Category: Books
Posted by Anthony on 4/29/2008 8:22:00 AM
Web book for architecture students
A new "paperless" architecture book featuring facades from around the world.
This book is the result of two years of architectural research. Dynamic facades, ventilated, high-tech or traditional composites with new features. This book shows that currently new skins not only act as an isolating element, besides interact with the environment, optimizing energy exchange with the outside. From Germany to Australia or Korea to Colombia, there are many examples that readers can visit with this publication. With international vocation due to bilingual English-Spanish text and a language away from technicalities, this paper aims to show as an "interactive toy" the evolving field of the facades in architecture.
Link: Piel.Skin [Thanks, Ethel]
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Category: Events
Posted by Nico on 4/25/2008 10:59:00 PM
CA Boom V Saturday filled with familiar faces... and some cool houses.
 Has the suspense gotten to you yet? At long last, we put you out of your misery. And the bling was worth the wait... lots of picture galleries for you modern home loving peops.
Day 2 of the guided home tour takes us around West Los Angeles and it feels sorta like homecoming. It just so happens that Neil Denari, Chris Genik and Kevin Daly all instructed some of us at SCI-Arc years ago, and nothing like getting those boys back for the countless sleepless nights they made us spend cutting basswood and atomizing onto mylar we say, so let’s have at it.
Gallery: Alan Family House
Neil M. Denari Architects, Inc.
Gallery: Red Barn Prefab
MXA Development
Gallery: Anderson Residence
Jesse Bornstein Architecture
Gallery: Creative Living Space
Delta H Design
Gallery: Mar Vista House
Daly Genik Architects
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Category: Art
Posted by Anthony on 4/25/2008 9:39:00 AM
Transforming pop culture
Featuring the work of Thomas Campbell, Shepard Falrey, Ed Templeton, Barry McGee and others, Beautiful Losers highlights how these artists, with almost no influence from the established art world, have been transforming pop culture.
Link: Beautiful Losers
Via: 70percent.org
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Category: Books
Posted by Anthony on 4/21/2008 1:53:00 PM
Twenty villas, cottages, and cabins in detail
 One of our most popular posts here at L+L is the Finland Summer House posted by James back in January 2005. If exploring summer houses in Finland is your raison d'être, then we have a book for you. Finnish Summer Houses by Jari & Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen is a new book from Princeton Architectural Press that showcases work from architects such as Eliel Saarinen, Alvar Aalto, Juhani Pallasmaa and many others.
Architectural styles featured in the book run the gamut from farmhouse villas of the late 1800's to the modern structures of today.
Link: Princeton Architectural Press
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Category: Events
Posted by Nico on 4/8/2008 8:39:00 PM
Our CA Boom V coverage begins (FINALLY!!)
 CA Boom V follows in a tradition of providing sensory overload to design professionals and aficionados alike (hint: the architects are normally the tired looking folk, since the wardrobe no longer reveals anything apparently), and this edition did not let anyone down in that respect.
Unfortunately for us (and for you), we were unable to go on the architecture tour on Friday, so there is no coverage of that excursion.
Fret not, since we provide you with links to all the architecture offices involved (after the jump). You will have to imagine our witty banter and myopic architectural insight when perusing the web sites of the participating architects, but, let’s face it, you like the pictures best anyway.
Reference: Back to the Boom
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Category: Furniture
Posted by Anthony on 4/7/2008 7:22:00 AM
"Best of British"
DecodeLondon is a new and innovative British design and manufacturing company committed to working with London's best creative talent. The Textile Side Unit, designed by Jethro Macey and featured above in Floral, is crafted using CNC milled stone composite doors and a solid oak base.
Link: DecodeLondon [Thanks, Gautier!]
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Category: DesignBOT
Posted by Adriean on 4/1/2008 7:29:00 AM
Chicago's First Family Holds Court
Chicago collective The Post Family recently wrapped up a showing last month over at Letterform. Served as an unofficial retrospective of the groups work, the exhibit had displayed everything from screen print and letterpress work to post-it note and found object installation as well as photography.
Images after the jump. Enjoy!
Link: The Post Family
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Category: DesignBOT
Posted by Adriean on 3/27/2008 9:21:00 AM
Custom Goodness
Brought to you by Milwaukee DJ/Artist The Uncanny Orlow is easily one of the hottest customs seen in sometime.
More images after the jump!
Link: The Uncanny Orlow
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Category: Events
Posted by James on 3/20/2008 5:19:00 PM
CA Boom 2008
Okey dokey, very quiet around here for CA Boom time of year... yes we are usually buzzing with activity. Alas, not this time. We will have some stuff to share with y'all later, buy you'll just have to wait. In the mean time, here are some links to tide you over:
LA Times was there, and they were snapping pictures:
LAist was there... first timers? Dunno, but they put together a nice photo essay from the Hangar:
And the NY Times was there too... no comment:
Props to the Curbed LA peeps for stepping it up this year with some nice coverage of the home tours:
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Category: Events
Posted by James on 3/3/2008 10:31:00 AM
CA Boom V, March 14-16, Santa Monica, California
I warned you way back in September, and now CA Boom is almost here... before you know it CA Boom will be all up in your grill, so get the lead out and make your plans today. I mean right now, because you dear Land+Living readers have been extended a whopping $4 discount for purchasing tickets in advance; enter discount code "land" when you register online and if the discount isn't incentive enough, just think about the headaches you will save your self by being able to walk right in.
Link: CA Boom
Buy: Discounted tickets, enter code "land"
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