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Category: News
The (US) big, red "EXIT" sign vs. the nicely designed little green man running for the door (rest of the world). In case you were wondering, yes, we really are an island... - via slate
Clipped by Nico on 3/10/2010 1:54:00 PM
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Category: Commentary
Alexandra Lange takes the architecture critic to task. "Ouroussoff’s lack of artistic ambition leads to lazy writing, words and characterizations, unexplained assumptions and manufactured opponents that appear and reappear." Ouch... hurts when the nail is hit on the head, doesn't it? - via Design Observer
Clipped by James on 3/1/2010 11:11:00 AM
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Category: Misc
Apparently IKEA isn't good enough for the Gramercy Park Hotel. The lawsuit filed in Manhattan claims that the kitchen is "ugly" and unsuitable for such a luxurious home. - via MSNBC
Clipped by James on 2/25/2010 10:50:00 AM
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Category: Landscape
I agree... let's see how much rope the City will give to Corner to redesign the public spaces of its civic center. - via LA Times
Clipped by James on 2/24/2010 11:08:00 AM
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Category: Architecture
"The architecture of American embassies has been stuck lately in a predictable tug-of-war between a desire to express openness and an obsession, in an age of terrorism, with security. The design for the new U.S. Embassy in London, released Tuesday morning by the State Department, finds a novel way to move past that split and take diplomatic architecture into fresh territory." It's about time! - via LA Times
Clipped by Nico on 2/23/2010 1:36:00 PM
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Category: Architecture
The Boy Scouts commission sustainable accommodations for a Catalina campground.
“The Boy Scouts have been looking to modernize their image,” says Richard Hammond (Gensler). With a bit of coaxing, they were willing to embrace the idea of container dwellings that acted more like open tents than completely enclosed cabins." Big kudos! - via metropolis
Clipped by Nico on 2/22/2010 12:14:00 PM
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Category: Misc
I really can't contain my dislike what the site has become anymore, so here, I've posted it publicly. Of course, Inhabitat probably makes money... and L+L, uh... don't make dinky do. But I think I'm OK with that. - via Inhabitat
Clipped by James on 2/16/2010 2:13:00 PM
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Category: Architecture
Speaking of the Olympics, what about Beijing's architectural wonders built for the Games? Well, you can ski on a 300 foot slope next to the Herzog & de Meuron designed icon for $26 (gotta pay for the $15 mil annual upkeep somehow). And the Water Cube aquatics center is being transformed into a water park (no p in the ool, please). - via LA Times
Clipped by James on 2/15/2010 12:24:00 PM
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Category: Events
This is cool--BLDGBLOG and Atlas Obscura have teamed up to lead an outing to California City in the Mojave Desert 3/20/10 to explore the dusty grids of its amazing abandoned suburbs that never were. This town with a population of just over 8,000 people is the 3rd largest city in California by area (!!!) and was once envisioned as a metropolis to rival Los Angeles. The satellite views are unbelievable. - via BLDGBLOG
Clipped by James on 2/15/2010 11:49:00 AM
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Category: Green
Taking a look at the "green" efforts of the Vancouver Olympics... looks like they've faired better than past Games even with all of the trucks used to haul in snow. - via USA Today
Clipped by James on 2/15/2010 11:35:00 AM
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Category: Architecture
Landry Design Group has been named one of Architectural Digest magazine's 100 top architects and designers in the world multiple times. I wanted to like his house in Mammoth Lakes, California more... but... [slideshow] - via NY Times
Clipped by James on 2/15/2010 10:39:00 AM
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Category: Art
Oh yeah, hey, the Winter Olympics start tomorrow... here's a little Vancouver style celebratory art for you. - via Pruned
Clipped by James on 2/11/2010 2:02:00 PM
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Category: Misc
Sure, I'm dating myself, but I totally remember this HBO intro from the 80's. - via YouTube
Clipped by Anthony on 2/9/2010 10:24:00 AM
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Category: Misc
Nascar, anyone? - via The Brick House
Clipped by Anthony on 2/8/2010 12:49:00 PM
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Category: Architecture
Architect and SCI-Arc professor Roger Sherman ate a bunch of shrooms (and donuts) and then wondered what would happen if Target were to break out of the big-box. He calls it "a way for big box retailers to strategically locate themselves in urban infill areas," I call it something else, but it is pretty interesting. - via Curbed
Clipped by James on 2/4/2010 4:12:00 PM
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Category: Architecture
A slideshow of "ambitious architectural failures" which includes iconic buildings from Fallingwater to Pruitt-Igoe. - via Slate
Clipped by James on 2/3/2010 4:14:00 PM
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Category: Architecture
...actually, he wraps an old stucco house in polyester... same diff. [slideshow] - via LA Times
Clipped by James on 1/30/2010 4:10:00 PM
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Category: Misc
Slime mold know how to eliminate traffic jams... - via MSNBC
Clipped by James on 1/24/2010 7:43:00 PM
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Category: Art
"The eye is a camera, the nose is a turbine, the internal organs are a series of cogs, levers and interconnected pipes -- Fritz Kahn's unusual take on biology became hugely popular in the 1920s. Now a Berlin museum has dusted off the long-overlooked illustrations and is paying tribute to his industrial vision of biology." - via spiegel
Clipped by Nico on 1/24/2010 5:53:00 PM
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Category: Green
"As the world eagerly awaits the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, London is ramping up their own construction plans for the 2012 Olympics. And we just learned this exciting little tidbit about the super sustainable Olympic Stadium currently being built there that makes us even more anxious to see it – it’s going to be made out of recycled guns and knives!" Just imagine what NRA involvement could construct... - Thanks, Danielle. - via inhabitat
Clipped by Nico on 1/20/2010 11:51:00 AM
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