Bardessono, LEED Platinum pursuing Luxury inn and spa completes in California, United States

The Bardessono, LEED Platinum pursuing Luxury inn and spa completes designed by WATG is located in California, United States.  The inn includes a spa with four treatment rooms, a 75-foot-long rooftop infinity pool, a fine-dining restaurant, and meeting space. The design reflects a blending of the Valley’s agrarian character, the high refinement associated with its [...]

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Poetry Foundation in Chicago, Illinois, US, Chicago, United States

Designed by John Ronan Architects, Poetry Foundation is located in Chicago, Illinois, US, Chicago, United States. The garden is also the pathway by which visitor reach the building. Conceived as an urban sanctuary, the space offers a buffer between the street and the building as well as the public and private sections of the building. [...]

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Cooper Hewitt Museum 2010 National Design Awards in New York, NY, United States

Cooper Hewitt Museum 2010 National Design Awards is located in New York, NY, United States. Rodarte took the top award in the category of fashion design. Founded in 2005 by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Rodarte is an up and coming American fashion house which has received the 2009 Womenswear Designer of the Year Award by [...]

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The Arboretum at Pennsylvania State University in Philadelphia, United States

Located in Philadelphia, United States , The Arboretum at Pennsylvania State University was designed by Overland Partners Architects. The long-awaited first phase of the H. O. Smith Botanic Gardens’ masterplan of The Arboretum at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) is complete. The highlight of the project, the Overlook Pavilion, serves as the architectural anchor and [...]

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CTBUH Ten tallest buildings of 2009. United States

Designed by Editorial, CTBUH Ten tallest buildings of 2009  is located in United States. Building big is nothing new. In 1885, the ten storey Home Insurance Building designed by American architect William Le Baron Jenney, generally credited with the invention of the skyscraper, rose from the streets of Chicago. From then on the aspiration to [...]

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