September 20, 2012
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Bill Bensley designs the Danag Sun Peninsula Resort in Vietnam

Vernacular artistry abounds at the Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, a new InterContinental property overlooking the pristine beaches of Son Tra in central Vietnam. Inspired by nearby temples, designer Bill Bensley filled the 197 rooms, suites, and villas w...
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September 20, 2012
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Heavy Petting

View SlideshowAmerican philanthropist Brooke Astor lived long, married well, and gave away money with uncommon panache. She also had a passion for animals, from the live variety (dachshunds were her favorite breed of dog) to charming simulacra rang...
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September 19, 2012
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Artist Ai Weiwei’s first U.S. survey opens at Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

Ai Weiwei, the Beijing-based artist and activist, is known for stirring the proverbial pot. He is also famous for destroying one—an ancient Han-dynasty urn that he allowed to ceremoniously fall from his hands and shatter into pieces. A 1995 photograp...
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September 17, 2012
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Three lavishly illustrated new interior design books range from studied simplicity to all-out opulence

“When I think about what moves me most in my life, it is beauty,” writes California-based interior designer Barbara Barry in her debut book, fittingly titled Barbara Barry: Around Beauty (Rizzoli, $65). In addition to presenting tours of several re...
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September 14, 2012
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Links We Love: What we’re reading this week

  1. DesignBoom goes behind the scenes of artist Hiroshi Sugimoto’s collection for Hermès.2. Artist Konstantin Kakanias’s fashionable character Mrs. Tependris returns in a whimsical short film. (AD100 designer Peter Marino even has an anima...
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September 13, 2012
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Le Stanze del Vetro Museum opens in Venice

Fragile though it may be, Venetian glass has had a remarkably powerful impact on the hearts and minds of architects, artists, and design aficionados the world over. And now, with the recent opening of Le Stanze del Vetro (“Rooms for Glass”), on the...
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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
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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 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
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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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