Herzog & de Meuron receive the Royal Gold Medal for architecture
The Swiss architects Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron are the recipients of the 2007 award given in recognition of a lifetime’s work by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
via RIBA — Architecture

Swedish Town Uproots to Save Itself From Disaster
A century of extracting iron ore from underground has weakened the bedrock under the town of Kiruna, Sweden. They plan to move much of the 23,000-person city (including the entire town center, which includes the railroad, a highway and the city's water and sewage system) to a spot 1.25 to 2.5 miles northwest of its current location.
via Washington Post — Urban

Ian Gonsher
Some cheeky designs by Ian Gonsher - Puddle Tray and Side Table.
via Swissmiss — Accessories

Kitchen porn
A peak at some hot new modern Italian kitchens from Effeti.
via Trendir — Kitchen

Tiny Houses: Less is More
It's not the size that matters, it's how you use it... so I hear.... (audio slideshow)
via NY Times — Architecture

Do offset schemes work to compensate long haul flights?
"Stumping up to compensate for environmentally costly air travel is a complicated business. Patrick Collinson investigates."
via Guardian — Green

Manure: You may be walking on it soon
"Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. Researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture insist it's no cow pie in the sky dream. They say that fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure could take the place of sawdust in making fiberboard, which is used to make everything from furniture to flooring to store shelves."
via MSNBC — Materials

Second home comes first
Architects Linda Taalman and Alan Koch, who rent a small apartment in L.A. and are building their home deep in the desert, three hours away.
via LA Times — Architecture

The Zero-Carbon Luxury Beach Resort
"The world's first 'zero-carbon' five-star resort is being developed by architects in London. The developers of the resort, due to open next year, claim it will have no negative environmental impact and each of its 35 villas will be totally self-sufficient, using only energy from the sun and wind and producing little waste or carbon emissions."_Thanks, Mags.
via Guardian — Green

Interview: Zaha Hadid
Zaha describes herself as a "virtuoso of elegance" and lists "erich mendelsohn, mies van der rohe, le corbusier, the constructivist" among her influences.
via design boom — Architecture

America's Favorite Architecture
"America’s Favorite Architecture is the result of an AIA and Harris Interactive poll of 1,800 Americans naming their 150 favorite structures across the nation based on nominations from AIA member architects." Interesting...
via AIA — Architecture

The greenest place to live in England?
Another zero energy housing development, in Cornwall, sets to provide low energy living. Lets hope it is as successful as BedZED.
via Guardian — Architecture

Reviving the Los Angeles River
"After decades of enduring jokes about the city's concrete-lined waterway, officials today will release an ambitious master plan for restoring the Los Angeles River, a project that reflects lofty dreams and carries a big price tag."
via LA Times — Landscape

AIA Young Architects 07
Six Architects Selected to Receive the 2007 American Institute of Architects' Young Architects Award.
via AIA — Architecture

Discrete object buildings
The Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon designed by Morphosis.
via arcspace — Architecture

Twenty Years of Shaping Civic Design
A discussion among mayors about the impact of politics on city design and the future of urban development in America's cities.
via Architecture Radio — Urban

Beijing builds on foreign footings
The "emodelling of Beijing by outsiders has not pleased everyone. Some of the new buildings have infuriated China's architectural establishment and caused a backlash from the Chinese leadership."
via BBC — Architecture

30 in 30
That crazy S.O.B. over at Archidose visited 30 buildings in 30 days, and posted the results online... beats the hell out of what I've done around here in the last 30 days. Anyway, be sure to click the thumbnails for the full write-up of each building.
via Archidose — Architecture

Interview: Fritz Haeg - "gently radical design"
Architect/artist/salon-owner/school-master Fritz Haeg talks about Edible Estates and other gardenLAb projects.
via Archinect — Designers

The Vibrancy of Green
"Industry leaders discuss the role of green building and the important changes taking place."
via Metropolis — Green

Interview: Ed Mazria - Architecture and Climate Change
"Architecture – or the building sector, more generally – is the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions, worldwide."
via BLDGBLOG — Green

Living Home by David Hertz
We've featured David Hertz and Living Homes before on L+L, and now they have coem together for this prefab design... check it out...
via Inhabitat — Architecture

Duck and cover
Atomic tourism in the American Southwest.
via Pruned — Misc

(Green) Survey: Winter Sports
Treehugger is taking a survey for us winter sports enthusiasts... so how do you balance environmental responsibility with your love the great outdoors? Hike it.
via Treehugger — Green

William McDonough... and Steven Spielberg
A profile of "green-design guru" William McDonough, and mention of a possible documentary on his work by Spielberg.
via CNN — Green

Escaping From the Shadow of the 'Wall'
"Maya Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 25 years ago—she's spent the time since then proving she's no one-hit wonder."
via Newsweek — Art

Fieldtrip to Materials & Applications
Cool Hunting visits Los Angeles based Materials & Applications - "innovative space for experimental architecture" (featured previously on L+L 7/14/2004 "Materials & Applications" & 12/5/2004 "Land.Tiles").
via Cool Hunting — Materials

HafenCity
A quick look at the new 'sparkling' district in Hamburg...
via w-m-m-n-a — Architecture

LAX Wall Mounted Shelf
Digging the silplicity of the LAX wall-mounted shelf by Mash Studios - no visible hardware and simple materials. Available in birch veneer ply in clear or espresso stain, or solid walnut. Powder coated folded aluminum sliding doors.
via Apartment Therapy — Furniture

Building on the vision of a modernist master
"It's not every day you get to visit a spanking new building by Le Corbusier." The church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy, France.
via The Australian — Architecture