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rockin’ big ideas
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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2022
VOLUME 93 NUMBER 11
ON THE COVER Occupying a century-old former paper warehouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Bob Dylan Center by Olson Kundig presents an unconventional narrative of the enigmatic musician, starting with a lenticular wall in the lobby displaying the names of donors on one side and, on the other, a 1986 portrait of him by Lisa Law.
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Photography: Matthew Millman.
features 78 SERIOUS FUN by Mairi Beautyman
Studio Alexander Fehre turns two buildings into an impressive but playful special-projects facility at the Bosch Engineering headquarters in Abstatt, Germany.
102 GREEN LANTERN by Dan Howarth
The Martin Goya X Pig Design exhibition venue in Hangzhou, China, shows how communityminded architecture can help young artists flourish.
86 A COMPLETE UNKNOWN 110 COMPLEX GEOMETRY by Thijs Demeulemeester by Rebecca Dalzell
Olson Kundig’s orchestration of engaging exhibits and rare photography at the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, tell a story about the everprivate musician. 94 SHINING STAR by Edie Cohen
A gleaming volume in Los Angeles by Belzberg Architects houses BAR Center at the Beach, a multigenerational Jewish community facility.
The late Belgian designer Pieter De Bruyne’s fiercely angular postmodern furniture is as uncompromising as it is rare, but the landmarking of his last work, a house in Aalst, Belgium, should earn him new fans. 118 FRESH AIR by Wilson Barlow and Lisa Di Venuta
From Prague to St. Louis, firms are inventing and repurposing outdoor space with newfound creativity.
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special section 41 15 BIG IDEAS
departments 17 HEADLINERS 21 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block 24 PINUPS by Rebecca Thienes 29 MARKET by Rebecca Thienes and Georgina McWhirter 73 CENTERFOLD Pit Stop by Nicholas Tamarin
In rural France, Studio Bouroullec and tile manufacturer Mutina build a roadside pavilion for Pascal Rivet’s car sculpture. 162 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie 164 CONTACTS
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167 INTERVENTION by Wilson Barlow
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THE RETURN OF TRADITION
Carl Hansen & Søn celebrates Hans J. Wegner’s impressive design legacy with the reintroduction of the CH24 Wishbone Chair and CH327 table in oiled teak. Wegner often used the tropical hardwood in the 1950s and it now makes a welcome return to his furniture collection. The FSC™-certified wood displays subtle color variations that deepen over time and perfectly frame the soft silhouette of each design.
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e d i t o r ’s welcome
brave bold big ideas! Whether lateral, out-of-the-box, possibility defying, reality redrawing, anti-gravitic, or simply science fictional—call it what you will—the proverbial big idea is where it’s at in our greenest of patches: the biggest-denomination bill of our trade makes us really big buck-spenders and spec-ers indeed! This back-to-school issue is chock-full of them. A volume dedicated to BIG IDEAS has, after all, been one of our traditions (albeit anything but traditional) for many years now, an appointment with our readers today that’s all about tomorrow! And never you mind these unsettled times, this September 2022 edition doesn’t come up short. High fashion meets high tech with smart glasses by London-based studio Layer that allow you to stream media anywhere. Speaking of anywhere, work from everywhere thanks to Paris-based Atelier JMCA, which transformed a Peugeot Boxer into an office by day, bedroom by night. And how about the Bizzy Robotics Home Robot by Whipsaw’s Dan Harden, designed to do simple chores?! I’ll take one! Of course, how to implement these big ideas—how to bring them to fruition, expand upon them, and even surpass them—is only a masters game. You can meet a yummy big number of them at work in our features. Belzberg Architects as always pushes beyond boundaries at a multigenerational Jewish community center with a dimensional facade that abstracts the Star of David (brilliant!). Honoring a music legend, Olson Kundig designs the Bob Dylan Center, which tells stories and gives rare glimpses into the private musician’s life (unbelievable!). And a global roundup reveals how firms everywhere are reinventing outdoor space, like a Shanghai rice farm turned movie-screening venue (off-the-charts!). I trust you’ll appreciate this issue, as I do. Editing and assembling these innovative, imaginative, heartfelt, and community-driven stories was nothing less than a thrill and a great way to kick off fall…and the future! xoxo
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