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BIG-designed National Juneteenth Museum receives $1 million grant

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Bank of America has awarded a $1 million grant towards the development of the National Juneteenth Museum, designed by BIG. The money will contribute to the project’s estimated $70 million price tag. The 50,000-square-foot museum takes on a handcrafted design, utilizing materials such as heavy timber.

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San Francisco planning to build $1.7 million single-toilet public restroom

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million price tag. While there are no designs for the project available, it is expected to be delivered by 2025. According to the city, the high price tag is meant to account for unexpected costs, including the rise of construction costs due to the pandemic , inflation , and global supply chain issues. The reason: its $1.7

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This Light-Filled SoHo Loft Has Soaring Interiors—and a Price Tag to Match

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Photo by Eitan Gamliely for Sotheby’s International Realty Photo by Eitan Gamliely for Sotheby’s International Realty The kitchen includes slate countertops, all-new Viking and Wolf appliances, and custom wood cabinets that feature a sleek, streamline design.

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Gab Bois uses bread rolls to recreate the classic Camaleonda sofa by Mario Bellini

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A brioche-bun version of Mario Bellini 's 1970s Camaleonda sofa designed by Canadian artist Gab Bois has gone viral online after being shared by rapper Tommy Cash, who claimed he was in talks with IKEA about putting the high-carb couch into production. He also added a close-up image of a mock IKEA tag wedged between two loaves of bread.

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Teekanne Headquarter // bkp GmbH

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Lediglich kleine Farbelemente dienen der Akzentuierung.Neue Arbeits­welt macht fit für die Zukunft”Wir sind stolz auf unsere einzigartige Arbeitswelt, die unseren modernen Arbeitsalltag fit für die Zukunft macht und uns gleichzeitig jeden Tag an der TEEKANNE-Historie Anteil nehmen lässt. © bkp GmbH.

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The Latest from MoMA: Emerging Ecologies

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Like many people with a lot of books, I keep track of my library with an app/website, tagging books with keywords to better filter and find them. The exhibition is also the first from MoMA's Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment, which was created in 2020 and helmed by Chan the following year.

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A Love Letter to the Stumbled-Across Garage Sale

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This essay is part of a collection of love letters celebrating personal design obsessions. There are many names for the ad hoc sales characterized by patinaed silverware strewn on plastic tables and clunky mirrors propped up against trees: lawn sale, yard sale, tag sale. I tried not to wince. They’re known as car boot sales in the U.K.,

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