Ian Volner is a Manhattan-based writer and frequent ARCHITECT contributor whose work has also been published in Harper’s, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic.
Richard Meier has designed a relatively modest new beachfront house for long-time clients that marries his signature orthogonals with an exceptional transparency.
With this new housing showcase in Seoul, South Korea, Nader Tehrani of Boston-based NADAAA discovered that when you can’t control the translation from design to construction, you design for what you can make foolproof.
With more than 1.5 million square feet of exhibitions, it's impossible to see everything that the Salone Internazionale del Mobile has on offer, but that doesn't stop us from trying. Here are a few of the best things ARCHITECT contributor Ian Volner has seen so far.