September 12, 2012
Published by Daily AD at September 12, 2012
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A new book explores concrete’s architectural possibilities

View SlideshowA lowly substance of near limitless function, concrete has been used since ancient times in buildings both monumental and subtle, beautiful and hideous. Haunted by its Brutalist past, the simple mixture of stone, sand, and water is wi...
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September 11, 2012
Published by Daily AD at September 11, 2012
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Prized Collection

Thomas Pheasant’s work is classical and structured, detailed but spare, whether he is designing a home or creating a piece of furniture. The AD100 decorator, who is based in Washington, D.C., and has been in business since 1980, recently released his...
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September 9, 2012
Published by Grandfather_Clocks at September 9, 2012
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Grandfather Clock Keeps Ticking

Now pretty much everyone has heard the expression the clock keeps ticking away, or tick tick tick, or even tick toc tic tock, but how often […]
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September 8, 2012
Published by Daily AD at September 8, 2012
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Links We Love: What we’re reading this week

  1. Architizer looks at Richard Meier’s first completed project in China, the Shenzhen Clubhouse. 2. Michael Graves muses on the lost art of drawing in architecture in The New York Times.3. CasaSugar picks 13 chic desk lamps for fall. ...
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September 7, 2012
Published by Daily AD at September 7, 2012
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Moving on Up

Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough, the Manhattan-based duo behind the über-hip fashion house Proenza Schouler, may have surprised everyone by planting their first-ever retail flag on tony Madison Avenue, but they brought with them more than just a ...
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September 4, 2012
Published by By NAZANIN LANKARANI at September 4, 2012
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Vuitton Lifts Profile in the Watch World

Louis Vuitton has in the last two years taken giant steps to turn itself into a significant player in the watchmaking world, both by raising its visibility and by strengthening its technical capabilities.
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September 4, 2012
Published by By FELICIA CRADDOCK at September 4, 2012
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The British Are Back on the Watchmaking Scene

English clock and chronometer makers dominated for about 200 years from the mid-17th century onward. Now a small band of English watchmakers is staging a comeback.
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September 4, 2012
Published by By FELICIA CRADDOCK at September 4, 2012
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Histories Lost as Timepieces Are Stripped for Gold

With gold prices soaring, many pocket watch cases are now destined for the smelter's furnace.
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September 4, 2012
Published by By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP at September 4, 2012
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Fragile, but Full of Protection

The appeal of jade, especially in Asia, overrides difficulties of using the precious stone in watch designs.
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September 4, 2012
Published by By VICTORIA GOMELSKY at September 4, 2012
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Computerized Machines Aid Human Watchmakers

Mechanical watches may be a throwback to an obsolete Renaissance technology, but many of the world's finest examples are built in factories resembling NASA test labs.
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