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Eames Institute unveils new Eames Archives space in the Bay Area

Archinect

The new location helps the Institute engage with the collection, which had until now been warehoused at the Eames Office global headquarters in Venice, California. The new Eames Archives will now be housed and exhibited in a gallery space located in Richmond, California, about 15 minutes north of Oakland. Ray & Charles Eames.

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I Tried Cork Tiles to Achieve Warm Texture in a Dark Space

Dwell

When we last left things , I had successfully painted the walls that needed it in the future bar space in my quasi-basement slash downstairs. It remains a privately owned, fifth generation family run company headquartered in Canada with subsidiary warehousing, office, and/or production facilities in various countries around the world.")

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How to Safeguard Industrial Light Fittings

Architecture Ideas

Most work environments, especially warehouses and factories, require optimal lighting to enable employees to work efficiently and make the space safe to work in. Considering logistics and warehousing may operate 24 hours a day, you need to invest in proper lighting and ensure they are well protected. .

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Unearthing the Architectural Palimpsest

SW Oregon Architect

In its architectural and urban interpretation, a palimpsest is a place or space that bears visible traces of its historical layers, revealing that accumulation of different periods, styles, and functions. These cities have accumulated built forms, ideas, and principles that would be impossible to duplicate at a single moment in time.

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The Legend of the "Invention Garage"

Dwell

The suburban space is cemented in our cultural imagination as much more than a place to store the lawn mower. The company’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, rented the Menlo Park, California, space from Susan Wojcicki, a friend who would go on to become the CEO of YouTube. Just ask Google.

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Ellsworth testifies for NYC

Architecture Here and There

Vornado Real Estate Trust chairman Steven] Roth repeats that the area is “teeming with traffic and our retail does really well there” and tells us that it has “the highest growth opportunity in our portfolio” He explains that the Hotel Pennsylvania was highly profitable before Vornado warehoused it.

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Nine of John Outram's most "rich, tactile and colourful" buildings

Deezen

Outram's first commission of any size was this warehousing near Heathrow Airport. A wedge of retail space for Dutch developer MAB Groep, it adjoins the old city hall. One of Outram's final projects, a set of craft spaces within the former kitchen gardens of Welbeck Abbey. Photo is courtesy of John Outram.

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