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Designers hired for LAX Theme Building"For $1.1 million, Gin Wong Associates will draw plans to modernize and strengthen the icon." Daily Breeze
Dorms Go Luxe"Don't call them dorms. Now they're residence halls, and the archetypal cramped room has morphed into a suite, bringing with it once-unimaginable amenities."
Subway Sunlight ProjectAn award winning design by Parsons student Caroline Pham uses fiber optics to channel sunlight into subway platforms, creating a work of naturally lit public art.
Pitt berates slow Katrina rebuildMore hunky pics of stuble-faced Brad. Oh yeah, and he says some stuff too... whatever.
A Pitt in New OrleansWe're like giggling school girls with all the Brad Pitt action in the design related news this week. First he was at the Farnsworth House, now he's touring a Global Green house under construction in New Orleans. Article complete with hunky photo of the Pitt... not the house.
Ennis House Restoration CompletedFrank Lloyd Wright's Ennis Brown House in Los Angeles was severely damaged buy an earthquake in 1994 and by heavy rains in 2004 & 2005.
Norway's nasty moose is killing the planet... from both ends"Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos of carbon dioxide a year through its belching and farting." Oh dear.
Terrabyte 2Be transported to a realm of ever-changing sounds, sights and spaces within The Arboretum’s beautiful gardens. TERRABYTE 2.0 launches at The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden on Sunday, August 26th (5pm - 10pm). I dig!
Make Better Use of Your Toilet WaterThat water filling your toilet reservoir after a flush is clean so take advantage of that fact and use it to wash your hands once you finish taking care of business.
City sets parameters for cargo container use"[Palos Verdes City] Council voted 4-0 (Councilman Larry Clark was absent) to introduce an ordinance that places limitations on how residents may use cargo containers on their properties." (PV News)
Le Corbusier: Art and ArchitectureAn exhibition of Le Corbusier work including paintings, furniture and architectural artifacts including a number of full-scale reproductions of architectural spaces. Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan. On view through 9/2407.
What's so bad about modern architecture?I never said there was anything bad, did you? Well?! Did you!?! [slideshow]
Green construction costs massively overestimated, survey claims"Construction and property professionals are overestimating green construction costs by 300%, a new survey has found." Sheesh... get it together people.
Georgetown ModernLuxist's Estate of the Day is a four-story Le Corbusier-inspired structure in Washington DC.
Eco-millionaires see boom times ahead"Reuters spoke to four entrepreneurs who are cashing in on the energy revolution and who say there is more money to be made."
Interview: Richard SerraThe sculptor talks about his work, scale models, Zen gardens, and not giving a shit.
Work as a ContestImagine a doctor or lawyer competing for a client by doing all of the work up front before being selected for the "gig." Hahaha! No professional would be THAT stupid... well... except for architects.
Nazi OaksAlong with gold medals, champions of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin were presented with an oak sapling... ya know, that whole world domination thing, spread German Oaks around the world. One such tree planted in Britain recently met the ax.
Report Says Green Still Doesn't Drive Building Cost"There are so many huge cost factors in construction that it is not possible to detect any statistically significant difference between the cost of green and non-green buildings," report says.
Opdahl Remastered"Case Study architect Edward Killingsworth’s masterpiece, the 1957 Opdahl House, fell into ruin, but thanks to a musician with a passion for modernism, it is celebrating its 50th anniversary in mint condition."
Here today, gone tomorrow"Space-age cubes, rooftop pods, giant caravan cities and garden sheds you can practically live in ... Steve Rose chronicles the rise of portable architecture."
