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The New York Times writes: Now, a Place for All of Those Place Mats The First Chilewich Store Opens in New York  “Now the mats have another retail outlet: The first Chilewich store opened this week in the Flatiron district. The 820-square-foot space, which was…

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Frederic Levrat’s design studio designs and builds a “materialization of Information” pavilion in Mumbai. ‘our environment today is increasingly influenced by nonmaterial conditions, from which we interpret material equivalences. from the stock market to urban regulations law, the tension between the virtual and the physical…

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  A 19th-Century Millbrook Farmhouse Gets Tricked Out for 21st-Century Living Farnaz Mansuri fulfills one homeowner’s dream of converting their 19th-century structure into a place for entertaining for decades to come. By Raul Barreneche Photography by Mick Hales The relaxing Millbrook, New York, retreat where…

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We are happy to announce that de-spec’s Project Perry Street Loft (Surgery #11) is being honored as a winner in Architecture category in the 2013 New York Cottage and Garden Innovation in Design Awards.    

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is happy to announce …………………… Frederic Levrat is giving a Lecture in Istanbul Modern, Turkey “Thinking the Edge – Water and Culture” Thursday July 04, 2013, 6 PM 5+5 Lecture and round table discussion    Farnaz Mansuri is speaking in AIA New York Chapter  “French-American…

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I am pleased to announce, our Glocal project is published in Architecture D’interieur magazine and in French. We are keeping busy with lectures in New York and Istanbul, keep in touch and I wish you a good summer. de-spec’s Project Glocal Grid is Published in…

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is participating in the first-ever Holiday House Hamptons this summer with HC&G (Hamptons Cottages and Gardens) taking place June 23 through July 21 in Bridgehampton, NY.        Photographer: Marco Ricca Celebrating the best in interior design and holiday entertaining while supporting the fight against…

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We are happy to announce that de-spec’s Project Surgery #10 is being honored as a finalist in Interior Design  in the 2013 Connecticut Cottage and Garden Innovation in Design Awards. Winners will be announced at an Awards Gala scheduled for May 2013 in Connecticut.

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De-spec’s entry, GLOCAL GRID, was exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York this past spring and was selected to be included in the publication produced by the Architectural League of New York. Organized in conjunction with The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan…

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