The Eames Pavilion System prefabricated housing project is unveiled in Milan.
The Eames Office, in collaboration with Spanish manufacturer Kettal, has launched the Eames Pavilion System, a modular, prefabricated building kit inspired by Charles and Ray Eames’s 1949 Case Study House. Unveiled at Milan Design Week, the system uses aluminum frames with interchangeable glass, wood, and composite panels, allowing configurations ranging from compact studios to multi-level homes while emphasizing flexibility, customization, and global scalability.Designed as a contemporary realization of the Eameses’ long-held vision of accessible, industrialized housing, the project reframes their architectural legacy for today’s challenges.
Francis Kéré’s new Taschen monograph debuts.
Taschen has released Francis Kéré: Building Stories, a comprehensive monograph on the Pritzker Prize–winning architect, offering a first-person account of his socially driven practice. The book spans 26 key projects—from his pioneering school in Gando, Burkina Faso, to global commissions—illustrated with previously unseen sketches, photographs, and drawings.
The futuristic tunnel at Union Station New Haven may be demolished.
A proposed $402 million renovation of New Haven’s Union Station would remove the 1988 Herb Newman–designed futuristic pedestrian tunnel, replacing it with a more conventional tiled passage as part of a broader infrastructure overhaul. Led by HNTB (architecture) and WSP (project management), the plan also includes constructing a new canopy over all four tracks, reshaping the station’s circulation and passenger experience. The proposal has sparked debate by potentially erasing a distinctive postmodern intervention layered beneath Cass Gilbert’s historic Beaux Arts hall, raising questions about preservation versus modernization in transit design.
The Smithsonian’s American Art Museum named a new director.
The Smithsonian has appointed Lynda Roscoe Hartigan as director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, where she will assume the role in September 2026. Hartigan, a veteran museum leader and former chief curator at SAAM, is known for expanding collections to include Black, self-taught, and contemporary artists, and most recently served as director of the Peabody Essex Museum. Her appointment comes amid broader leadership turnover across the Smithsonian, positioning her to stabilize and guide one of the nation’s most significant American art institutions into its next phase.
Marian Goodman will halt L.A. operations.
Marian Goodman Gallery is pausing operations at its Los Angeles space, just a few years after opening the Hollywood location in 2023 as part of its international expansion. The decision comes in the wake of founder Marian Goodman’s death earlier this year at age 97, prompting a broader reassessment of the gallery’s structure and long-term strategy. While the gallery continues to operate its flagship spaces in New York and Paris, the pause signals a moment of recalibration for one of the most influential galleries in contemporary art.
Today’s attractive distractions:
Louis Vuitton reissued its first-ever furniture piece: Pierre Legrain’s Celeste dressing table.
USM, Snøhetta, and Annabelle Schneider are inviting guests into oozing inflatables.
Chopard honored bees with its new limited-edition table clock.
Shanghai’s Amanyangyun serves afternoon tea on a boat covered in flowers.
