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Down with the "idiot avant garde"The "young generation" of architects and designers in Britian reject the argument over modern vs. tradition and dismiss the relevance of "signature style" design. These contemporary designers do not dismiss Prince Charles's views.
Between LinesLighting artist Marcus Tremonto's exhibition at the Franziska Kessler Gallery in Zurich through 30 August, 2009. Cool stuff, especially the 'Paper Landscapes' series.
In Athens, Museum Is an Olympian FeatMore on the new Acropolis Museum, with more pictures too. [slideshow]
Acropolis Museum slideshowThe new Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece desiged by Bernard Tschumi has finally been unveiled. [Photo gallery]
Mama took the Kodachrome away"The Eastman Kodak Co. announced Monday it's retiring its most senior film because of declining customer demand in an increasingly digital age." Good-bye, old friend.
Ennis House on the blockEver since I first saw FLW's Ennis House in Blade Runner I have been wanting to... and now my money is tied up in my totally secure and safe Nigerian investments! Ahhh, the humanity!! Anyone else? It's a bargain! Just move your chair when it rains...
London might lose its marbles..."Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi, 65, designed a new Acropolis Museum for Athens, which will open this weekend. SPIEGEL spoke with him about the end of Great Britain's argument that Greece has no proper home for the Elgin Marbles."
Queens Plaza: Infrastructure ReframedHere is a very cool project that goes beyond the High Line to transform a network of working transit infrastucture into an functional urban oasis. An interview with members of the multi-firm design team: Margie Ruddick, Sandro Marpillero and Linda Pollak.
For the birdsWe've featured a couple groovy bird feeders on L+L over the years... here's a straight forward little number made from recycled scrap stainless steel. The Nido Bird Feeder, $79 at Bambeco.
Green Jobs Grow770,000 Americans already have a 'Green' job approaching the same scale as the traditional energy sector and far outpacing biotechnology's paltry 200,000 jobs despite a longer history and greater investment.
Son of StinkyThe 'Amorphophallus titanum' is a huge flower (reaching more thank 6 feet tall when it blooms, opening to a diameter of up to 4 feet), but its claim to fame is its stench; it smells like rotting flesh. One specimen of this rare and raunchy flower is due to bloom any day now at the Huntington Botanical Garden near Los Angeles.
Planting seeds of commercePeet's Coffee has joined an effort to develop a vibrant coffee industry in sub-Saharan Africa. The Coffee Initiative, as it's called, is run by TechnoServe, anonprofit funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal: to double the income of poor coffee farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda by linking their products with coffee lovers in the developed world.
Banksy at Bristol City MuseumGuerrilla artist Banksy has unveiled an exhibition featuring more than 100 works which were installed in the museum amid great secrecy. He said: 'This is the first show I've ever done where taxpayers' money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off.' [photo gallery]
Trouble in (Viennese) Paradise"The Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna has launched an art installation that puts its animals side-by-side with symbols of humanity's trashing of the environment -- including abandoned cars, rusty bathtubs and toxic waste."
22% of Game Show Audience Members Think Gehry Can FlyApparently Gehry ain't everyone's hero... or is he?
Whoever Rules the Sewers Rules the City“WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture" is a competition organized by cityLAB (an urban think tank at UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design) open to designers with innovative ideas about infrastructure's potential to enrich architecture and revitalize the city. Registration deadline: July 24, 2009.
Hudson River Piling ProjectFigurative sculptor Joan Benefiel has designed an installation of 10-foot tall translucent orange resin figures mounted on pilings of a derelict Hudson River pier on the west side of Manhattan.
On the High Line at LastMore High Line coverage; some different photos views than I've seen elsewhere.
Not just High, but LIT!Check out these photos of the High Line at night! Lighting design by L’Observatoire International. Awesome.
Contextualism concerned with landscape in MelbourneA Melbourne school designed by John Wardle Architects to occupy a site surrounded by important landscapes.
On High, a Fresh OutlookThe High Line reviewed; "They have given New Yorkers an invaluable and transformative gift."
Zaha still has workBucking the trend to ditch the starchitect, Zaha Hadid Architects has beaten Norway's Snohetta to win a competition to design Cairo Expo City, a 450,000 sq m exhibition and conference complex.
Recycled Rubber Revisited"EPA scientists are worried that they don't have enough information about potential health risks from chemicals in the rubber material, which is popular because it decreases playground injuries and is low maintenance and weatherproof."
Marmol Radziner ShopsLA architecture firm Marmol Radziner founded their own fabrication shops to fulfill their high quality custom wood and metal modern designs in-house. Now they are offering these custom services to homeowners, architects, designers, and contractors.
Interview: Richard MosseExtraordinary photos and observations by photographer Richard Mosse show the imperial palaces of Saddam Hussein converted into temporary housing for the U.S military.