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For sale: Case Study House #21Pierre Koenig’s 1958 Case Study House #21 in Los Angeles is going on the auction block.
Hey Kids, It’s National Design Week!Who knew? I didn't. I wasn't paying attention in class again. Oh well, now it will be a short design week... and I like short weeks. Hooray for design.
R.I.H. GutterBorn May 9, 2005. Died September 15, 2006. We grieve (nah)... blow off (more like it) the loss of a good friend (hardly)... brilliant wit (not really)... sporadically entertaining (that's it) and ill-mannered pundit of the architectural arts.
God hates IKEAA construction crane collapsed this morning at IKEA's Red Hook site - where (as previously discussed here) IKEA is bulldozing all traces of the area's history to build their big box.
Combat Global Warming with CoolnessRichard Branson, the founder of Virgin Records, Atlantic Airlines, Coke, Mobile, and whatever else they are into, just introduced Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo at Wired Magazine's NextFest in New York. AND he is donating $3 billion to combat global warming... not too shabby for a week's worth of work.
An Inventive Solution to Save Home of Bell LabsPart of Eero Saarinen's Bell Labs complex (the original Phase 1 of the structure) will be preserved thanks in part to the online rally by scientists around the world. [Reg. req'd]
House cleaning at DwellMore on the shake up at Dwell Magazine... "As last week's resignation of Dwell's editor in chief showed, some changes to broaden a magazine’s appeal can have unpleasant side effects."
Anna Castelli Ferrieri dies"A pioneering architect associated with the postwar period of Italian modern design, known for its embrace of technological innovation and audacious style, died on Thursday at her home in Milan. She was 87."
Urban activist and author Jane Jacobs diesJane Jacobs, social activist and author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities", died on Tuesday at age 89.
Money mag's top 50 jobsLandscape architecture lands at #34 and urban planning places at #36. And architecture? Don't ask.
High Line GroundbreakingThe ceremonial groundbreaking of New York's High Line project (designed by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro) took place today.
Architect Albert C. Martin Jr. Dies"Albert C. Martin Jr., who was part of a three-generation Los Angeles architectural firm that has been at the center of the city's commercial and cultural development for a century, has died. He was 92."
Re-presenting modernismThe Guardian features several articles in "a special report celebrating the movement" inspired by the exhibition of modernist art, architecture and design at the V&A.
Google Gobles Up SketchUpGoogle continues to take over the world, this time taking in @Last Software, maker of the quick and handy 3-D modeling tool SketchUp.
NY Times Magazine - The Real Estate IssueThis week the NY Times Magazine delves into the topic of real estate covering home prices, mortgages, trends in the market, history and even a piece on how to build an ecologically friendly dwelling.
I.D. FortyTis the season for lists... another one this morning: this year's list of design's 40 biggest influencers according to I.D.
21 Most Influential"Who are the people who are changing the contemporary design landscape?" You'll have to read to find out, but Blogs are listed at number 9 on the list... though Icon doesn't give L+L any love in this or their blog article, we'll take credit anyway.
Getty Villa Reopens"MALIBU, Calif. - After eight years and $275 million, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu reopened to the public on Saturday. The museum underwent an extensive face-lift to house its famed collections of Greek and Roman antiquities."
ArchInfo: The World's 12 Best New BuildingsAnother top list... ArtInfo provides their list of the the top 12 new buildings...
$1,000,000 Homes. A dime a dozenThe LA Times is reporting that in 2005, sales of million-dollar homes were up 47% from the previous year. Of course, a million no longer gets you that "Dynasty" home. At least not around here.
Silent AuctionPruned has a nice writeup on the Silent Auction planned for the upcoming ASLA Annual Meeting.
Visionaries WantedNicholas von Hoffman advocates "bottom-up" community based effort to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast spearheaded by non-profits and enlisting the services of such collaborative firms as Urban Design Assoc., Calthorpe, Moule & Polyzoides, etc.
Rural Studio's post-Katrina effortsWe Clipped an item a couple weeks back about Rural Studio's proposal for post-Katrina housing, and Airbag now reports that the Studio had taken action and that FEMA has reviewed their shipping container housing proposal.
Coffee and a CakeSwissmiss points us to Coffee and a Cake, a new online publication that will provide "good information" through in depth interviews with artists, designers, architects, illustrators, photographers.
Adopt An Architect / Disaster Relief InformationArchinect has a page dedicated to hurricane relief including lists of firms offering employment and schools offering placement to victims, as well as related news and announcements. Thanks to the Archinect crew for the wealth of info.
A Sad Day, Too, for ArchitectureNo other place that I have visited in the United States matches the cultural and architectural richness of New Orleans before Katrina. Journalist S. Frederick Starr writes about his submerged home and neighborhood.
As Views Disappear, Rumblings of Resistance"Over the past few years, a scattering of cities across the country, particularly on the West Coast, have taken on the issue of view protection and citizen complaints about everything from a neighbor's new second-story bedroom to trees."
Wallpaper* - International Style IssueThe September issue visits six of the world’s most exciting cities along with covering all the latest talent from the recent ICFF show.