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Herzog & de Meuron receive the Royal Gold Medal for architectureThe Swiss architects Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron are the recipients of the 2007 award given in recognition of a lifetime’s work by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Tiny Houses: Less is MoreIt's not the size that matters, it's how you use it... so I hear.... (audio slideshow)
Second home comes firstArchitects Linda Taalman and Alan Koch, who rent a small apartment in L.A. and are building their home deep in the desert, three hours away.
Interview: Zaha HadidZaha describes herself as a "virtuoso of elegance" and lists "erich mendelsohn, mies van der rohe, le corbusier, the constructivist" among her influences.
America's Favorite Architecture"America’s Favorite Architecture is the result of an AIA and Harris Interactive poll of 1,800 Americans naming their 150 favorite structures across the nation based on nominations from AIA member architects." Interesting...
The greenest place to live in England?Another zero energy housing development, in Cornwall, sets to provide low energy living. Lets hope it is as successful as BedZED.
AIA Young Architects 07Six Architects Selected to Receive the 2007 American Institute of Architects' Young Architects Award.
Discrete object buildingsThe Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon designed by Morphosis.
Beijing builds on foreign footingsThe "emodelling of Beijing by outsiders has not pleased everyone. Some of the new buildings have infuriated China's architectural establishment and caused a backlash from the Chinese leadership."
30 in 30That crazy S.O.B. over at Archidose visited 30 buildings in 30 days, and posted the results online... beats the hell out of what I've done around here in the last 30 days. Anyway, be sure to click the thumbnails for the full write-up of each building.
Living Home by David HertzWe've featured David Hertz and Living Homes before on L+L, and now they have coem together for this prefab design... check it out...
Building on the vision of a modernist master"It's not every day you get to visit a spanking new building by Le Corbusier." The church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy, France.
Laurel Canyon solitudeSome archiporn for the day - a slideshow of a modern house in Los Angeles designed by architects Mike Jacobs and Aaron Neubert.
A House Built Around a Tower of BooksOffice dA of Boston designed the renovation of a five-story town house for a rare book dealer and a chef/restaurateur.
Noir Mayne, Curvy Gehry, Brand-Name Apartments Dominate 2007"This may be the year when environmentally focused architecture gets serious."
Plug+Play Construction"Panels stuffed with wires and pipes, preassembled on a factory floor, make high tech green building a snap."
Built with wild abandon"The lot was a killer: Laurel Canyon traffic out front, a daunting hillside in back. But Corrine Glass took a chance anyway -- and got a house that quiets the urban din and embraces its natural side."
"Dawdle this way - Who cares about getting to the other side when a bridge is this delightful?""The brand new Pedro and Ines footbridge over the Rio Mondego, linking two new urban parklands at Coimbra, is a quiet sensation..."
Swiss ambassador's residence by Stephen Holl and Justin RuessliMore Holl... NY architect Stephen Holl in partnership with Swiss architect Justin Ruessli designed a "Swiss island" in Washington D.C.
Steven Holl’s Dark Year Gets Brighter"I’m trying to make architecture with an intensity that is not normal, and in fact I have never been as busy as I am now." [images]
A relatively dark conversation with Frank Gehry."I think a lot of my colleagues lose it, lose that relevance in the spirit of serving their client, so that no matter what, they are serving the client. Even if the building they produce, that they think serves the client, doesn't really serve the client because it's not very good."
Brands and the Built Environment"Architecture and marketing come together in LA-based firm, (M)Arch."
Atlantic Yards moves forwardThe Frank Gehry design for Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards was approved by the Public Authorities Control Board yesterday... reactions are flying.
Architect Rand Elliott"Oklahoma City’s Rand Elliott carves out an impressive body of work that’s deeply rooted in place and local culture."
A Defiant Architect’s Gentler Side"Can it be that Thom Mayne, the architect of confrontation, has gone soft?"
Uncertain Future for Hitler's AirportA monument to Nazi ambitions that became a symbol of hope during the Cold War: Tempelhof is one of the world's most storied airports. It is scheduled to close in 2007, but plans are now afoot to transform it into a luxury clinic. [slideshow]
Wonders of the World: The Buildings of 2006Business Week's picks for the year. The theme is "Environmentally benign design." All but one choice are for some reason located in the US and UK... [slideshow]
Curbed LA Goes to LivingHomes HouseWe were denied an invitation (or could it be that we have just been ignoring our email... nah, we'd rather just lay blame than accept it) to tour the LivingHomes house designed by Ray Kappe, so we'll just point you to Curbed LA who was actually there. (See also L+L 3/11/2006 & 4/13/2006)