BEST Forest Building – BEST Products Company, Inc. – Retail Store – Richmond, VA – USA – 1980 – Cutaway façade section, allowing the existing forest to penetrate the building as an ‘inside-outside’ experience.
BEST Indeterminate Façade – BEST Products Company, Inc. – Retail Store – Houston, TX – USA – Façade brick pile1975 - Main façade view from parking lot.
Highrise of Homes - for location in a major American city - SITE James Wines - ink, wash and charcoal - 1981
Shake Shack – Union Square Hospitality Group – Kiosk restaurant – Madison Square Park – New York, NY – USA – 2004 – Green roof and ‘menu-as-the-building’ sculpture.
Ross's Landing Park and Plaza - Chatanooga, TN - USA - 1992 - Vegetated entry arch with performance space in the background.
Off-White, Galleria Gwanggyo - Gwanggyo, South Korea - 2020 - Skrim walls undulate to hide and reveal products.
Off-White, Ginza Six - Tokyo, Japan - 2021 Detail of deteriorating brick walls into the showroom.
Avenue Five Central Plaza and Water Buildings - Seville World Expo 92 - Seville Spain - 1992 - Main section of water wall at night.
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Off-White™ Ginza Six, Tokyo Shortlisted For The Plan 2022 Award For Interior Design.
‘Re-thinking it All’ Lecture by James Wines, President of SITE- James Wines, LLC, explores the economy of means in the built environment at AIANY Center for Architecture, NYC. September 15, 6-8pm with Barry Bergdol and Vladimir Belogolovsky
James Wines Essay on Drawing published by Architizer ‘Why Architects Should Never Stop Drawing by Hand’
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SITE-James Wines, LLC and I-Beam Design are collaborating to design a series of Greenhouses for DRx (Darren Romanelli) and Friedman-Benda Gallery, Los Angeles.
Join Margaret McCurry Lectureship in the Design Arts by James Wines at Harvard GSD
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James Wines Lecture 2pm UTC+1 (8am EDT) POST-POSTMODERNISM: A MAP FOR THE PRESENT, November 11, 12–7 pm UTC+1, Live at Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Admission free with registration: booking@bundeskunsthalle.de
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