A floating pool heads to NYC’s East River, Brad Pitt provides a Greek UFO to his home assortment, canine parks get the Airbnb therapy, and extra.
Building is underway on + POOL, a floating public pool off Manhattan’s Pier 35 that goals to show East River water into protected, chlorine-free swimming. A 2,000-square-foot prototype is being towed from Mississippi to New York this month, with plans to open to the general public by 2027. (Dezeen)
Brad Pitt purchased a uncommon 1969 “UFO home” by Greek architect Nikolaos Xasteros. The spacecraft-like prefab was rescued from a forest in Athens and moved by street and sea to California, touchdown in Pitt’s rising assortment of experimental properties. (Ara)
Sniffspot, dubbed the “Airbnb for canine parks,” lets canine house owners lease personal yards by the hour—turning suburban lawns and metropolis rooftops into bookable canine retreats. The platform faucets into demand for outside area amid hovering housing prices. (Dwell)
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Suzanne LaGasa is stepping down as artistic director of Dwell to launch ProtoToto Design Lab, New York Metropolis’s first design studio for youths ages 6 to 12. The brand new enterprise will mix play and apply to show structure, graphic design, and extra. (The Architect’s Newspaper)
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