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CONTENTS MARCH 2020
VOLUME 91 NUMBER 2
ON THE COVER At Cafe Polet, a Moscow restaurant by Asthetíque, custom steel-and-velvet chairs stand near a bas-relief panel, its abstracted aircraft design and plaster-coated plywood composition reflecting the project’s aeronautical and constructivist themes. Photography: Mikhail Loskutov.
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features 100 THE LATEST CHAPTER by Edie Cohen
KoningEizenberg turns a derelict landmark library into MuseumLab, part of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. 108 TAKING FLIGHT by Elissaveta M. Brandon
Russian aeronautics and space travel set the theme at Moscow’s Cafe Polet by Asthetíque. 116 CREATURE COMFORTS by Jen Renzi
X+Living’s Parkzoo Xiangyuan Hangzhou, a Chinese hotel, is wild at heart—but cosseting, too.
SHAO FENG
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124 READING CALIFORNIA by Jeff Book
Historic West Coast architectural styles are reinterpreted at the Costa Mesa Donald Dungan Library by Johnson Favaro, Rodrigo Vargas, and Diane Lam. 132 INTERNATIONAL STYLE by Rebecca Dalzell
Le Square Épicier Fin in Ho Chi Minh City is a Vietnamese-French mash-up of a marketplace by Locatelli Partners. 140 E YE ON THE FUTURE by Winifred Bird
A trio of international hotels breathes new life into historic cities.
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CONTENTS MARCH 2020
VOLUME 91 NUMBER 2
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37 BY THE BOOK by Mairi Beautyman
departments 21 HEADLINERS 27 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block 44 PINUPS/MATERIAL BANK by Wilson Barlow 48 BLIPS by Annie Block 51 CROSSLINES by Alex Bozikovic Leading Man
Craig Stanghetta’s theatrical past has helped him design dramatic projects in and around Vancouver, Canada. 59 MARKET by Rebecca Thienes, Mark McMenamin, Georgina McWhirter, and Colleen Curry 95 CENTERFOLD by Colleen Curry Sweet Sensation
Japanese ceremonial teahouses inspired Ryusuke Nanki’s culinary exhibition in Tokyo. 154 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie
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159 INTERVENTION by Wilson Barlow
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