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The Magic LanternA closer look at the addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum by Steven Holl Architects.
2nd Lisbon Ideas Challenge International Design CompetitionLisbon Ideas Challenge 2007 is inviting architects, designers and engineers to present an integrated design proposal for the urban renovation/rehabilitation of Bairro do Padre Cruz in Lisbon, so to transform it into a Solar Neighbourhood.
Graphic goodnessMaryellen McFadden's Flickr photostream is like a walk throught graphic design history.
Good Malls and Bad CitiesTime to revisit a perviously favorite subject of ours (L+L 4/6/2005 "The Mall Goes Undercover" is a good place to start) -- "New quasi-urban shopping centers and the digital public sphere call into question traditional hatred of malls."
"Is sheep shit more user-friendly than cow shit?"Landscape artist Andy Goldsworthy returns home to create a major retrospective of his work at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. [slideshow] (see also L+L 6/10/2004 "Andy Goldsworthy")
Robert Moses Shaped Modern New York, for Better and for Worse"He played with New York rather the way a little boy will build cities with blocks and toys and Matchbox cars." A current exhibition, "Robert Moses and the Modern City," is currently on view at the Museum of the City of New York, the Queens Museum of Art and the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University.
Knot Skateboard by BuildLondon-based designers Build created this cool limited edition laser-cut design for an exhibition called Refill Seven launching March 29, 2007 in MTV's gallery in Sydney, Australia.
Defying the Odds on a Project in Skid RowAnother review of Michael Maltzan's designs for the nonprofit Skid Row Housing Trust.
Interview: Michael RotondiAlmost anything you could ever want to know about architect Michael Rotondi -- SCI-Arc, teaching, his practice, his spiritual life (aren't they the same thing?), Morphosis, Miracle Manor, etc. etc. etc.
A world without waste"The 'zero waste' movement imagines a future where everything is a renewable resource. Sound impossible? From New Zealand to New England, it's already changing the way governments and companies do business."
Interview: Cameron Sinclair on the Open Architecture NetworkCameron Sinclair talks about his "gift to the design community," the Open Architecture Network.
No garden-variety roofGreen roofs have been newsworthy in Europe and the eastern US, now becoming more newsworthy on the US west coast -- San Diego.
Matta-Clark lives?A 43-year-old German decided to settle his imminent divorce by chainsawing a family home in two and making off with his half in a forklift truck.
Competition names winner to revive Toronto squareThe team comprised of Plant Architect Inc., with Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners (architect); Peter Lindsay Schaudt Landscape Architecture, Inc. (landscape architect); Adrian Blackwell (design collaborator); Blackwell Bowick Partnership Limited (structural engineer); and Crossey Engineering Ltd. (mechanical and electrical engineers) has been selected to redesign Nathan Phillips Square.
Interview: Atelier Bow-WowTokyo architects Yoshiharu Tsukamoto’s and Momoyo Kaijima - architectural pragmatism.
Call for guerrilla art projectsLa Ferme du Buisson, located outside of Paris, is holding a show of guerilla art that would engage with and re-appropriate urban space for their annual " Temps d'Images" art festival in October. Deadline for submissions is mid-April... go.
Grand Canyon skywalk debacleA bit late for debate, but... "Tribe’s Grand Canyon deck ignites debate over disturbing pristine grounds."
Interview: Cameron SinclairArtkrush talks to Architecture for Humanity co-founder and director Cameron Sinclair about the organization's history and current projects.
Homeless housing: Creative solutions"Skid Row Housing Trust and Michael Maltzan's firm have brought a measure of optimism to the relationship between architecture and the city's homeless problem."
Timely Lessons From a Rebel, Who Often Created by Destroying"The Gordon Matta-Clark retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art should be required viewing for any architect born in the age of the computer screen."
Cha ching goes the Great ParkThe O.C.'s "Great Park" designed by Ken Smith et. al. now sports a price tag of over $1 billion. Yeowsa.
The Street Turns Green"Goldman Sachs got environmentalists to embrace a utility they loved to hate—and sealed a $45 billion deal."
Woven Fiberoptic ChandeliersDroog designers Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe created these "Lace Bobbin Lamps" which provide light (and presence) without the use of light bulbs.
Phoebe WashburnNew York artist Phoebe Washburn addresses environmental sustainability, urban planning and recycling in her work - she builds large scale pieces from discarded material found on city streets.
"Part levee, part diversionary canal, part city of the dead"Pruned unearths (ha) links and photos of the Igualada Cemetery located near Barcelona, Spain designed by Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós.