ETTORE SOTTSASS EXHIBIT- New York
"Friedman Benda [NY] will inaugurate the opening of its gallery with an exhibition of new work by architect/designer Ettore Sottsass...The exhibition will be on view from September 19 to October 27 2007"
via Frame Magazine — Furniture

Pre-fad... I mean fab slideshow
We think pre-fab is cool... but we all know that it is boutique rather than mass-market. Slate takes a look at the current state of the fad. [slideshow]
via Slate — Architecture

Corn dog
"Ethanol Scam: Ethanol Hurts the Environment And Is One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles"
via Rolling Stone — Green

Southern California is becoming a tight fit
In the LA LA land of the 'burbs, construction of condos and apartments is rapidly overtaking that of single-family residences.
via LA Times — Urban

TurboChef Oven
Not only is it made from stainless steel and polished aluminum, it also cooks a frozen pizza in "under two minutes." Need I say more?
via Uncrate — Kitchen

Bottoms up
A crazy demolition of a 1960's office tower in London which is coming down... by going up.
via UnBeige — Architecture

Here's mud in your.... house
What's a more naturally abundant resource than dirt? Well... there was that house by Andrew Maynard made from shit...
via Globe and Mail — Architecture

The downside of diversity
"A Harvard political scientist finds that diversity hurts civic life. What happens when a liberal scholar unearths an inconvenient truth?"
via Boston Globe — Urban

Álvaro Siza
The Portuguese architect profiled... why didn't our Portuguese L+L contributor Clip this? Slacker. [audio sideshow]
via NY Times — Architecture

Blow Table Lamp
Here's what happens when you take an "unremarkable" table lamp and repackage it inside a glass bubble and add a magnet to control it.
via Luxist — Lighting

In Celebration of Eames
Gallery openings, websites, and wedding gifts. All of this and more in an Eames post full of 411 from A Daily Dose.
via ADDoA — Designers

007 House
I could be wrong but I think this Rob Paulus designed home -- or one very similar -- was in Dwell a year or three ago.
via Architectnophilia — Architecture

Beach chic turns surf noir
"The classic coastal vibe -- so warm and bright -- gets a cool dose of darkness."
via LA Times — Architecture

A hip, modern clothesline can turn your laundry green
"Drying your laundry outside in plain sight might feel slightly scandalous, but in this ecoconscious era, it's an adjustment people are making to help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they send into the atmosphere."
via Seattle Times — Outdoor

Tucci Razor Shade
Maximize your time in the shade with this industrial-strength, marine anodized aluminum alloy, and UV-stabilized thermo-polymer shade (phew!). It also has a concrete filled base. Bitchin.
via Uncrate — Outdoor

Etant Donne by Mitnick Roddier Hicks
Creating an endless landscape through the use of mirrors. Not only that, it's also mobile. Check it.
via Apartment Therapy — Landscape

MTV Cribs? Wait that's not a McMansion
An observant Archinect reader notices that not all of the homes featured on MTV Cribs are ho-hum cookie-cutter McMansions.
via Archinect — Architecture

A New Tribe of Tepee Dwellers
Now who wouldn't want to have a kick-ass teepee in their backyard? Jealous? Yeah, me too.
via NY Times — Architecture

Walk Score
A website which uses Google Maps to answer the question "How walkable is your house?" An imperfect, but very interesting mapping idea.
via Archidose — Urban

Scene Stealer
I have a thing for adaptation/remodeling of "found" spaces... nothing kinky mind you. Just a wholesome interest in deftly performed "architectural jujitsu." And I also have a thing for theatres... here is an understated yet skillfully designed example of a theatre in an adaptation structure.
via Building Design — Architecture

Project Greenhouse
Eco-Luxury in the Hamptons.
via Huffington Post — Architecture

Treehugger sells out
Even treehuggers have their price... and it seems that a cool $10 mil was enough for those green bloggers to sell their souls to the evil Discovery Communications... they are evil right? Who cares... we're green... with envy.
via Treehugger — News

Interview: Oscar Niemeyer
"I don't like to talk about architecture, Life is too short for that."
via Guardian — Architecture

Sculptor Richard Wilson and Price & Myers turn a Liverpool office façade inside out
"Sculptor Richard Wilson teamed up with engineer Price & Myers to slice an oval into a derelict office building facade that revolves alarmingly above the heads of passers-by in Liverpool"... absolutely amazing work... next on my list to go and have a look myself.
via Building Design — Architecture

Fashion, Architecture, Taste?
Glossy, glossy, glossy... Life Without Buildings contemplates fashion shoots in iconic buildings.
via Life W/O Buildings — Misc

Disturbed ecosystems
"Tropical Plants, Invasive Species and Drunken Trees"
via WorldChanging — Green

Maguila
Cool Hunting points us to a groovy art mag published by a group of artists from São Paulo, Brazil. It is available for free download in PDF format. Check it.
via Cool Hunting — Art

Architects are egotists by their own design
"Architects... have designed themselves into a re-entrant corner, bricked themselves behind their arrogance and vanished up their vent pipe."
via SMH — Architecture

Living green, by design
"One home is efficient and thrifty. The other is stylish and opulent. They both help the planet."
via LA Times — Architecture

Piano's green roof
A look at the new Renzo Piano designed California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco with its massive undulating green roof.
via Inhabitat — Architecture