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Pure "Lack?"Archinect is right: MVRDV should pay Ikea royalties for their design entry (and win) in the Rotterdam Museum extension competition...
Not a Cornfield/FarmLab unveils a new urban project in Los AngelesFarmlab’s most recent investigation into creative sustainable urban land use. A "do-able" alternative to high budget proposals that a recent (previously Clipped) competition produced.
Pantone 152CThe first phase of the Great Park opened... a 5 acre sliver of Ken Smith's grand vision with giant floating oranges in the sky. Images and video for your pleasure.
Architecture Week is done like dinnerBritain's Arts Council has given the national Architecture Week the old heave-ho... was it the right decision?
There was nothing virtual about Yu's talentChristopher Hawthorne remembers architect George Yu who succumbed to cancer earlier this week. He "was a refreshing anomaly among Los Angeles architects."
Frisco proposes Eco-tough codeA proposal has been floated in San Francisco to impose the nation's most environmentally rigorous building standards.
A sprinkling of interventionArtist Kristi Sword creates interesting juxtapositions in ordinary urban contexts using stickers and candy sprinkles.
Plant geek alert"A rare ghost orchid has been found growing high in an old cypress tree in a southwest Florida nature preserve." [photo]
Their designs within reach"The archives of Ray Kappe and John Lautner are going to the Getty, where they can be accessed by the public."
Recycling El Toro into the Great Park"A recycler is transforming materials from the former El Toro base into mulch and soil that will be used to build Irvine's Great Park."
Great Park gets it upThe Great Park's big orange balloon is ready to rise to the occasion for this weekend's kick off event.
Architecture for Humanity Builds the Future of Housing"Architecture for Humanity has a clear goal: to improve the lives of billions people worldwide, one sustainable building at a time. And while the mission may sound overly ambitious, AFH is on its way."
Frankie Goes FluorescentNot a big fan of the look of compact fluorescent bulbs? Relax! Frankie's got some light fixtures composed entirely of sustainable and recycled materials and are designed specifically for compact fluorescent bulbs.
Willard Wigan, nano sculptorInadvertent inhalation of artworks is not an occupational hazard that one normally associates with sculpture: "...just as I was about to put Alice in place alongside the other characters, I inhaled her." Awesome.
Sad news"Husband, father, educator, and architect George Yu has passed away after a long and painful battle with cancer." Please see our earlier post about contributing to the education fund for his daughters.
"I thought I was going to hate it"News, views, photos, sketches and descriptions of San Francisco's Federal Building by Morphosis.
Public Enemy No. 1?"Lush lawns are a Southern California obsession. But with rainfall at historic lows, a turf war is heating up. Critics wonder if grass is always greener."
China's Bubbly Aquatics Center Nears Completion"A solid block of water appears to have rained down on Beijing's Olympic Green. While most architecture buffs have been focused on Herzog & de Meuron's National Stadium -- dubbed the Bird's Nest for its curved shape and overlapping structural supports -- its neighbor, the National Aquatics Center, just might steal the show come opening day."
Meta-MorphosisA vintage 1984 Morphosis design (by then partners Thom Mayne and Michael Rotondi) is restored by Daly Genik. [Images]
Matta-Clark and Patek Phillipe's Love Child"Turning the Place Over consists of an 8 metres diameter ovoid cut from the façade of a building and made to oscillate in three dimensions." Far out, duuuude!
BLDGBLOG sells outGeoff is going to work for Dwell selling ads... just kidding, we're just jealous. Best of luck, congratulations, and be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
Non-billionaires need not apply"At $135 million, Hala, just northwest of downtown Aspen, is the most expensive single-family residential property in the nation on the market, Mr. Saslove said. Selling it mostly consists of saying no."
We'll always have ParisNot the ho-bag, Piano and Rogers’ Pompidou Centre in Paris opened 30 years ago... a look back.
Talking PlantsA psychadelic blog about plants that... dood, get this... talk to you! Aw yeah that would be groovy, but, actually its just NPR's new gardening blog.
Sydney Opera HouseThe Sydney Opera House has been declared a World Heritage site and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture.
An Irishman in Mexico City"It's incredible how successful the offspring of our diaspora can be without the Irish batting an eyelid. One of Mexico's most famous architects, Juan O'Gorman, was the eldest son of an Irishman, Cecil Crawford O'Gorman, who had moved to Mexico from Ireland in the late 1890s."
Forever EamesA hundred years ago, a Modernist icon was born. Charles Eames went on to craft the new California home with wife Ray. Their 1949 house is the blueprint for 21st century L.A. living.
Adjaye the next starchitect?"Already making waves in Britain, David Adjaye looks set to crack the US and become an international name."