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"Bottled water causes blindness in puppies"The Tappening campaign to challenge bottled water usage. Awesome.
Prairie Avenue Bookshop to CLOSE?!?Forty-eight years after the Hasbroucks started the business from their suburban Park Forest home, they say the bookshop will likely close on September 1st. I'm in shock, it's not only a Chicago institution, its a national institution in the architecture and design community.
Video: The Bathroom Reinvented by Hyphae Design LabIt occured to me durning a drought in California in the early 80's when I was a kid taking a shower (yeah, I was a nerd) that shower water ought to be recylced for irrigation purposes. Here's another nerd who's actually making it happen.
The edges of thingsHugh Perlman meets with Snøhetta in Oslo. It's the best architectural office he's ever visited, and they talk about the opera house, new work, etc.
Rural Studio--Life After Sambo"Founded by the late Samuel Mockbee, the Rural Studio has now morphed into a hothouse of practical and pragmatic design, helping students to redefine the terms of socially relevant architecture."
Float OnWe already Clipped this park a while back... but this write up is better... and has more pics. Victor Civita Plaza in São Paulo, Brazil, designed by Anna Dietzsch with Levisky Arquitetos.
Television Test PatternEverything you wanted to know about the (once ubiquitous) television test pattern but were afraid to ask.
Call for Entries: International Urban Landscape AwardsThe competition seeks "exemplary urban design projects for sustainable development in Germany or the United Kingdom." Deadline is September 3, 2009.
Thanet Earth and the Crystal Palaces of the Coming Salad Crisis EraMusing on Britain's gargantuan greenhouse complex, the size of 80 football pitches (that'd be soccer fields, to us Yanks).
Multi-purposed spaces--the next generationConsidering how urban space can be put to use in idle hours. Two restaurants--one space, etc.
Well-Behaved Street-Corner Sculpture"Outdoor art isn't what it used to be. Once it honored heroic individuals and upheld values that whole populations could embrace. Today, excepting memorials like the Vietnam veterans wall, outdoor art serves rather to divert, amuse and comfort."
Paperhouse kiosksHeatherwick Studios' sculptural street vendor kiosks hit the streets of London. They smack a bit of FLLW, but that form does function...
Like a record, baby, right round round roundWhy American drivers should learn to love the roundabout, dead or alive... ahem.
Julius Shulman passes???In an apparent scoop (or false report?), Archinect says that the great architectural photographer has died.
Desert Sun: Europe’s Huge Solar Ambitions in the Sahara"Today in Munich , the dozen-odd companies in the Desertec Initiative officially kicked off plans to build a $500 billion complex of solar power plants in the Sahara Desert to help bring clean energy to Europe. Sort of..."
Reburbia Design Competition"Dwell Magazine and Inhabitat.com are pleased to announce the first ever Reburbia competition: a design competition dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs. With the current housing crisis, the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, and rising energy costs, the future of suburbia looks bleak..." so let's do something about it!_Thanks, Al!
Rice Concrete... mmmRice husks form cases around edible kernels of rice. These husks could be used as a concrete substitute, which in turn could reduce carbon dioxide emissions related to cement production.
7/7 Memorial in London's Hyde ParkDesigned by architect Carmody Groarke with engineer Arup and landscape architect Colvin & Moggridge as a memorial to the victims of the July 7, 2005, terrorist bombs exploded at four sites in London.
Ethics above architectureDesign is incidental in the socially responsible work of architect (and L+L homeboy) Teddy Cruz and artist Pedro Reyes.
Live from Dwell on DesignThe GDC/blog is "live-blogging" from Dwell on Design / Mobius LA conference today.
Real architects deconstruct video gamesUsing Tetris as a guide to reducing waste material, among other things. Deep.
Beyond the (High Line) HypeWe've hyped the High Line... 'cause the design team lead by Field Operations is just good... but not everyone was convinced that the result would live up to the hype. Here is one such reporter who has changed her mind, "this might be a truly rare phenomenon: a widely anticipated event actually better than its hype."
Dwell retools on prefab with Marmol Radziner, Turkel DesignChris Hawthorne echos our thoughts excactly... Dwell has invested a lot in the concept of PreFab, and with DOD this weekend... well...
Video: GSD Landscape Architecture Student Addresses Harvard CommencementHarvard GSD graduate of the Landscape Architecture program Joseph Claghorn gave the "Graduate English Address" at Harvard's Commencement. He is the first student from the GSD to be awarded this honor.
Cisca: Urban SeatA combination bench/planter in wood and concrete by Argentinian designed Juan Pablo Sammartino. A bit over the top perhaps, but pretty nice.
The Tree MuseumA temporary installation by artist Katie Holten to mark the 100th anniversary of the Grand Concourse, a four-mile-long boulevard that connects Manhattan to the parks of the Northern Bronx. 100 specially-chosen trees between 138th Street and Mosholu Parkway tell a story...