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Decorum, RIPAn interesting essay by Lorraine Wild takes a look at the role of design and space in the world of retail consumption: Robinson's (the soon to be defunct department store) vs. Target.
"The Onion" on ArchitectureA bit of humor for your Friday... a thread on the Archinect forums speculates on article titles if "The Onion" had an architecture section... and links to some actual articles, etc.
Silent AuctionPruned has a nice writeup on the Silent Auction planned for the upcoming ASLA Annual Meeting.
"The dream job for a voyeur" - Tim Street-PorterThe Los Angeles Times profiles Tim Street-Porter, well known for his architectural photographs. Images.
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.
Pointingit: finding architecture with google earthArchinect team member and photographer Ludwig Abache has launched a new site called Pointingit that integrates the 0lll architecture photographs database with Google Earth.
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.
Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi RiverPruned features fascinating maps from Harold N. Fisk's 1944 Report of the everchanging landscape (but not if the Army Corps of Engineers has anything to say about it) Mississippi River.
Eco-Friendly in the KitchenRenovation Project Kept Emphasis on Environmental Mantra: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Article in The Washington Post
nickehret's FlickrFlickr user nickehret features some nice photos, including images of Gaudi's Casa Mila, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers' Centre Pompidou, and three buildings by Le Corbusier: Villa Savoye, Villa Roche and Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp.
Fringe FurnitureA free exhibition of contemporary interior furnishings, by artists, furniture designers, interior designers, industrial designers & architects from all over Australia. Opens today at the Melbourne Museum as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2005.
Reconsidering Eero"Saarinen died young and very much out of critical favor, but the judgment of history seems to have turned for this long-neglected master." Metropolis talks to Jayne Merkel about her new book on Eero. See also, "Eero Saarinen Remembered."
Google Earth + National GeographicA new layer of information applied to our beloved Google Earth. Very nice.
"The Lenny Bruce of architecture"The 16 year old Wexner Center, Peter Eisenman's deconstuctivist opus in Columbus, Ohio, is "restored" and refurbished by Arup to correct its many technical shortcomings.
Work in Progress -- Josh SchweitzerLA Weekly profiles architect-turned-painter (and fellow Pitzer grad) Josh Schweitzer and his new house in LA.
In Defense of Open SpacePreservation magazine features a commentary piece by Charles Birnbaum, FASLA, who argues that "'focal points' and pavement are ruining America's parks."
Landscape designer Ruth Shellhorn profiledThe LA Times profiles the now 95 year old landscape designer who's designs helped shape two quintessentially Californian places -- the shopping mall and Disneyland.
Rebuilding, and Redesigning, New OrleansAll Things Considered talked yesterday to Reed Kroloff, dean of Tulane's architecture program, and Landscape architect Walter Hood, a University of California-Berkeley professor, about the future of New Orleans.
Courts with a new sparkCalendar Live takes a look at the courtyard housing typology in California and talks with our good friends at Moule & Polyzoides.
Designer Salary Survey"The Coroflot Designer Salary Survey is now open and collecting data for the fifth year. Designers are invited to submit their own annual salary information and review results from other disciplines, locations and job titles." Thanks Paul!
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.
Public Air Quality indicatorA project in Copenhagen to place indicators in the city to display local levels of pollution and pollution forecasts. Open source script also displays data from the Internet in a variety of forms. Interesting.
Niemeyer in Minas Gerais, BrasilPhotos of Oscar Niemeyer buildings from the city of Belo Horizonte and the suburb of Pampulha.
Taperwire & FlatWireFlat wiring! Kick ass! Flat Ethernet, component video, speaker wire and other kinds of cables.
Mark Rios on a rollLA Times Magazine profiles the Los Angeles based Architect/Landscape Architect and the wide range of work with which Rios Clementi Hale Studios is involved.
Rural Studio proposal for post-disaster housingStudents in Auburn’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction have designed innovative, weather-resistant housing units made of shipping containers that could replace tent cities for victims of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters.
Sustainable Development in Post-Tsunami Sri LankaThe environmental and social benefits of sustainable redevelopment -- and why projects might help mitigate the devastating effects of future natural disasters.
The city that will beAbandon the city? Move the city? Move the Mississippi River? Shift placement of uses? An article in the Boston Globe looks at the options for a post-Katrina New Orleans including proposals of a Harvard GSD studio.
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.