New Orleans in Exile
Life Without Buildings has evacuated to Houston, and it looks like it’s going to be an extended stay. New Orleans doesn’t have any power or phones or plumbing or roads…or anything really. Right now, I’m sad to say it looks like things aren’t really getting any better and I’m hearing that it’ll be at [...]
RePost: Hey! Let’s Get Known
Forget Thomas Mayne! Unleash your inner Thomas PAINE! That’s right, you wanna-be revolutionaries and posing pamphleteers, here’s your chance to prove that the pen is mightier than the sword. Pamphlet Architecture is calling for submissions!
To promote and foster the development and circulation of architectural ideas, Pamphlet Architecture is again offering an opportunity for architects, designers, [...]
Listen Up
Somewhat relevant audio for your perusal. Now available in convenient podcast form:
Studio360 – an interview with Terry Gilliam
KCRW’s DnA – Is prefab the answer?
The Fiery Furnaces covering “Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown)
Marketplace – Fighting the French suburbs
FedEx Furniture
Heading back to school and moving into an empty apartment? Plan on spending all your limited funds on tuition, booze, and hard drugs? Well then, Jose has the answer to all your problems….or at least your furnishing dilema.
Using nothing but FedEx boxes and packaging supplies, he’s well on his way to a fully [...]
Modern in New Orleans
So I recently got a new bike and have since become addicted to just cruising around New Orleans. Despite its undeniably dodgy characteristics (i.e. murder), this really is a gorgeous city. Perfect for bicycle ridin’, picture takin’, and other activities that involve a dropped “g.” As you could probably guess, residential architecture here is [...]
"A Warped Perspective"
Check out this great, somewhat biographical, article on Zaha Hadid. The author briefly summarizes Hadid’s entire career and also seems to capture the personality of the architect.
Hadid herself, who is also completely clad in black, is large and voluptuous. She regularly works late into the night, her hair looks ruffled and her big, liquid [...]
