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Coolhunter"Are you weary of the sight of a Barcelona chair? Does a friend’s Le Corbusier chaise make you want to chuck? And does the prospect of having to park your derrière on an Eames chair make you angry?"
Revisiting 'toilet to tap'LA coulda had shitty water years ago... but people freaked. Perhaps the time has come for reclaimed water in dry La LA Land.
Fall 07 Architecture School Lecture Series RoundupArchinect has the skinny on fall lecture series at architecture schools around the U.S.
The bizzare world of color trendsThe evil picture of Jaime Stephens, executive director of the Color Marketing Group, at the top of this article kinda says it all. Other than scheming women, social trends apparently color fashion and taste.
Filmmaker's gardenAn director designs a garden for film... then ditches the media career to design landscapes full time.
Katrina MemoriesWaaaaay too many articles marking the second anniversary of hurricane Katrina. But I am really fascinated by these first hand notes written while fleeing the city. Thanks for sharing, Jimmy.
Flooding the FarnsworthThe long dormant Pruned is back with a vengeance today... offering more pictures of the waters around Farnsworth House. Although I must take issue... the Farnsworth wasn't flooded, it safely floated above the water-level... a modern house on stilts in response to the flood prone site, no?
First Job? Share the BountyThe dysfunctional story of a child turned architect, his fearful money-bag parents, and his coat-tailing designer friends.
Farnsworth IslandBrad Pitt leaves, and and the floods come... but Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House survived the second "hundred-year" flood of Illinois' Fox River since 1996. Including a picture of water lapping at the front steps.
Wildflower HighwayNative plantings are beginning sprout up along US highways; a movement born part of frugality and part of environmental Enlightenment. Of course there is the intellectual opposition who make points like, the native grasses "just look awful," and highway medians "should look like a lawn, mowed."
Parking Garages Driven to Good DesignPack 'em, stack 'em, and rack 'em... but make it purty, please.
You're Euro, you're cool... where are you?If you're in London or Berlin, apparently you're NOT all that. [slideshow]
"The Architect""Architect" status means that you're among the highest levels of importance and power... unless of course you are actually an architect, as in designer of buildings.
Propellor Design's Pendant LightingDigging these light fixtures by Vancouver based Propellor Design.
Go Green, Great ParkFor some reason we just love following the minutiae behind the design of the Orange County Great Park. Here are 9 ideas for 12 (possible) environmental features.
Straddle that High Line, babyTake a look at the new Standard Hotel taking shape astride the High Line in New York City. Giddyup.
Two Infusions of Vision to Bolster New OrleansA look at the two visionary proposals that capture the democratic spirit of New Orleans: The Jazz Center/Jazz Park by Morphosis, and the six-mile riverfront redevelopment by TEN Arquitectos, Hargreaves Associates and Chan Krieger Sieniewicz. [slideshow]
Rem Koolhaas, superstar"Here is an architect who could happily sit down one day with God to design refined and purposeful public buildings knitted into the fabric of old cities, and the next with the devil to design the wayward architecture demanded by ultra-capitalism."
Russo Club - Talca, ChileArchitects Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido admit that they never fully understood the program for this groovy-ass project.
Building The World's Largest Urban Rail Transit SystemThe Chinese can get stuff done when it comes to infrastructure projects... 36 Chinese cities are on the fast track to building rail-based mass transit system.
The flaws in Frank Lloyd Wright's design for livingI just Clipped the NY Times review of the FLL Wright show in Portland, and now ran across Boston Globe staff writer Ken Johnson's take on the show. Mr. Johnson finds plenty of fault with Wright's philosophy of design, yet offers very little to back up his criticisms. Well, I guess somebody needs to be critical of Wright since most people just accept the genius thing.
“Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful”A review of the Frank Lloyd Wright retrospective on view at the Portland Museum through 10/8/07.
Architecture SchoolThe Sundance Channel is apparently filming a documentary following students from Tulane University.
Video: The seventh Serpentine Gallery PavilionTake a step inside London's Serpentine Pavilion by Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen... which opened today!
Not the Colonel's SporkI am a little scared of Kentucky Fried Chicken too... the Colonel with his wee beady eyes and that smug look on his face... but Spork is new restaurant that turned a defunct KFC into a hip spot where inventive design and inventive food meet. [images]