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Rechargeable Smoke AlarmA smoke-alarm that screws into a light socket and recharges each time the light is in use. A good idea but as one person commented, "The only bad thing about this is that there is no way that is fitting under any conventional light fixture covers."
Gehryland, USA"Should one architect--even the world's most famous architect--be responsible for all of the buildings in two massive developments?" Grand Ave. in LA and Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn.
Interview: Rem KoolhaasRem talks about politics, porn, evil, ugliness, Disney and the Victorian apartment building where he lives.
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."
A Force Of NatureChina's pre-eminent landscape architect, Harvard GSD trained Yu Kongjian, is on a quest to bring unexpected beauty to the nation's boomtowns.
Constructing a Foundation for 'Net-Zero' Buildings"Can buildings use zero net energy, be carbon neutral, and still be commercially viable? That intriguing question is being asked these days -- not by fringe green building champions, but by major multinationals. Clearly, they see net-zero buildings yielding net-positive profits."
Solar Roof PanelsWho wants big and bulky solar panels on their roof? Certainly not I! Solar tiles from Solar Century seem like a wise solution to the panel problem until you consider the cost. As Gizmodo mentions, it's just a "science project" until the price comes down.
Turf Warrior - genetically engineered lawns coming soon?!"Jim Hagedorn (chair and CEO of ScottsMiracle-Gro) wants to sell you the pest-proof, no-mow, genetically engineered lawn of the future. But first he has to head off a grassroots rebellion." I am afraid... are you?
Snapshot - cylindrical projection of JupiterAn amazing image of Jupiter stitched together from photos taken by the Cassini spacecraft during its December 2000 flyby of the planet.
Interview: Wes Janz of One Small ProjectWes Janz talks about his work as an architect and an educator, his book/web project (featured previously on L+L), and what we have to learn from the millions of people who use their own architectural ingenuity to construct a place to call home.
"Beyond Belief"Elizabeth Farrelly has some harsh words for contemporary Aussie residential architecture: "the airhead pomposity of McMansions trickling up to corrupt architectural practice at its source." She lists her picks for the better recent projects as well.
In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss From an Unnatural DisasterWe have previously featured the work of photographer Chris Jordan and his series "Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of Mass Consumption" and this series of the devastated Gulf Coast is perhaps even more powerful.
"The house that the Central Artery built"Single Speed Design reused material from the dismantled Central Artery in Boston to create a house for an engineer of the Big Dig. We featured this nearly two years ago when the proposal was awarded Metropolis' Next Generation Design Prize.
Green PittBrad Pitt has gone through many phases of architectural interest, and now it appears he has gone green. He will narrate a PBS series on green architecture, finally using his celebrity to promote design - green design. Good one on ya, Brad.
AIGA Grow ConferenceJill over at Inhabitat covered the AIGA Grow conference last weekend in New York. Check it out for her take on the conference along with some photos of the conference participants (Jill included) wearing masks :-)
Interview: John BrownMocoLoco has an interview with University of Calgary Architecture Professor and partner of architecture firm Housebrand, John Brown.
CABOOM is off and running!The opening night of Caboom was a blast! During the next three days your L+L-team will tirelessly bring you the newest of the new, the hippest of the hip, and... well, "we shall bring the funk to you!" Stay tuned!
Will Allsop forced to sell his firm"One of Britain's most celebrated architects, Will Alsop, was forced to sell his business yesterday after being refused work in Britain because of what he claims is an increasing aversion to risk-taking."
San Francisco in Jell-OMmmm, I've always wondered what the TransAmerica building would taste like... ahem... Liz Hickok's Jell-O sculpture of the city will be on display April 1, 2006, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
H-Haus Cube5Spacious rooms, enviromentally green and comes in bold colours.... can this new 'prototype' house shape the lifestyle of the future? Let's hope so.
Seven MetersJamais Cascio writes about melting ice packs and rising oceans, pointing to Flood Maps, a website that combines NASA elevation data and Google Maps to show the effects of rising ocean levels.
Call for Entires: Lenné-Prize 2006The Lenné Prize is a competition of ideas on garden and landscape architecture and on open space and landscape design. It is directed in particular at young landscape architects, planners, scientists, architects, and artists. Submittal deadline 6/26.
"Sustainable Design Can Save More Than the Environment""Today just about all architects put sustainability near the top of the list of project design goals... But what does it mean to create sustainable architecture?"
carpet/?s - ASCII carpet"carpet/?s is an internet based project that allows you to purchase a personalised carpet made out of ascii (American Standart Code for Information Interchange)."
Flying CarpetAn installation at the Sacramento International Airport by artist Seyed Alavi: satellite imagery depicting 50 miles of the Sacramento River woven as a carpet. Alexander has some ideas of his own too...