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Exploring the Home of Eduardo Neira, Roth, Deep into the Mayan Jungle, in New Nowness Film

Rebecca Ildikó Leete — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 07:30:00 +0000

NOWNESS relaunches its interior design series ‘IN RESIDENCE’ with new episodes featuring Brigette Romanek and Eduardo Neira, Roth. Exploring the homes of various artists, architects, and designers, Mexican director Fernando Cattori delves deep into the Mayan jungle to visit the Tulum home of environmentalist and architect Eduardo Neira, Roth.

Modern and Vintage Meet Within this Hollywood Residence

Andreea Cutieru — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:35:00 +0000

In the latest episode of NOWNESS’ flagship series IN RESIDENCE, American interior designer Kelly Wearstler shares the story and design of her home, a Beverly Hills Georgian-style pavilion, where old and new intertwine.

Marble Quarrying Looks Even More Awesome Than You Imagined

Rory Stott — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:30:00 +0000

In this video from NOWNESS, an excerpt from Yuri Ancarani's documentary "Il Capo" (The Chief), the filmmaker captures the mesmerizing business of Marble extraction in the hills of Northwest Italy. The prized delicacy of the Carrara stone's surface is juxtaposed against the dramatic size and weight of the blocks they are removing, which eventually fall with an earth-shattering thud. Similarly the rugged power of the excavators is in marked contrast to the precise, understated gestures of the chief himself, who directs his workers with a complex series of predetermined hand signals.

Eva Franch i Gilabert on the Meaning of Architecture

Yiling Shen — Sun, 27 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Architecture isn’t just about big names and big buildings but about all kinds of social practices.

In Residence: Inside Mattia Bonetti's Home on Lake Lugano

Megan Schires — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Unfortunately, I think that there is a big uniformity all over the world that makes everything very, very similar and very impersonal – very little imagination, I think. I guess it resembled me, this house, somehow.

In Residence: Inside John Lautner's Quintessential California Modern, the Lautner Harpel House

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 31 May 2017 16:25:00 +0000

There are so many moves that the architect makes that you don’t understand the moment you see the house… and as those things reveal themselves, it’s always these really beautiful moments because it’s sort of like a poem or a song coming together in a way where it makes sense – you’ve heard it before but you didn’t understand it

Learn About Santiago Calatrava's WTC Hub and More In This Short Documentary

Sabrina Santos — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 08:00:00 +0000

In its latest installment of the Private View series, Nowness has released a short documentary by New-York based filmmaker Alexandra Liveris profiling Santiago Calatrava. In the film, Calatrava discusses his perspective as an artist and an architect, as well as his creative process, mainly within the scope of the World Trade Center Transit Hub.

View London's Newly-Opened Design Museum Through the Lens of Interior Architect John Pawson

Rory Stott — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:00:00 +0000

Intimidating to design a Design Museum for designers? No, because what you're doing is working with the challenges of the existing space.

In Residence: Inside Casa Gilardi, Luis Barragán's Final House Design

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:30:00 +0000

I want you to let me do all the ideas I still have in my head.

Video: Christo Explains the Vision Behind "The Floating Piers"

Patrick Lynch — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:00:00 +0000

“They are projects that cannot be bought, cannot be owned, cannot be possess, to be kept; they are projects in total freedom. Nobody can own this, because if you own something, it’s not free.” -Christo

In Residence: Ian Simpson in Manchester's Beetham Tower

James Taylor-Foster — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000

In the latest installation of NOWNESS’ In Residence series, British architect Ian Simpson describes how was told by his careers teacher "not to set [his] sights too high" when he decided that he wanted to become an Architect. Here, he discusses the design intentions behind his home – the tallest residence in the United Kingdom's second city: Manchester. For Simpson, "home is [only] forty seconds away by lift."

In Residence: Carlotta de Bevilacqua

Sabrina Santos — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 14:00:00 +0000

“Objects, colors, every artwork, every light, everything is linked to our history—everything is a perception of the meaning of our personal life, and also, of course, an aesthetical way of living.”

In Residence: Kulapat Yantrasast

Karissa Rosenfield — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:00:00 +0000

"You cannot bullshit with concrete." - Kulapat Yantrasast

In Residence: Carlos Herrera

Sabrina Santos — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:00:00 +0000

“To build a house like this for yourself, it’s a very, very easy and very difficult task because you’re your own client, and you can do whatever you dreamt of, it has to be here, and there are no excuses to make mistakes or anything.”

Video: Tadao Ando on Designing His First New York Building

Karissa Rosenfield — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:44:25 +0000

"A living space should be a sanctuary. It has to be a place where you can reflect on your life." - Tadao Ando

In Residence: Joseph Dirand

Karissa Rosenfield — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:30:20 +0000

NOWNESS' latest In Residence series takes us into the Parisian home French architect Joseph Dirand. Adorned with an eclectic mix of vintage relics backdropped by a simple pallet of raw materials, the apartment reveals Dirand's taste for minimalism. “I always want to get inspired by different things and I realize there is no end to learning,” says Dirand.

In Residence: Daniel Libeskind

Karissa Rosenfield — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:10:19 +0000

The latest installation of the In Residence series, Polish-born architect Daniel Libeskind welcomes NOWNESS into his Manhattan apartment, just five blocks north of Ground Zero.

In Residence: Xavier Corbero

Patricia Arcilla — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The latest episode in NOWNESS' In Residence series takes viewers into the Esplugues de Llobregat home of Catalan artist Xavier Corbero. Albert Moya captures Corbero's life size cabinet of curiosities— brimming with art pieces and eclectic miscellany— as the artist himself wanders through a Piranesi-esque series of seemingly impossible cantilevered staircases and arches.