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Past Lives: Once Decrepit Old Chocolate Factory Now Sweet Rental Lofts 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Photo: Andy Ryan/The Architectural Team The factory workers moved out 50 years ago, yet the faint aroma of chocolate occasionally wafts through the air at the former Baker Chocolate Factory in Boston...
Koolhaas Wire: Famous performance artist Marina Abramović has... 27 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
Famous performance artist Marina Abramović has teamed up with starchitect Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA to build an Institute for the Preservation of Performance Art (MAI) in NYC. Abramović just secured fund...
Things With Bling: British Fan Buys Liberace's Former Vegas Manse for $500K 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
In June, Liberace's former Las Vegas mansion, a run-down dedication to the entertainer's flamboyance, listed for just $523K—a small sum for some 15,000 square feet and 10 bathrooms. The catch? Liberac...
LAX Wire: The Fentress Architects-designed, $1.9B addition to... 27 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am
The Fentress Architects-designed, $1.9B addition to the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport is finally complete, adding 1.2M square feet and 18 gates. The new wing includes an ...
Globe Trotting: There's a 57-Foot Slide Attached to This 17th-Century Manor 27 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
Photo via Design Boom While now it's become quite fashionable for modern homes to harbor secret slides, it's still pretty rare for an old, storied manor, especially one as "elegantly decadent" as Eng...
Demolition Watch: A demolition crew in Fort Worth,... 26 Aug 2013 | 11:45 pm
A demolition crew in Fort Worth, Texas destroyed the wrong house twice when tasked with taking down a single fire-ravaged building. Not surprisingly, the code enforcement officer charged with supervis...
House of the Day: Organically Constructed N.H. Lake Compound Asks $7.5M 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got. Location: Moultonb...
Metropolis 2.0: A Dutch company wants to build... 26 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
A Dutch company wants to build a floating suburb—complete with schools, housing, a hotel, and shopping—out on the water near Miami. Dutch Docklands, "a global leader in in floating developments," want...
Sponsored Post: Inside the Quirky Interiors of Fawn Galli 26 Aug 2013 | 10:15 pm
In the ongoing series Dyson Design House, we've made it our mission to find the most beautiful and innovative rooms across the country. In this installation, writer and decorator Alexa Stevenson goes ...
Young Guns 2013: Meet the 2013 Curbed Young Guns: Carina Bien-Willner 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
It's quite clear that Carina Bien-Willner, 33, isn't one to stay put. When she was six, she emigrated from Buenos Aires to Arizona with her parents, licensed architects in Argentina who opened a desig...
