apartment in Moscow
Envisioned by designers Alexei Nikolashina, Alexandra Fedorova and Irina Shumaeva, this highly modern apartment is one of the sought after accommodation spaces in Moscow’s famous Triumph Palace building. The chromatic harmony of this project is achieved by white walls and floors, contrasted subtly by wooden accents and strongly by a dark-yellow TV and bookcase unit. [...]
Tuesday 22 November, 2011
8 Decorative Accent Pillows to Cozy Up With
Baby, it’s cold outside; as winter approaches, our nesting instincts kick in and few things sound better than relaxing back into the couch with a great movie and a steaming cup of hot chocolate. These eight decorative accent pillows lend a little punch and personality to a living room with pithy sayings, line art, eco-friendly [...]