Last July, as much of New York City life moved outdoors and into the streets, architect and urban planner Vishaan Chakrabarti, along with his Manhattan firm Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), unveiled a proposal in The New York Times: Banish most privately-owned cars from Manhattan. Interestingly, that same month, […]
Find a variety of arts and crafts in Pike Road on Sept. 2
Paintings, home décor, hand carved wood pieces, and ceramic coffee mugs are some of the items that will be for sale at the Pike Road Arts Center’s First Thursday on Sept. 2. The Arts Center is open at times on Saturdays and Sundays, but Arts Council coordinator Patty Payne and […]
$5.5M Arts and Crafts home in Bay Ridge has modern period interiors and a magical backyard
Listing photos by Nico Arellano for CORE It’s always fun to see the big, suburban homes of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, with their varying architectural styles. This six-bedroom Arts & Crafts beauty is on the market for $5.5 million, and it’s certainly something different. Inside, a recent renovation restored period details from its […]
Decorative Beats Fine Arts At Ahlers & Ogletree
“We do very well with contemporary high-quality decorative furniture and that was a very good result,” Elizabeth Rickenbaker said. This regal Georgian-style mahogany veneered desk and bookcase replicated one belonging to the Spencer family in England, at their Althorp estate. Made by Theodore Alexander, it boasted 100 drawers and sold […]
Ten students from the School of Visual Arts present their final year projects
An LGBT+ community centre that caters to Seattle’s queer population and a peace centre in Homs, Syria, are included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at the School of Visual Arts. Also included is a fermentation centre that explores the world of microflora and its relationship to our wellbeing […]
10 interiors by Corcoran School of the Arts and Design undergrad students
A clothing store that imitates an art gallery and an animal hostel designed to increase adoption rates are among the interiors projects presented by undergraduate students at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design in our latest school show. Other designs include an indoor park, a meditation space that uses […]