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California themingLorcan O’Herlihy, a radical architect born in Ireland, tells Dara Flynn how Dublin can learn a lot from Los Angeles.
Seven Wonders Of The World: Angkor, Bilbao, Dhaka, Giza, Istanbul, Mexico City, RonchampLisa Rochon offers a list of "today's" seven architectural wonders that blend the contemporary and modern worlds: Luis Barragan House, Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao), The Great Pyramid, National Assembly (Bangladesh), Hagia Sophia, and Angkor Wat (Cambodia).
Second Homes That Put Ecology First"We're getting people doing million-dollar houses with composting toilets."
OMA virtual toursDomus provides virtual tours of OMA buildings including the IIT McCormick Tribune Campus Center in Chicago, Seattle Public Library, Embassy of the Netherlands in Berlin, and Casa da Musica in Porto. [Free registration req'd]
A lean-to to learn fromThe Hull Architecture Centre by Niall Mclaughlin Architects is a mobile building inspired by local industry and building traditions. [Free registration req'd]
Watching L.A.'s Young ArchitectsLet's talk about George Yu, Graft, Escher GuneWardena, Lorcan O'Herlihy, Barbara Bestor, Greg Lynn, Marmol Radziner, David Hertz, Daly Genik, Michael Maltzan, etc., etc., etc.
Glossing over the problem with prefab?Not everyone agrees that this phenomenon is a also good thing for architecture.
An architect and a choreographer design new JetBlue terminal"How do you move so many people, safely and logically and with a feeling of freedom, around a huge space that cannot in fact be free?" David Rockwell collaborates with Jerry Mitchell for the interior architecture of JetBlue's new terminal at JFK.
"But it is real architecture...""It's too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter. It was twice over budget and construction was a nightmare and it's still not finished." Stephen Holl's Turbulence House.
West (LA Times Magazine) Home Design IssueFeaturing articles such as: Why Size Doesn't Matter (Bigger isn't necessarily better) and Trailer Chic.
Beautiful, Green, and Affordable"The AIA Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community selected eight “Show You’re Green” projects as examples of outstanding housing that is both affordable and green."
UN-Mercedes Benz MuseumBen Van Berkel's Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, has finally opened its doors to the public. “Computer Baroque?” Static motion sickness? Make up your own mind…
What should we do with buildings which no longer serve their original purpose?Lisa Jardine argues for the preservation of landmark buildings through adaptive reuse - maintaining the urban fabric they create and inform. Case in point, the defunct Highbury Stadium whose facade will be preserved with new apartments constructed behind.
Designing a House to Save a TreeWhile some buildings are being enlarged to capitalize on views of Manhattan, architects Margarita McGrath and Scott Oliver chose instead to capture views of a tree growing in Brooklyn.
Record Reveals: Los Angeles"A special site dedicated to the unrestrained, talented, and innovative architects who call Los Angeles home. With podcasts, interviews, and an informal design guide, the site will give you an inside look at the people who make L.A. a nucleus of thought-provoking design."
New convent faithful to ideal of sustainabilityA modern convent in Dublin, Ireland, by MCO Architects embraces sustainable design.
Zaha in BarcelonaZaha Hadid wins commission for a building on Barcelona's waterfront, adding to the city's collection of designs by Pritzker Prize winning architects.
"Let's catch somebody on their way up."Los Angeles-based Daly Genik Architects have been selected by Harvard to design the temporary Allston-Brighton museum beating out the likes of Morphosis, Enrique Norten, et. al.
IDP test change?!Alrighty you IDP affected architecture types... here is your chance to lobby for changes to the much maligned IDP program. NCARB is preparing to vote on a proposed change to the system.
High point of modern"Once reviled, Modernism is now the height of fashion. Bob Stanley explains why it works for him."
Joshua Prince-Ramus to split from Koolhaas' OMAThe rumor mill can finally take a rest... Archinect's got the skinny.
Suspended straicase-bridgeA clever suspended staircase as a footbridge over the Traversinertobel, in Switzerland designed by engineer Jürg Conzett.
Moscow ConstructivismA photo gallery of constructivist architecture from the 1920's and 30's in Moscow posted by Flickr member SilkCut.
Therm Vals: Photography by Fernando GuerraPeter Zumthor's Therme Vals documented by photographer Fernando Guerra - a 14 minute short film.
New York architects have designed a twisted urban surf shackThis holiday house in Australia was built from custom-laser-cut plywood and other inexpensive materials. The concept has also won a US award for affordable housing in the HOME House Project.
Gehry's Grand StridesYet another write-up on Frank Gerhy's plan for the development on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles by the Related Companies. This one stuck me as rather odd (uninformed?).
Lecture - Architecture Research OfficeA lecture by Stephen Cassell of ARO given at California College of Arts in February. ARO "has become a model for research-driven architectural practice, as each project evolves out of a deep engagement with specific physical, social, and economic conditions."
Seeing through glass walls"It may have started as a Bauhaus trademark, but it became L.A.'s signature. Glass — from the Bradbury Building to the Case Study houses to car windshields — is the city's cornerstone."