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An Inventive Solution to Save Home of Bell LabsPart of Eero Saarinen's Bell Labs complex (the original Phase 1 of the structure) will be preserved thanks in part to the online rally by scientists around the world. [Reg. req'd]
Urban legend - Andres Duany"The designer of Florida's much admired town Seaside, featured in The Truman Show, is now at work in Scotland. The architect tells Peter Hetherington that Britain's suburban sprawl is wrong but redeemable."
Façadism"Classics preserved -- or are they? In a changing city, vintage buildings often must adapt or get out of the way. Gutting them while leaving the facades intact at least allows for partial preservation."
Green Without Envy"Tearing down perfectly good homes to build environmentally friendly ones can create more harm than good. Every year 136 million tons of waste from demolished houses makes its way into landfills worldwide."
O.C.'s Defining Structure a Hall, Mall or Matterhorn?Orange County, California is home to works by Phillip Johnson, Kathryn Gustafson, Cesar Pelli, Rudolf Schindler, Isamu Noguchi and Walt Disney... but what icon defines the O.C.?
Green Building 101Inhabitat has concluded their series on green building... here is the round up: Location & Community; Sustainable Sites; Water Efficiency; Materials & Resources; Indoor Air Quality; Energy & Atmosphere; Environmentally Friendly Lighting; Eco-Power; Appliances, Electronics & Energy Use; Design Innovation.
Governors Island Vote... nevermindWe Clipped the public input for a redesigned Governors Island a while back. Well, your votes count towards nothing now.
ScrapHouseA documentary film shows how San Francisco was turned into a home in 30 days as part of Architecture + the City Month last June. [Photos]
View From the BridgeNew York's largest green roof hopes to be the catalyst for the neighborhood. "There is enough suitable flat roof space in Long Island City to cover more than 26 million square feet with green-roof technology—or 667 acres, nearly the size of Central Park."
Vision Not AccomplishedPeter Slatin is not impressed with the latest starchitect designed plans for the World Trade Center. "The ultimate failing of this power trio of office buildings is that, as an ensemble, they are blandly unsuccessful."
How small details make great architectsA slideshow of architectural details, including the work of Mies, Corbu, Norten, Pei, Venturi, etc.
One day in Africa as seen by 100 photographersFebruary 28, 2002, a normal, simple day, as many other, captured in 53 countries of Africa, by 100 photographers of 26 countries all over the world. All the photos are worthy to be seen and admired.
Podcast: Steven EhrlichSouthern California architect Steven Ehrlich speaks about "Multicultural Modernism" from a lecture given in San Francisco in April, 2006.
Downtown Lofts Draw New Breed of Resident"As the area continues to gentrify, it's becoming increasingly friendly for dogs and their owners. But some do have a problem with the smell."
Bondi Junction House - Tribe StudioA very nice, clean two storey addition in the Sydney, Australia neighborhood of by Hannah Tribe.
reuse | egg saucerI honestly have never felt the need for an egg saucer... but if I needed one, this would be a good choice.
"What Would Jesus Drive?""Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed New Orleans and killed hundreds of people, has made US citizens far more aware of the environment. Green has become fashionable even among conservative politicians and the religious right."
AvroKO profiledThe talented multi-disciplinary New York design firm AvroKO (see L+L 8/10/2004) has become highly sought for their unique restaurant designs... creating not just the space but also custom furniture, lighting, and graphics. [slideshow]
Curbing the big, the bad, the uglyLos Angeles is studying citywide limits on the size of houses. Could McMansions become a thing of the past?
House cleaning at DwellMore on the shake up at Dwell Magazine... "As last week's resignation of Dwell's editor in chief showed, some changes to broaden a magazine’s appeal can have unpleasant side effects."
Engineers race to steal nature's secrets"Giant wind turbines based on a seed, and desalination plant that mimics a beetle."
Thom Mayne on New Orleans"New Orleans should embrace its watery environment and restore wetlands as it rebuilds, suggests a prize-winning architect hired to design a modernistic central park in the city's downtown."
Buildings stand out with blend of fun and functionThe shortlist for this year’s Stirling Prize for Architecture: Richard Rogers Partnership, Sir Michael Hopkins, Zaha Hadid, Caruso St John, David Adjaye.
Cornerstone Festival of Gardens in Sonoma, CaliforniaA bit of an update on the current offerings at Cornerstone (previously featured on L+L). Among the more recent additions are gardens by Andrea Cochran and Oehme van Sweden & Associates. [images]
Quake fault parkMore on the previously Clipped park proposed for San Diego by artists Po Shu Wang and Louise Bertelsen with Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects.
The Greening of Work"More employers are making workplaces environmentally friendly. The result, firms say: energy savings, better morale and even higher productivity."
"Social housing scheme sees the light of good design"Modern housing projects in Ireland by architect Gerry Cahill (see the L+L "RIAI Awards 2006" post). "Modern design doesn't have to be alienating."
ecorazziFeeling guilty about following the latest on Lindsay and Tom? Reading People Mag under the covers with a flashlight? Well hide no more! Ecorazzi provides absolution via ecologically infused celeb gossip. I can't believe it's not butter...