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Soviet Underground Submarine BaseWhoa... BLDGBLOG points us to something right out of a Tom Clancey novel or a James Bond movie - photos of a secret Soviet submarine base on the Black Sea.
Woman to build house out of 747We've featured this before, but now the BBC has more to say about it: the California house designed by David Hertz from pieces of a 747 airplane.
"Oh-my-god-that's-ugly"Garrison Frost, a writer based in LA's South Bay, shares his thoughts about local "McMansion" architect, Louie Tomaro. "What's fascinating about a Tomaro home isn't what the architect puts in, but that the architect seems incapable of leaving anything out. Every style and amenity collides in a giant uninspired whole. Spanish meets Modern meets Cape Cod meets Classical meets Craftsman meets Oh-my-god-that's-ugly." (Entry #1414 at The Aesthetic).
Brad Pitt and a sustainable New OrleansBrad Pitt and Global Green USA announce the Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans Neighborhoods. The competition launched to act as a catalyst for sustainable design in the rebuilding process.
Smart homes should be eco-savvy, tooResponses to a recent MSNBC article on smarthomes mentions that readers prefer the homes to be conscious of energy conservation as well.
The Incredible Shrinking City"Facing steep population decline, Youngstown, Ohio, is repositioning itself."
Additions should stand on their own legs, not mimic the original"We don't mimic. We build in 2006 not 1920... it should be easy to distinguish the additions, rather than trying to make it look like it was built 200 years ago. That never feels quite right."
Podcast - High Line Aspirations: The Park of the FutureAndrew Blum speaks with Joshua David, co-founder of Friends of the High Line, about the transformation of an old elevated freight railway on Manhattan's West Side into a public park.
Gehry + TiffanyWe've heard about Frank Gehry's new designs for Tiffany & Co., now you can see them online.
Turning into an eco-warrior"Although he has created a dizzying array of products, Ross Lovegrove (a.k.a. "Captain Organic") has his sights set on bigger issues."
Aircraft fuselage libraryA proposal by LOT-EK to recycle over decommissioned 200 Boeing 727 and 737 fuselages into a stacked scheme for a library.
Learning from Fat"Fat have consistently questioned the high-minded, quasi-scientific position architects have cultivated for themselves, particularly in Britain."
Channeling the raindrops"The rain that falls on my property stays on my property." Creating a garden that conserves water and prevents polluted storm water run off.
A place of no meaning"Rupert Christiansen is overwhelmed by Peter Eisenman's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin"
Barcelona vs. New YorkBarcelona "builds seemingly before lunch every day what New York City can't seem to accomplish in a generation." James S. Russell references the current show at the Center for Architecture, "Barcelona in Progress," saying that NY could learn a thing or two.
Architecture Arguments Don't Help HousingBlair Kamin writes that "the ideological catfights over housing threaten to marginalize all of architecture." Fun tidbits include Eric Owen Moss ripping into New Urbanist plans for the Gulf Coast rebuilding... rrreowww!
New Urbanism on NPRAtlanta's new New Urban neighborhood Glenwood Park profiled to describe "the movement."
Big Dig House - see itWe've talked about the Big Dig House a couple times here at L+L. Inhabitat shows the goods - a profile of the project with images.
Prefab install - watch it LIVE nowYou can watch the actual installation of Living Homes' prefab prototype designed by Ray Kappe (previously featured on L+L) today on a live web cam.
Milan: A Fresh Look at FurnitureProps to BW for being the only mainstream media outlet to provide serious coverage of design and architecture... here is their report of this year's Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
Money mag's top 50 jobsLandscape architecture lands at #34 and urban planning places at #36. And architecture? Don't ask.
Monumental SecurityLAND Online presents a virtual tour of the Washington Monument grounds, redesigned by Laurie Olin. The design incorporates security barriers while improving visitor experience.
LitraCube concrete lampA light fixture called LitraCube utilizes the much talked about light transmitting concrete. 595 Euros... yeowsa.
High Line GroundbreakingThe ceremonial groundbreaking of New York's High Line project (designed by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro) took place today.
A Pritzker surprise in São PauloMore on the Pritzker including reaction from LA architects Thom Mayne (last year's Pritzker honoree) and Eric Owen Moss.
When Design is a Matter of Life or DeathMichael Bierut recounts the story of the structurally flawed Citicorp Center in New York and its engineer William LeMessurier who recognized the flaw a year after the building was completed. WWYD?
A Martha Stewart Home of Your OwnMark Robbins, dean of Syracuse University's School of Architecture, offers a slide show critique the Stewart-branded tract development by KB Home. Judge for yourself.