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PROJECT PROFILE: Ketchum Interior
With limited natural light, the challenge for this three-story vacation townhome—nestled into the Ketchum, ID, mountainside—was to create a warm, modern interior that would integrate with the existing...
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PROJECT PROFILE: California Academy of Sciences Donor Wall
The California Academy of Sciences (CAS) is one of the largest museums of natural history in the world. Located in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, it was originally founded in 1853 as a learned...
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PROJECT PROFILE: San Francisco High-Rise
Fu-Tung Cheng and his design team were asked to bring a fresh perspective to an otherwise traditional, high-rise condominium remodel located in the heart of downtown San Francisco. The main goal of the...
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ARTFUL DEBATE: Hand vs. Computer Drawing
A response to Enzo Tessitore’s editorial on Hand vs. Computer Drawing: A Student’s Opinion for design purposes in architecture. Instant disclosure: I have no training or experience working as a...
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ShapeCrete wins Dwell on Design 2015 – Best Design Material
We are excited to announce that ShapeCrete wins Dwell on Design 2015 – Best Design Material! At the 10th annual Dwell on Design show held in Los Angeles May 29-31, over 32,000 people crowded the Los...
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Imitation can be the Highest Form of Efficiency
It’s a fool’s errand to try to compete with, or imitate, Nature. Our gut-level, natural design instincts can sniff out most tacky attempts at imitation. Faux “cultured” marble, stamped concrete...
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ART-BREAK: Terracotta Warriors
I played hooky from the office one Friday with my 14 year-old daughter. She was on school break. It was impulsive, but I was warned: you only have these waning, fleeting, post-pubescent days as a...
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FLOATING CONCRETE: Stairway to House 7
I’m standing in the foyer lobby of the house [House 7]. Finally, here, I was able to utilize all these different experiences of working with finished concrete in a super-engineered sculptural way in...
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