ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 354
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Oct 19 12:54:14 PDT 2007
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PENTAGRAM ESSENZIALE
by Jo Baker
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It seems both fitting and fashionable to design a
high-end lingerie store with minimalism in mind. Just as
less is more in the world of underwear, luxury retail
design has long subscribed to a similar philosophy.
For Lorenzo Apicella and John Rushworth at Pentagram, the
fabled London-based multidisciplinary design firm, this
was the natural starting point for the creation of
Essenziale, a signature, unisex lingerie and beachwear
boutique in London's gentrified Mayfair district.
The brief for the 100-square-meter (1,100-square-foot)
store was to create a dynamic synthesis of graphic,
interior, and fashion design, one that would both unify
and highlight a buffet of top-end European brands, among
them La Perla, Eres, and Dior. The size of the space
suggested a fairly intense vocabulary, however.
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Wiki Liberation
by Kevin Matthews
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The "wiki" form of collaborative web site, emerging
dramatically with the great Wikipedia as its lead
example, has to be my favorite cultural technology
development of recent years.
Wikipedia is more than just an amazing collectively
created web site. It is also the headliner for a huge
new phenomenon in collective creativity. More than 9,000
wikis have been launched using MediaWiki, the same free,
open-source software that runs Wikipedia (and that's just
one of the options for wiki software).
... full story continues online (6 images, two free):
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People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
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Kisho Kurokawa ― Arquitectonica in Los Angeles,
California ― gkkworks and DLR Group in Tustin, California
― Carrier Johnson in Santa Ana, California ―
Communitecture in Portland, Oregon ― Alliance Architects
in Arlington, Texas ― Cannon Design in Los Angeles,
California ― Perkins + Will, Shimoda Design Group, and
James K.M. Cheng Architects Inc. in Dallas, Texas ―
Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates in Branson, Missouri.
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