Woah... that was fast...
Has the suspense gotten to you yet? At long last, we put you out of your misery. And the bling was worth the wait... lots of picture galleries for you modern home loving peops.
CA Boom V follows in a tradition of providing sensory overload to design professionals and aficionados alike (hint: the architects are normally the tired looking folk, since the wardrobe no longer reveals anything apparently), and this edition did not let anyone down in that respect.
A bit late to say the least, but let's start the New Year off right by provided a wrap up of Cultivated, an exhibition held in conjunction with the annual ASLA conference in San Francisco back in October.
Cultivated is an exhibition to held in conjunction with the annual ASLA conference, October 6th 2007, in San Francisco. Cultivated's opening debut will be a night of art and inspiration hosted at Mars Bar, a local art bar in the burgeoning Soma district.
In concept, Cultivated seeks to provide a place where visiting and local artists, designers and landscape architects can gather to celebrate interpretations of Landscape Architecture that reflect the impacts that natural and built environments have on our lives.Various forms of appreciation and expression of landscape will be represented... and there is still time to participate. The submission deadline is September 14, 2007.
A quick round up of the annual Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London... this year by Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and Norwegian architect Kjetil Thorsen (of architecture firm Snøhetta). The pavilion opens this Friday and will remain on site until November 2007.
Roll on down to El Toro on Saturday, July 14, 2007, where you can get a glimpse of the future according to Ken Smith.
An exhibition at Art Center College of Design's South Campus in Pasadena (right down the street from my office) is running April 14 – July 1, 2007.
Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living envisions the house of the future as a place for new spatial experiences, new systems of sustainability and new sensory enhancements. This open-ended exhibition and multi-faceted research initiative, incorporating Art Center research studios, as well as a series of public programs, encourages creative individuals to make a substantial contribution to the dialogue on how we will live in the future.Link: Art Center - Open House
OK, let's get our hands around this whole CA Boom thing... for your convenience, we'll wrap it up right here so you're good to go.
Less talk, more walk you say? Well what are ya waitin' for, buckaroo?!
It is not in our tradition to pull punches. Unlike Washington, our opinion is not easily bought by lobbyists or big business (ok, ok, Time Warner has not tried yet, nor have they returned our numerous phone calls... but, hypothetically speaking...).
Fine, we do not have any deep-pocketed sponsors or sugar parental units, so we can pretty much say what we want.
Well, for the first time in CA Boom history, L+L missed the first day of home tours... sorry kids. But not to worry, we have days 2 and 3 covered. And besides, we've already Clipped links to 2 of the 5 homes from the first day -- the Living Homes design by Ray Kappe as reported by Curbed (previously on L+L here and here) and the LA Times article covering the Beitcher residence designed by W3 Architects.
So I get to CA Boom today, and low and behold I am face to face with the consequences of my smart-alecky post from last week. There it is, printed out, and pinned to the bulletin board in the Media Lounge.
It's back and it's bad. CA Boom 4: coming to you this year from the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport beginning this Friday, March 30th and running through April 1st.
As part of this year's Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles, BLDGBLOG and Materials & Applications, have teamed up to curate an architectural film fest on Tuesday, May 8th, from 8-10pm at the Art Center College of Design Wind Tunnel in Pasadena.
What is fascinating, and very much an area for further research, is the close relationship between radical architectural design and the cinema. Much of the best of modern architecture, combining digital and three-dimensional design processes, is cinematic in scope and feeling.The fest will be an evening of talks and presentations about film, science fiction, space, landscape, and architecture featuring feature four of the most innovative concept artists working in film today: Ryan Church, James Clyne, Mark Goerner, and Ben Procter.
Lately I have come across some interesting articles regarding the 10th Architecture Biennale in Venice (2006), its subject being ‘Cities’, and found myself profoundly amused at how criticised the English pavilion (in particular) had been for lacking in ‘real architecture' and 'architects’ work' especially. 
When I think of Architectural Digest, I don't tend to think of architecture... and I know I'm not alone. However the publishers appear to be taking some steps to remedy this with a series of events in October and November in three U.S. cities: New York, Los Angeles and Miami.
An exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles running November 19, 2006 through March 5, 2007.
This exhibition explores the common visual and intellectual principles that underlie both fashion and architecture. Both disciplines start with the human body and expand on ideas of space and movement, serving as outward expressions of personal, political, and cultural identity. Architects and fashion designers produce environments defined through spatial awareness—the structures they create are based on volume, function, proportion, and material. Presenting the work of international fashion designers and architects, the exhibition examines themes such as shelter, identity, tectonic strategies, creative process, and parallel stylistic tendencies including deconstruction and minimalism.Link: MOCA
LA based architecture firm Marmol Radziner has launched full scale production of their award-winning, green, modern prefab homes... and they are offering tours of their new modular factory. Of course they intend for this to be a preview for petential prefab homeowners, but I am sure a few of you prefab geeks will slip your way in just to chek it out.
The objective of this year's exhibit is to focus on the skateboard/ longboard design culture. From its early history to visions of the future,*FROST will explore the many aspects of the board from graphics to accessories and its relationship with the end user.Apart from the graphics component, the exhibit also has a Conceptual category where designers are asked to create outside the normal realm of skate design with items such as custom deck designs, apparel and skate environments.
Designers are asked to create a graphic of their choice for a blank skate deck and/or longboard deck. All submissions will be juried by IDEA and 30 skate decks and 30 longboard decks will be chosen for production.
Olive Skateboardsª will be printing the winning graphics onto their respective decks that will be displayed and sold by silent auction at *FROST2006.
The free exhibition launches on 8 August at Sydney’s iconic Chifley Plaza and runs 9-19 August 2006. WORKSHOPPED differs from any other design showcase held in Australia because its main purpose is to foster promising talent and turn their ideas into a commercial reality; ready for the world stage. The exhibition will feature a range of design principles and materials including furniture, lighting, screens, installations and graphic design.
An exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery in London running June 15, 2006 - September 17, 2006.
An exhibit at the Arizona State University Art Museum in Tempe, Arizona running September 9, 2006 - January 27, 2007.
What is the role of art and visual culture in the city's current development, and in its future?The artists selected for the exhibition were recently announced at an event that took place on the farm/art project of Arizona artist Matthew Moore.
The last day of CA Boom 3 brought back the sunshine to our deprived LA architourists. The focus of the day was prefab and other alternative building methods, and we were not disappointed. 
Day 2 of CA Boom 3 featured some great work overall, even if the weather was not cooperating today. Granted, there was no snow or rain (this is Southern California afterall, for all you non-CA peops), but the inside outside notion of living pursued in Steven Ehrlich's and David Hertz's projects did not come across quite as pleasantly, with cool, foggy and windy conditions making the visitors shiver at times.
Weren't we just here? The third year of CA Boom is underway and we're here for the third time - only seven months after we wrapped up our coverage of last year's show. They have moved the date up a few months this year for whatever reason, but it works for me since the weather is a lot nicer... though it is cutting into a potential ski weekend...
The 10th Architecture Week, the annual British public celebration of contemporary architecture, will be held June 16-25, 2006, in cities throughout the U.K.
We announced the selection of the designers to participate in the 7th edition of the International Garden Festival a while back. And today we have some images to share of some of the gardens which will be on display. The Festival will feature eleven temporary gardens by designers from five countries.
We've been covering CA Boom since it's inception, and we're looking forward to their third effort being held Thursday, March 23 to Sunday, March 26, 2006. It's a design show of a different stripe, where both professionals and consumers are invited. Here's the deal:
Three & half days of cutting edge design including tours from leading contemporary architects of recently completed projects, exhibits from independent designers, architects & manufacturers, panel discussions whose participants are the leaders and innovators of the contemporary design community and kicking off with a rocking design community opening night event.The highlight of the show are the home tours - 5 homes per day. All but
Gregory Colbert’s photography and motion picture exhibit “Ashes and Snow” opened about a month ago along the Santa Monica Pier. It is housed in a rather extravagant temporary structure designed by Shigeru Ban, in which it will be traveling the world. The stacked shipping containers, the 30’ high cardboard columns, and the exquisite lighting of the space and the art all come together to create a cathedral-like space and striking experience. The visitor is lead over a wooden deck in the center of the structure, while the walls and ceiling are dipped into darkness due to the careful lighting design. The prints appear to hover between the evenly spaced columns, which makes for a beautiful procession.
All right you landscape party people... the American Society of Landscape Architects has done it again, declared the month of April as National Landscape Architecture Month. So, order up a big load of mulch to celebrate, or keep an eye out for ASLA Chapter events... the weekly breakdown listed after the jump.
ASLA chapters across the country will celebrate with public outreach activities to help communities "Discover Landscape Architecture," the theme for this year. The month encompasses Earth Day on April 22 and the birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted on April 27, who founded the American landscape architecture profession.Link: ASLA - Landscape Architecture Month 2006
Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City opened Sunday and runs through May 1, 2006.
The exhibition features 35 significant architectural projects that are currently in design or under construction. These works are considered in relation to an additional eighteen projects, each of which are a major architectural accomplishment completed in Spain within the last few years. The projects presented will reflect the geographic and generational diversity of the current wave of new projects and their architects, as well as a wide range of scales - from a single private house to a new international airport. The exhibition will not only reflect the accomplishments of Spanish architects, but also the contributions of professionals from elsewhere.Link: MoMA - On-Site
We Clipped an article in the NY Times a bit over a week ago about curator Lance Fung's Snow Show, the interdisciplinary collaboration of art and architecture on the slopes at Sestriere, site of current Torino Winter Olympic cometitions. New images are now online showing the completed works of snow and ice.
The first annual Singapore Design Festival takes flight this month with a truely broad range of design avenues such as furniture, photography, graphics, toy design, textiles and many, many more. All of which is meant to celebrate the best of design that the city has to offer.
The inaugural Singapore Design Festival, scheduled for 9 to 23 November 2005, is a multifaceted experience focusing on the design process and the conceptualisation of ideas. In essence the Festival aims to build upon the design culture in Singapore and around the world, making it an interactive and “live” experience of the design process and its end products. From designers to design policy makers, agencies, schools, media, related industries, businesses and the general public - all are welcome to participate, enjoy and learn.
This event has great potential in only it's first year. I really like the fact that they chose to display so many diciplines of design and help create a 'community' atmosphere. Definitely one to keep an eye on every year.
Link: SDF
A panel discussion with City Planning officials, architects, and developers will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2005 from 11am-3pm.
cityworksLosAngeles is staging a panel discussion on the subject of the Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance and its potential to allow new models of affordable housing. Join a lively discussion moderated by Mark Surdam of Enterprise Home Ownership Partners and Frances Anderton of KCRW's DnA in advance of an upcoming design competition intended to probe opportunities afforded by the ordinance.Link: cityworksLosAngeles
In June 2006, New Music Arts Projects presents soundaXis, a city-wide festival celebrating architecture, music and acoustics that will transform Toronto into a playground of sound and space exploration. For two weeks, the city will be alive with concerts, interdisciplinary installations, symposia, screenings and site-specific musical events. Events will be held across the city, presented and hosted by many of Toronto’s most innovative arts organizations.
A public exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, is currently running through October 22, and will culminate in an international Sotheby's auction of the Collectors Edition trees on October 23, 2005.
An Exhibition on the work of the Pritzker Prize winning architect Luis Barragan is now showing through November 6, 2005 in Athens, Greece at the Benaki Museum in the Pireaus Street Annexe.
The exhibition presents approximately 70 large-scale photographs by Japanese architect Yutaka Saito, wooden models (approximately 1.0-1.5 sq.m. apiece), as well as a series of the corresponding designs (floor plans - designs) of works by Barragan. In tandem with the exhibition, there is a video installation, with a 15-minute film on the forms of the Barragan oeuvre.Link: Benkai Museum
The Getty Research Institute has acquired the complete photography archive of Julius Shulman and will be exhibiting some of the collection in the Research Institute Exhibition Gallery at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Opening today and running through January 22, 2006.
This exhibition will confirm Julius Shulman's place as one of the 20th century's most influential visual historians of modern architecture and the Los Angeles region. Shulman is world renowned for creating iconic images of Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House (1947) in Palm Springs and Pierre Koenig's Case Study House (1960) in the Hollywood Hills.Exhibit: Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis
This exhibition for gardens designed to be part of the proposed 3rd floor addition to USC's architecture building is now showing at USC Verle L. Annis Architecture Gallery in Harris Hall through Saturday, October 1, 2005.
The School of Architecture's 21,000 square foot 3rd floor expansion of Watt Hall will house the School's four graduate programs. Alternating gardens and office spaces will form a ten-foot perimeter around the building. Each of the 17 gardens will be an original landscape design by an internationally renowned landscape architect. With the use of drought-tolerant and sustainable plants, the gardens will serve as a valuable tool for landscape studies and will act as the lungs for the building - allowing air to flow through the office, studio and gallery spaces.Link: USC - Visions of Sky Gardens
This exhibition presented across two venues at Monash University near Melbourne: the Monash University Museum of Art on the Clayton campus and Faculty Gallery on the Caulfield campus. The show opened September 7th and runs through October 29, 2005.
Pavilions for New Architecture presents the creative practices of a dynamic group of contemporary architects who have emerged on the architectural scene over the past decade.
Taking the pavilion as its subject, and as a lens through which to view the practice of architecture, Pavilions for New Architecture offers a significant opportunity for the open expression of architecture at a scale that is at once playful and provocative, speculative and rhetorical.Link: Monash University Museum of Art - Pavillions for New Architecture
This exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, Illinois, runs August 28 - October 8, 2005.
A new series of works that manipulate the decorative patterns found in the Chicago area landmarks by the architect Louis Sullivan. An updated version of Sullivan’s mantra "form follows function", Williams insists that "form functions as structure'. Williams injects these sculptures with shapes excavated from our city’s landscape and freed from their facades provoking the viewer to reconsider the decorative features that surround us.Link: Hyde Park Art Center - Bernard Williams
Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Nicholas Grimshaw and, especially, Santiago Calatrava are famous for their high-tech, glass and steel design approach that celebrates the structural elements and exposes the beauty of physics. Jean Prouvé is widely considered to be the famous godfather of the bunch, the "Don Corleone" of the "archingineer," so to say.MOCA is presently housing a small exhibit that originated at Columbia's graduate school of architecture. It focuses on Mr. Prouvé's efforts to create modular structures, furniture and structural systems through three of his principal areas of interest at the time: "schools, the tropics, and the use of aluminum." The main element of the exhibit is one of the so-called "Tropical Houses." This particular specimen was fabricated in Maxéville, France, assembled in Brazzaville, Congo, in 1951, then disassembled in the midst of civil war and shipped back to Paris in 2001. The simple structure is a beautiful example of how modular systems and pre-fab construction can be turned into a beautiful artifact at the hands of a great and thoughtful designer. Unfortunately the actual Tropical House did not make it to Los Angeles, but the exhibit is well worth a visit nonetheless (and it's free too...). Don't forget to watch the video about the re-assembly of the structure.
Finally follow through on the French-speaking theme by maybe sampling some of the baked goods at "Le Pain Quotidien" next door while out on Melrose... YUMM!
Link: MOCA
Link: Design Within Reach
Source: LA Weekly
The third London Design Festival is taking place all over London, September 15 – 30, 2005.
The Chicago Athenaeum, an International Museum of Architecture and Design, is exhibiting their 2005 American Architecture Award winners.
It has now been just over a week since CA Boom II closed, and after bombarding you with coverage from the event all last week, we are finally ready to put CA Boom II to rest.
Another day at CA Boom and another day of home tours. I always figured that most people prefer to save the best for last, but today's selection of home tour residences, while featuring some nice homes, was lacking when compared to days one and two. The standout home today had to be the Ehrlich Residence (featured at right) by John Friedman and Alice Kimm. The Kumagai Residence, by Glen Irani, while only about 80% complete, promises to be quite the exciting residence when it's complete. I have a feeling we'll see this on next year's tour.
Photo Gallery: Ehrlich Residence
Photo Gallery: Kumagai Residence
Photo Gallery: Church/Loft
It was a pleasure to host a wonderful panel of landscape design professionals on Friday at the CA Boom Speaker Conference. A thousand thanks to my guests David Fletcher, Tom Leader and Katie Spitz for their time, effort and thoughtful presentations. Many thanks also to Sandra Bartsch and the CA Boom staff who invited me to participate and who worked so hard to produce the speakers series. And a final thank you to all who attended the presentation.
CA Boom had originally planned to provide a podcast of the Speaker Conference, alas some things must fall by the wayside when putting on a large and complicated event with limited resources. Instead we will provide a glimpse of our panel discussion with a few images from each panelist's presentation along with a bit of text to give you a taste of what was covered.
Reference: Breaking Ground: New Directions in Landscape Architecture (L+L)
Another day at CA Boom and another great day of home tours. Today's home tour featured a pair of repeat homes from last year: The McKinley residence from David Hertz Architects and the Irani & Beaucage residence from Glen Irani Architects. In addition, we toured the Omura/Galperin Residence from Vaughan Trammell, and the Kozely/Farmer residence by Sant Architects which featured a fantastic landscape (at right) designed by Jay Griffith. We finished up our day at the Sheldon Residence by Mark Billy & Richard Warner.
Day Two Home Tours
Kozely/Farmer Residence
Irani House
McKinley Residence
Today was the big first day! We ran the whole house tour circuit which included Neutra's Troxell Residence as restored by SH_Arc, Kanner Architects' 511 House, Harwell Harris' Entenza House restored by Michael W. Folonis, AIA and Associates as the highlights. Individual write-ups and photo tours of these homes are coming soon... in the mean time, some pictures below for your perusal.I haven't heard my name over a PA system since I almost missed a flight in Dallas... until today when the speakers panel Breaking Ground which we hosted was announced.
Day One Home Tours
511 House
Entenza Residence
Troxell Residence v.2
Land+Living is glad to see CA Boom back and kicking... we (both editors Anthony and James) were on hand for the opening night kick-off. This year promises to be a worthy sophomore effort... already it is apparent that the event is a bit more mature, if a bit less ambitious.
This year's opening party was wisely not billed as the "extravaganza" that was over promised last year. The event had a more subdued build up which was fitting for the low key event that it was. Lots more food, flowing drink, mixing DJ's and mingling design-peeps was the theme for the evening, and a pleasant evening it was.
As we've mentioned before, Land+Living will be at the event all weekend providing updated coverage, so stay tuned!
Oh, and we'll try to remember to bring some sunblock for Shane. ;-)
CA Boom kicks off tonight, and we will be in Santa Monica throughout the weekend bringing you coverage directly from the event of the home tours, speakers conference and exhibitions.
Tickets are available online and at the door, remember to use code LLG510 for your discount.
Be sure to join us for Breaking Ground: New Directions in Landscape Architecture, a panel discussion hosted by Land+Living on Friday at 4:00 pm.
Link: CA Boom II
Article: LA Times - It's showtime
Land+Living has been asked to host one of the speakers conferences this year at CA Boom, and we have chosen to focus our topic on the role of landscape architecture in the design world and in shaping the society at large.
The panel will be held Friday, July 29th from 4:00 - 5:15 pm and will feature noted landscape architects David Fletcher, Tom Leader and Katie Spitz.
It is sure to be an interesting discussion, and we encourage you to attend (remember to register with our L+L discount code).
Link: CA Boom II Speakers Conference - Friday
Reference: CA Boom is a comin' (Land+Living)
Originally posted 7/18/2005
UPDATE: All panelists have been confirmed - David Fletcher, Tom Leader & Katie Spitz.
It's almost here, have you registered yet?
We are pleased to be able to offer Land+Living readers a discount online or at the door using code llg510 (pre-registration provides a better discount).
Land+Living will also be hosting a panel discussion entitled Breaking Ground: New Directions in Landscape Architecture as part of the Speaker Conference... watch for our "official" announcement of panel participants soon featuring David Fletcher, Tom Leader and Katherine Spitz.
We'll see you there!
Link: CA Boom II
Reference: CA Boom II (Land+Living)
Thirty-three projects were seleced to receive awards from a field of over 520 entries.
"This year’s awards projects demonstrated the rising cultural relevance of responsible planning and good design across a range of scales and project types in the United States and abroad," said Gary Hilderbrand, FASLA, jury chair and principal at Reed Hilderbrand Associates Inc. "By bringing forward a compelling set of diverse projects, this jury showcased some of the successes landscape architects are having with the complex issues that arise for thoughtful design practices today, including the drive for clarity, expressiveness, rigor, and durability in design."
Link: ASLA 2005 Professional Awards
CITYWORKSLOSANGELES, a volunteer based forum of members from the architecture and design community acting as a catalyst for real world solutions in Los Angeles, is holding a book launch event on July 28th from 5 - 8 pm at the Herman Miller Los Angeles National Design Center.
The CITYWORKSLosAngeles: HANDBOOK answers 4 basic questions:
This exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, runs April 24 - October 16, 2005.
Architects from across North America were invited to submit design proposals for a contemporary vision of a traditional architecture type - the garden pavilion. The winning designs will be constructed and will "land" on Philbrook grounds as a six-month open-air exhibit, allowing audiences of all ages to explore and experience architecture-as-art in the landscape. The project will highlight Philbrook Gardens with structures that are in harmony with the landscape, introduce audiences to a variety of contemporary architectural forms, demonstrate that good design can be both affordable and friendly to the environment and enhance public awareness of promising, emerging architects.Link: Philbrook Museum of Art
Originally posted 3/31/2005
UPDATE: The Archinect Image Gallery features some nice images of the installed designs.
The 6th International Garden Festival will run from June 24 to October 2, 2005, at Redford Gardens in Grand-Métis, Québec.
On display will be new designs by seven selected designers from Australia, France, the United States and Canada as well as four gardens created for the fifth edition of the Festival.
Link: International Garden Festival
Visit: Jardins Métis, Redford Gardens
Groundswell, the exhibit currently showing at MoMA, is old news to us, but it's good news to see that it is still getting attention. Ada Louise Huxtable's review of Groundswell and the just opened High Line exhibition was published yesterday in the WSJ Opinion Journal.
Ms. Huxtable praises the innovative work of today's landscape architects and their focus on social issues and human needs... and she chastises architects for the current egomaniacal fixation on celebrity and object making.
Landscape architecture has come a long way from its theme-park and garden-club associations, and the design of public space is defining a new architectural frontier. The competitive infatuation with "signature" skyscrapers may continue to get the publicity, but some of the best young talents are staking their claims and reputations on the ground.Article: Opinion Journal - Down-to-Earth Masterpieces of Public Landscape Design
This exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago is currently open and runs through January 16, 2006.
Developed by the City Design Center, College of Architecture and the Arts, UIC in collaboration with The Field Museum, the exhibition features original models and drawings by noted architects and industrial designers.
Contrary to popular belief, manufactured homes have long been an affordable and high quality housing option. The history of these pre-fabricated dwellings transcends time and cultural boundaries, reflecting a long and colorful history. Native American teepees, yurts in Central Asia, Sears and Roebuck “kit houses,” and the mobile home are but a few examples.Link: Field Museum - Design Innovations in Manufactured Housing
Speaking of gardens in London, the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show is just around the corner; May 24-28, 2005, as always at the Royal Hospital grounds in Chelsea.
A goodly number of contemporary landscapes will be displayed including designs by Diarmuid Gavin, Jack Merlo, Andy Sturgeon, Marcus Barnett, David Macqueen, Lizzie Taylor and Dawn Isaac just to name a few.
Link: Chelsea Flower Show 2005
Reference: Garden design winners at Chelsea 2004 (Land+Living)
We just got the word today... the CA Boom II website is now up and dates have been announced:
Link: CA Boom II
Reference: CA Boom (last year's Land+Living post and links to our daily reports)
An architectural exhibition running April 19-23, 2005 at the DESTE Foundation’s Centre for Contemporary Art at 8 Omirou Str., Neo Psychico, Athens, Greece.
The exhibition invited 10 avant-garde architects to propose their own vision of what a future hotel could be. The first prize entry will be exhibited in the reDESIgnDESIre exhibition curated by architect Sotirios Papadopoulos at the SoHo gallery in Milan, during the Salone del Mobile 2005.
Link: Invisible Hotel
Visit: DESTE Foundation
Slate 's architecture critic, Witold Rybczynski, reviews MoMA's Groundswell exhibit with a slide-show essay. Bookending the review, Mr. Rybcynski provides some historical perspective of landscape design, and laments the lack of a "landscape approach to rebuilding" the World Trade Center site.
And we've added LOTS of images of our own for your browsing pleasure (thanks to MoMA's Press Office). Lots of images means waiting for them to download... please be patient, won't you?
Enjoy.
Link: Slate - The Aesthetics of Urban Renewal
Reference: Groundswell (Land+Living)
Reference: "Confronting Blight With Hope" (Land+Living)
Reference: "From Ruin and Artifice, Landscapes Reborn" (Land+Living)
This event organized by Pasadena Heritage features a lecture on March 16th and tour on March 20th, 2005.
This one is rather close to home for us L+L folks... one of us grew up in Pasadena and was inspired by the local architectural tradition from a very early age. Though Pasadena is perhaps best known for Arts and Crafts architecture, especially Greene & Greene and the Gamble House, the city boasts a significant collection postwar residential, commercial and institutional structures.
Lecture: The Modern Suburban Paradise - March 16, 2005, 7:30 p.m.
Tour: Pasadena Modern Tour - March 20, 2005, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Link: Pasadena Heritage
As a whole, the show, organized by Peter Reed, a MoMA curator of architecture and design, signals the refreshing debate that is emerging over how best to deal with the legacy of Modernism.Article: NY Times - Confronting Blight With Hope
The 10th annual Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show will be held April 6 - 10, 2005.
Reputedly the best annual garden show in the Southern Hemisphere, the show has featured some stunning contemporary gardens in past years. Designers will include Mark Browning of Cycas Landscape Design, Jamie Durie of Patio Landscape Design, and many others including four students from Australia and New Zealand competing for the Fleming Student Award.
The American Society of Landscape Architects has declared April 2005 as National Landscape Architecture Month. The theme will be Design for Active Living, highlighting ways landscape architecture and community design affect daily activity levels, and, in turn, overall health.
Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City running February 25 through May 16, 2005.
Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape presents twenty-three landscape-design projects that reveal the surge of creativity and critical debate in the design of public spaces, from small urban plazas to large parks for post-industrial sites to long-range plans for entire urban sectors. In the last twenty years, the most significant new landscapes have been designed for sites that were reclaimed from conflict, degradation, or abandonment. The projects, located throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, were selected for their outstanding design and to show a variety of scales, contexts, materials, and types of spaces found in the contemporary landscape.Link: MoMA - Groundswell
Exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC running January 15 through May 15, 2005.
If a democracy is defined by the character of its discourse and public debate, the success of that democracy must be measured by the quantity and quality of its public spaces, the venues where citizens gather for cultural and civic interaction... a range of projects from memorials to new types of urban plazas and parks, from Macon, Georgia, to Melbourne, Australia, to Johannesburg, South Africa.Featured designers include: Will Alsop, Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, Craig Dykers, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Walter Hood, Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, Peter Walker, Michael Van Valkenburgh, Rafael Viñoly and Norman Foster.
Originally posted 1/9/2005
Link: National Building Museum
Exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago running through April 15th, 2004.
Featuring:
The 10 architects reflect a cross section of Chicago’s vibrant architectural scene—from large and small firms as well as the academic community—bringing to this exhibition diverse experiences and insights. Each architect was asked to define an important issue for the future of Chicago and create a “spatial commentary” on that particular theme.Link: Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago Architecture: Ten Visions
Exhibition at A+D Museum in Los Angeles running November 18, 2004 through February 22nd, 2005.
The exhibit is a preview in support of a new book to be published by Balcony Press and scheduled for release in the Fall of 2005 – entitled “2000 + New Architecture from Los Angeles”. The book’s editor is John Chase.Link: A+D Architecture and Design MuseumEach participating architect has fitted the presentation of his work into a diamond-shaped 6 ft x 2 ft “tower” designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy, AIA. The towers are mounted on wheels, arranged randomly, and can move around the room. This affords the viewer a walk through the exhibit non-sequentially, much like walking through a forest of trees. Each firm’s viewpoint is contained within the tower and may be studied from all angles by a single viewer, or by a group of viewers, thus presenting an opportunity for discussion.
This ten day festival taking place between September 20 and 30 in London, England, features all manner of design from graphics to products, photography to fashion, architecture to interiors and everything in between. The festival spans the city with exhibits, lectures, screenings, parties and seminars. Events are individually priced.
Link: London Design Festival 2004
Via: Dezain
The Cornerstone Festival of Gardens in Sonoma, California has launched a new and expanded website.
In addition to general information about the festival the new site features detailed descriptions of each of the gardens with images.
Link: Cornerstone Festival of Gardens
Reference: Cornerstone Festival of Gardens - UPDATE I (L+L)
Reference: Cornerstone Festival of Gardens (L+L)
UPDATE: An article from this weekend in the New York Times features a nice write up and slide show.
First things first; congratulations and a heartfelt thanks go out from Land+Living to the organizers of CA Boom. A design event of this kind on the left coast is long overdue. Billed as the "first annual," we look forward to the evolution of CA Boom in the years to come as they learn from the mistakes and build on the successes.
We applaud CA Boom for its efforts to make contemporary design accessible. We felt that the organizers did a good job of providing a mix of content which was of interest to both professionals and the layity... something we strive for here at L+L as well. It is a fine line to walk, and it seemed to work as the event was very well attended throughout the weekend by design professionals as well as the general public.
The evenings turned the festival into a kind of scene, with lots of young people dressed to impress and a club atmosphere taking over. We took note of some attendees saying that it was a great place to meet up and hang out for the night.
It was the mix of events and moods that made CA Boom work.
(More commentary and images as you continue...)
Reference: CA Boom - Day 3 (L+L)
Reference: CA Boom - Day 2 (L+L)
Reference: CA Boom - Day 1 (L+L)
Reference: CA Boom Opens! (L+L)
Reference: CA Boom: A Festival of Contemporary Design (L+L)
Link: CA Boom
It was a fine finish to the CA Boom festival as we were able to tour three more homes of well known architects. Covering the festival for the last four days straight... we must admit that we are a bit tired. Well, how about we say that one of us is tired from the festival (as are the guests who accompanied), and the other of the L+L crew is tired from backpacking in the Sierra... perhaps two reports will be forthcoming from the weekend!
It wasn't clear whether we would be able to join the home tours today as a snafu with the buses caused scheduling problems. All of the tours were sold out before noon today, but we able to join the V.I.P. tour at the last minute. It would have been a shame to miss this one featuring the homes of Lorcan O'Herlihy, Ron Radziner and Steven Ehrlich (we got to see the inside today after checking out the street view on Friday).
Lots more as you continue...
Reference: CA Boom - Day 2 (L+L)
Reference: CA Boom - Day 1 (L+L)
Reference: CA Boom Opens! (L+L)
Reference: CA Boom: A Festival of Contemporary Design (L+L)
Link: CA Boom
It was a good day at CA Boom. After being shut out yesterday, we had the opportunity to tour the homes of three different architects in Venice Beach.
Alas we were the victims of our own bad planning today... by the time we got to the third home on the tour, the battery on our digital camera had conked out. And such a cool house it was... we'll redeem ourselves somehow on this one.
In addition to the home tour we attended two speaking sessions and did some more browsing at the exhibits. Carry on then for the details...
Reference: CA Boom - Day 1 (L+L)
Reference: CA Boom Opens! (L+L)
Reference: CA Boom: A Festival of Contemporary Design (L+L)
Link: CA Boom
Today being Friday the 13th, it is perhaps not so surprising that there were some hick-ups at this the first day of the first annual CA Boom Festival. A few oversights and a little bit of miscommunication affected the day, but for now we will focus on what we saw today. We will post a review of the event on Monday once the fat lady has sung.
Despite the problems, overall we had a good time today at CA Boom. We took some time to check out many of the exhibitors and to listen to a few of the scheduled architect speakers.
Reference: CA Boom Opens! (L+L)
Reference: CA Boom: A Festival of Contemporary Design (L+L)
Link: CA Boom
They rolled out the sod carpet for the CA Boom Grand Opening Extravaganza party tonight. The evening featured exhibits, music, food and drink, and oh yeah, some celebrity guests. We were fashionably late... this is LA after all... but by the time we arrived, we had missed the night's celebrity and designer co-hosts. No sign of Brad Pitt, Courtney Cox or David Arquette. No Salma Hayek, Bencio Del Toro or Diane Keaton to be found. No sightings of Eric Owen Moss, Lawrence Scarpa or David Hertz... though we did see Lorcan O'Herlihy from across the way, but he was gone before we could catch up with him. Or maybe we were just in the wrong place, but no matter, we weren't there for the celebs.
What we did see looks to be a promising event; lots of cool exhibitors that we look forward to checking out in the next couple of days. We will be at CA Boom over the next three days and plan to attend the home tours and hear some of the speakers, so be sure to check back for our daily report.
Reference: CA Boom: A Festival of Contemporary Design (L+L)
Link: CA Boom
A three and a half day event, trade fair and festival combined into one for designers and consumers. The festival will include exhibitions on design, prefab, architecture, landscape and furniture as well as home tours, speakers, bands and DJs, restaurants and lounges.
CA Boom is coming up soon! Don't forget to register early for discounted admission.
Link: CA BOOM
UPDATE:
Report: CA Boom Opens!
Report: CA Boom - Day 1
Report: CA Boom - Day 2
Report: CA Boom - Day 3
Report: CA Boom Wrap Up
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a nice article by Judy Richter about the new Cornerstone Festival which we featured last month.
Eventually Cornerstone will have 28 to 30 gardens with each remaining one or two years. "It will be like a museum with temporary exhibits," Hougie said. Cornerstone features cutting-edge design, "the kind that may or may not be suitable for home gardens" but that will challenge people to think, he said. Intended to appeal to both gardeners and artists, "it's a place to be inspired. You won't see the ordinary."Link: Cornerstone Festival of Gardens
Coming in Fall 2004 to the Art Center Wind Tunnel:
In September and October 2004 the Art Center Wind Tunnel will become the stage for diverse experiments creating a micro-ecosystem. Prominent local artists, architects, designers, writers, film makers, performers, educators, politicians, activists, pacifists, scientists, academics and thinkers will be invited to take over some part of the wind tunnel for the six week period. Responding to this unique space and the context of the show, participants will have complete freedom to propose anything: site specific installations, film screenings, lecture series, information booths, performances, seminars, exhibits. This event will be a fusion of exhibition / fair / convention / party / meeting / classroom / exhibit / town square / performance.The GardenLAb experiment opens to the public on Tuesday, September 7 and runs through Saturday, October 16.
Link: GardenLAb
Designers: Fritz Haeg & Francois Perrin
Inspired by the famous garden festival at Chaumont in France, Chris Hougie teamed with Peter Walker to create an American avant-garde garden show. The Cornerstone Festival of gardens is located in Sonoma Valley, California, about a 40 minute drive north of San Francisco. The show features well known landscape architects and designers such as: Peter Walker; Lutsko Associates; Mark Rios; Ken Smith; Walter Hood; Martha Schwartz; Andy Cao; Mario Schjetnan; and Pamela Burton.
Link: Cornerstone Festival of Gardens
Via: ASLA Landscape Architecture News Digest
To follow up on yesterday's post, more modern alpine architecture. This time an exhibit which runs from today through the end of October in New York, and then moves to Helskinki.
The first American showcase of the varied and energetic architectural scene flourishing in Austria's two exquisite, westernmost mountain provinces of Tirol and Vorarlberg. Featuring the work of 26 individual architects and firms, Austria West presents an array of models, drawings, photographs, and other documentation, revealing the ways in which architects in these two very different regional cultures have together forged a new Alpine modernism of international relevance.Link: Austrian Cultural Forum
The Board of Trustees of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has selected the recipients of the 2004 Medals and Firm Award, to be presented on November 1, 2004, during the ASLA Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City.Peter Walker will receive the ASLA Medal, the highest honor the ASLA may bestow upon a landscape architect and Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC, will receive the Landscape Architecture Firm Award.
It has been said... or at least the Wicklow visitors bureau has coined the phrase... that Ireland is the Garden of Europe, and Wicklow is the Garden of Ireland. And it is true that the natural beauty of this mountainous region south of Dublin is a sight to behold. The temperate climate provides the perfect environment for spectacular gardens as well. Each summer gardens of all sizes and types, from historic formal gardens to contemporary landscapes and from botanic gardens to small cottage yards, are open to the public as part of the Wicklow Gardens Festival. Perhaps just as appealing is the opportunity to explore the landscape of beer gardens and pubs after hours.
Link: Wicklow Gardens Festival
The Brits love their gardens, and the U.K. is awash with garden festivals each summer. There were some wonderful designs last year and this year's designs seem quite compelling as well.