Daniella Ohad

​Love reading Morris Lapidus’ (1902-2011) autobiography, which the American architect, known as the “architect of the American dream,” published in 1996. Entitled “Too Much is never Enough,” summarizing his aesthetic philosophy, the controversial Lapidus provides a glimpse into the world of mid-century tourism architecture. For many years he was disregarded by those writing the history […]

For those lovers of concrete architecture, Rowan Moore created a list of the ten best concrete buildings in history for The Guardian, spanning from antiquity to the present.  The list includes such seminal buildings as the Pantheon in Rome; Unite d’Habitation by Le Corbusier (1952); Los Manantiales restaurant in Mexico City by Felix Candela (1958)

​In the world of French couture furniture of 1960s and 1970s, stainless steel had become that special material that suggested the spirit of the moment and the futuristic imagery of Space-Age aesthetics. The furniture created by such key designers of the period as Maria Pergay, Guy de Rougemount, and Michel Boyer was meant for the

​A curated sale, focusing on Northern Italian design will be presented by Parisian auction house Piasa next month. Through presentation of objects by iconic figures who came to shape the history of Italian modern design, this sale seeks to tell the fascinating story of this seminal chapter in the history of modern design. The sale

While the house Frank Lloyd Wright designed for Joseph Husser on a lot overlooking Lake Michigan in Chicago had marked a significant moment in his career for its radical and open floor plan, based on spectacular polygonal volumes, it was demolished by 1924. Completed in 1899, the so-called Husser House was the last project where

 Its construction began 134 years ago, yet, only 70% of Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família has been completed. In a recent press conference by the project’s directing architect Jordi Faulí, it was announced that its construction has entered its final phase with a completion of the six new towers that will raise the building to 172.5

The magic of the Italian design renaissance has captured the interest of curators, writers, and scholars in recent years. ‘The Glamour of Italian Fashion’ at the V & A; the remarkable analysis ‘Made in Italy: Rethinking a Century of Italian Design’ by Grace Lees-Maffei and Kjetil Fallan, published in 2014; and the comprehensive exhibition ‘Venetian

According to a new study published by the Bag Hunter, looking at 35 years of collected historical data, Hermès Birkin bags have proved to be a top investment. The study compares popular forms of investments, finding that between 1980 and 2015, the S&P 500 has returned a nominal average of 11.66%; gold has offered an

Modernism Museum Mount Dora is a small, private, and focused museum devoted to collecting, exhibiting, and promoting the work of the American Studio Movement, with a core private collection of its founder, who resides in Mount Dora, just north of Orlando, Florida. Its new show “Esherick to Nakashima,” presents two seminal figures of the two

In the upcoming spring/summer season of the program Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights, I will be hosting experts, colleagues, and friends in unveiling and discovering the story of collecting modern and contemporary design. The only program of its kind, it has been taking place at the New York School of Interior Design, and is made