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The invisible extensionAn addition created under the existing roofline by Melbourne based NMBW Architecture Studio won a Royal Australian Institute of Architects award for "residential alteration".
Peter Walker Online ChatLandscape architect Peter Walker, who is working with architect Michael Arad on the World Trade Center Memorial, will chat live next Tuesday, November 8th at 12pm EST on http://www.buildthememorial.org.
Edward Burtynsky Photographic Works: Exploring the Residual Landscape"Toronto Photographer Edward Burtynsky takes photographs of our footprint on the planet."
DNA Dose Seeds Living Tombstones"Biopresence, founded by Georg Tremmel and Shiho Fukuhara, intends to infuse the DNA of recently deceased loved ones into trees, turning the plants into living memorials." Gives me the creeps.
The New SuburbanismWhile Joel Kotkin often gets on my nerves for his overly argumentative and obstinate style, he has been known to make a few good points amongst all the B.S. If you can get through it, 'The New Suburbanism: A Realist's Guide to The American Future.'
Salomon Snowboards Artwork Contest 005Once again Salomon is holding a contest to design snowboard graphics. You have until November 28th... go!
NCARB Prize 2006"To advance the integration of practice and education NCARB is issuing a call for entries of programs that demonstrate creative initiatives to bring the academy and the profession together in the studio curriculum and related program experience..."
Heavy Metal BioremediationResearchers at Peking University's College of Life in Beijing are working on a bioengineered tobacco plant to bioremediate heavy metals from the soil, and algae to remove metals from water.
Rise of the T.O.D.The concept of transit-oriented development is gaining ground even in places Los Angeles.
Flight PatternsI skipped over this earlier, but for some reason decided a moment ago to check it out... WHOA! Really amazing visualizations created from FAA data that is parsed and plotted using the Processing programming environment.
Study: Environmentally Friendly Buildings Also Most Market Friendly"A new study has shown a clear link between the environmental friendliness of a building and its market value."
Inventioneering Architecture - Valerio OlgiatiThe latest podcast in the ongoing Inventioneering Architecture lecture series by Swiss architects. Valerio Olgiati's research addresses new methods of designing large buildings in terms of structure and organization.
Prefab Homes Get FabulousMore press about prefab ("faboulous," we get it already). "Thanks to style-conscious architects, today's manufactured houses prove you can combine low cost and high design -- and they're selling well."
Grand Gesture, Short Sighted?Morris Newman writes about Frank Gehry's proposed tower for Grand Anvenue in Los Angeles: "...a full-voiced Gehry building could dilute the impact of the nearly adjacent Disney Hall." "...Gehry is leaning perilously close to self-parody."
Golden Gate Park -- Not perfect, but still ideal for San FranciscoWe Clipped Aaron Betsky's call for changes to Golden Gate Park a couple weeks back, and today Douglas Nelson, author of the Golden Gate Park Master Plan, responds in an op-ed.
Need help with those rain gutters? Ask the Gutter, of course!You can find quick answers to ANY question on the internet. Oh, how quick... honestly, does The Gutter look like a place to find answers to home improvement questions? We feel for ya, G'Sniper... for real.
Lovely Museum. Mind if I Redesign It for You?More on the new addition to the High Museum - Ted Loos gets Renzo Piano and Richard Meier together for an interview.
Material guy: Shigeru Ban"He builds houses out of sand, beer crates, even paper - and he's just been chosen to create the Pompidou's new outpost. Steve Rose meets Shigeru Ban."
Photographer Todd HidoNew York based photographer whose series include such subjects as homes at night and interiors of foreclosed homes.
A Light in the Piazza"Once outrageous architect Renzo Piano now shows a quiet elegance. Did he lose his edge—or find his soul?"
BarberOsgerby: The New ModernistsMetropolis Magazine interviews Bristish design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby of Universal Design Studio.
2005 RAIA National Architecture Awards AnnouncedThe RAIA awards were announced at Sydney's Opera House on Thursday night. Denton Coker Marshall took the top prize for their museum hall at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Garage ConversionsOur new favorite site, BLDGBLOG, examines the "granny flat" as a means of fighting sprawl.
Solar Power Brightens NYC CommuteOn a sunny day, 60,000 square feet of integrated solar paneling on its roof can generate 210 kilowatts of power, enough to meet two-thirds of the station's energy requirements: approximately 250,000 solar kilowatt hours per year for lighting and AC.
See for yourself the green roofs in bloomThe Oregonian reports that green roofs are popping up all over Portland, and provides locations of a few you can "see for yourself."
Pretty Lights at 55 Water StreetTropolism takes a closer look at the workings of "the Beacon" at 55 Water Street designed by Ken Smith and Rogers Marvel Architects.
reThink / reDesign / ReCycleChicago's Green Initiatives Committee and the Chicago AIA Young Architects Forum announce the winners of their urban recycling receptacle competition.
The Surreal Life: Bungalow EditionI had seen before that "This Old House" is tackling its first mid-century house, but loving Pruned as I do, I read on anyway. It paid off big time when I got down to the description of the fabricated "Surreal Life: Bungalow Edition." Bravo, Alexander
Marmol Radziner desert perfabFabPrefab interviews Ron Radziner and Leo Marmol and features lots of images of their prefab Desert House in Desert Hot Springs, California (construction photos along with finished interior and exterior shots).