ICA Miami doubles its exhibition space with a Design District real estate purchase.
ICA Miami has acquired the former de la Cruz Collection building for $25 million, a move that doubles the museum’s space for exhibitions and public programs. The museum plans to use the additional 30,000 square feet for displaying its permanent collection, creating a new media gallery, and expanding educational facilities.
Joseph Altuzarra secures a minority investment from new venture capital firm P180.
Altuzarra has secured a minority investment from P180, a venture capital firm led by Brendan Hoffman and Christine Hunsicker. The funding will allow the brand to expand its direct-to-consumer business and will shift Altuzarra’s e-commerce operations to software program CaaStle, allowing the brand to focus on design and retail partnerships while offering rentals of its products.
Zaha Hadid Architects harnesses passive architecture for an Uzbekistan research center.
Zaha Hadid Architects unveiled concept renderings for the Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The build will include a museum, auditorium, research center, and school focused on Uzbek language and arts, using locally sourced bricks to create curvilinear structures with sustainability features like passive cooling systems.
A home in the French Riviera designed by Eileen Gray hits the market for $3.8 million.
Eileen Gray’s modernist residence, Tempe à Pailla, is now for sale at $3.8 million. Designed after her split from architect Jean Badovici, the property was intended as a healing retreat and features open spaces, large windows, and nautical elements. The home was later owned by Graham Sutherland before being restored by filmmaker Pier Paolo Ruggerini.
Norman Foster is the 2025 Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement Award honoree.
Norman Foster has been awarded the 2025 Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented at the Créateurs Design Awards in Paris on January 18. The architect is being recognized for his transformative impact on urban design and environmental architecture, and his work with Foster + Partners is being credited with redefining modern architecture globally.
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