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Houston’s historic post office is now a community hub

At a whopping 500,000 square feet, POST is a multi-purpose space renovated by architecture firm OMA that re-imagines the potential of disused retai...

Retail : Architecture : Society

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Imagining the Future Nightclub

How are brands responding to the decline of the night-time economy and its effect on the cultural make-up of European cities?

Nightlife : 24-hour Economy : Europe

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Cultural snapshots

Milan – Photography exhibition Give Me Yesterday marks the opening of Fondazione Prada’s new gallery space in Milan.

Give Me Yesterday : Fondazione Prada : Photography

Big Ideas

Design Miami/ 2016: Part 2

In Part 2 of our Design Miami/ overview we explore off-site and satellite events that made a strong impression during the week.

Design Miami/ : 2016 : Explorium Retail

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Design Miami/ 2016: Fauning over Faena

Miami – The Faena District has unveiled its new Forum dedicated to arts and culture that will open in the same week as Design Miami/.

OMA : Design Miami : The Faena District

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The art of process

Paris – Department store chain Galeries Lafayette is developing a creative space that will pioneer transparency in art and design.

Transparency : Fondation D'entreprise Galeries Lafayette : Lafayette Anticipation

Design Directions

PANDA

PANDA is a fictional platform that would help sharing economy workers push back against their ‘employers’.

OMA : The Sharing Economy : Airbnb

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Mourning mantras

New York – A new installation by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and artist Taryn Simon examines the mourning process.

An Occupation Of Loss : OMA : Taryn Simon

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Sharing shockwaves

Oslo – PANDA is a speculative platform by OMA and Bengler that examines how sharing economy workers might one day fight back against the titans of ...

OMA : The Sharing Economy : Oslo

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An unshared future

Fears are growing that the sharing economy model is not as benign as it first appeared.

The Sharing Economy : Airbnb : Uber

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Space to reflect

Paris – Architecture firm OMA has created an architectural void for jewellery-maker Repossi’s new flagship store.

Repossi : Neutral Culture : OMA

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Destination Retail: Part 2

In Part 2 of Destination Retail we focus on why key trends, such as wellness hubs and incubation retail, will turn bricks-and-mortar locations into...

Destination Retail : Explorium Retail : Placemaking

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Venetian luxury

Venice – OMA has sensitively converted a 16th-century building next to the city’s famous Rialto Bridge into a department store.

OMA : Venice : Department Store

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Morphing architecture

Rotterdam – Taking inspiration from modular buildings, Timmerhuis, Rotterdam’s new city hall, is a future-proof, shape-shifting behemoth.

Cathedral Thinking : Modular Building : Rotterdam

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Museum Market

Museums are moving out of the archives, using bold new collaborations and technology to drive innovation.

Museums : Luxury : Archives

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The House of Prada

Milan – Luxury brand Prada’s contemporary art and design institution, Fondazione Prada, has opened a new art centre.

Fondazione Prada : OMA : Milan

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Fractured fashion: Prada launches new line in The Infinity Palace

Milan – For the launch of its 2015 autumn/winter menswear line, Prada has broken the mould – and the runway.

Prada : The Infinite Palace : Vectorism

Big Ideas

Department store makes a home for art in Paris

Galeries Lafayette is transforming a 19th-century Parisian building into a home for its new public foundation.

Galeries Lafayette : OMA : Paris

Design Directions

Neo Kitsch

Neon-coloured and neo-modern in its approach, the Memphis Group was a collective of young product and furniture designers working during the 1980s....

Memphis : 1980's : Consumerism

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Following a pattern: Coach store design stacks up

Tokyo – Luxury accessories brand Coach has opened a futuristic new flagship store designed by architect group OMA featuring a graphi...

Rem Koolhaas : Linear : OMA

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Hitting home: Prada turns models into characters

Milan – At Prada’s autumn/winter 2013 menswear show the normal catwalk layout was inverted, with the audience seated in a central island while mode...

Milan : Knoll : OMA