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BY THE EDITOR November 03, 2021
A white street. Photography by Aaron Leitz
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Step onto One White Street, Manhattan’s new farm-to-table standout
Located in a historic TriBeCa townhouse that was once the headquarters of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s concept country Nutopia. A white road combines two culinary talents with solid résumés. Chef Austin Johnson ran the kitchen of Michelin-starred Frenchie in Paris, while master sommelier Dustin Wilson is an alum of Crosstown Eleven Madison Park. In a rustic room by the Californian designer Richard Felix-Ashman – where old wood is juxtaposed device Lighting, Knoll dining room chairs are upholstered in turquoise mohair by Holly Hunt and are elegant King & Partner Branding adorns everything from matchboxes to shopping bags – the duo’s casual approach to fine dining unfolds.
The ingredients come from a single supplier, Rigor Hill, a small organic farm in upstate New York. A la carte dishes such as farm vegetables with baba ganoush and Berkshire pork chop with braised cipollini onions are served in the downstairs dining room. the second and third levels are reserved for Johnson’s multi-course tasting menu. Whichever route you choose, Wine Director Audrey Frick’s over 200 list is worth a look for its variety of unexpected bottles from family-run wineries.
Boijmans Van Beuningen depot in Rotterdam. Photography by Ossip van Duivenbode
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MVRDV’s Mirrored Art Depot will officially open this weekend
Did you know that most museums only display about seven percent of their collections at any one time? The vast majority of a museum’s holdings are often hidden in huge depots that are otherwise inaccessible to the public. To counter this trend, the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam is making almost 99 percent of its collection of 151,000 artefacts available to the public, even if they are kept.
They appear nearby Boijmans Van Beuningen Depot, a 130-foot high, bowl-shaped structure with mirrored panels designed by the Dutch company MVRDV, which opens this weekend in the Rotterdam Museum Park, a sprawling public space designed by Yves Brunier with OMA in the 1990s. The depot offers guests a real museum experience and a look behind the scenes of the conservation techniques used to secure art holdings. Museum visitors can experience first hand the conservation process of the four glass-clad restoration studios and 13 hanging showcases that look into the carefully organized archives. “We have developed a system with which you can see the exhibits from all angles,” says MVRDV co-founder Winy Maas. “You can even walk over them or see them from below from the glass bridges.”
Tegnestuen Lokals Renovation of a Copenhagen apartment block. Photography by Henneby Nielse
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Tegnestuen Lokal is rehabilitating one of the ugliest buildings in Copenhagen with square planters.
Located in the Frederiksberg district, a strict six-story concrete building was once called “ugliest building“But the Tegnestuen Lokal facelift has breathed new life into the overlooked building and set a precedent for similar apartment blocks from the 1960s. With the addition of a supermarket at ground level and winding blocks with mini-gardens on the facade, the conversion is intended to “create a new social space to strengthen the social coherence of the building,” says Christopher Ketil Dehn Carlsen, co-founder of Tegnestuen Lokal.
Although popular, outdoor dining areas are a source of anger for some New Yorkers.
The pandemic resulted in many New York restaurants spilling onto sidewalks, with an emphasis on al fresco dining at a safe distance, but Mayor Bill de Blasio’s open eatery policy is starting to get angry. A group of residents has one petition demanded an end to the program for hygienic reasons and noted unpleasant scenes of rats scurrying and garbage on the roadside.
Nike joins the blockchain with brands through the most famous trademarks.
The sportswear giant has registered brands for its sneaker and apparel drops as gaming skins and digital art features keep it accessible. Nike’s records consists of headgear, bags and sports equipment as well as the legendary Swoosh, Jordan’s Jumpman and the slogan “Just Do It”. The move is an attempt to protect its trademarks in a competitive market increasingly dominated by “downloadable virtual goods”.
Simone Leigh. Photography by Shaniqwa Jarvis, courtesy of Hauser & Wirth
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Simone Leigh left Hauser & Wirth less than two years after joining the gallery.
Chosen to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale in May, Leigh has made a name for himself for ceramic and bast sculptures that explore the subjectivity of black women. She came to Hauser & Wirth after she had won a major Hugo Boss award and was represented by Luhring Augustine and David Kordansky. Just before a two-year relationship with the mega gallery, Leigh already announced it Departure. “I love and respect the people I’ve worked with,” she says, “but I don’t feel [Hauser & Wirth] fits me in a broader sense. I’m still figuring out what I want from a primary gallery relationship. “
Bentley is launching a luxury plug-in hybrid SUV that swaps fossil fuels for a battery pack.
Bentley is expanding its automotive arsenal with a first-of-its-kind debut and has reconfigured its Bentayga model to operate on a dual system that uses gas and electricity to travel more than 800 miles with subdued acceleration. The Bentayga Hybrid stations itself as Front runner in the luxury market with new EV modifications and predicts the fully electric pivot point of the automobile brand from 2025.
The wrecking ball turns its attention to the Mattin Center at Johns Hopkins University.
Universities often update existing buildings to make campus life more adorable, but Johns Hopkins University’s decision to introduce the 20-year-old Mattin Center – a modernist gem designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects and the visual arts, dance and divisions Theater houses – to be razed to the ground – has hit a nerve in the architecture scene. The structure is obscured by the adjacent flora and looks inward, a program Hopkins wants to change with a new one Student center from Bjarke Ingels Group, which triples its footprint and swaps its original glass and steel construction for a solid wood project.
Photography by Federico Cairoli
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