Archive for December, 2005
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More Giant Statues…
22 Dec 2005More Goodness from the Architecture Foundation. I’d like to present Lacaton Vassal’s submission for the Foundation’s new building, a competition…
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Shooting Foster
22 Dec 2005While cruising the Architecture Foundation’s website, this t-shirt caught my eye. Was this a new design from some ironic London…
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Not-So-Koolhaas
20 Dec 2005Check out this annoyingly scathing review of Koolhaas’ Seattle Public Library. I can understand the pragmatic difficulties of the building,…
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"This Door Was Not Johnny Cash’s Door"
19 Dec 2005Slate’s Paul Reyes tours Johnny Cash’s childhood home, only to find the smell of cigars, a drop ceiling, and a…
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FG+SG
19 Dec 200555 photo essays of contemporary Portugese Architecture and other recent work by architect and photographer Fernando Geurra.
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Federal Building Delayed, WAY Overbudget
15 Dec 2005It’s official. Thom Mayne’s San Francisco Federal Building is now 1 year behind schedule, reports theSan Francisco Business Times. That’s…
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A Starbucks Car(d)
10 Dec 2005I got this email today from my friend Roger: This morning i drove up to a guy in a car…
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2006 Serpentine Gallery
08 Dec 2005It’s official. Rem Koolhaas will design next year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavillion, while the design of fellow Dutchmen, MVRDV, has been…
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Product Reps and Power Point
06 Dec 2005Are they TRYING to make it look shitty? Don”t these people realize that they’re presenting to a group of people…
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Architecture & Hygiene
06 Dec 2005I have to thank the New York Times for introducing me to the work of architect Adam Kalkin. The article…
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Rot In Peace
06 Dec 2005In a photo essay for Slate, Caitlin DeSilvey finds beauty in a disintegrated mining town. “In their unrestored state, the…
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All the Noise and Hurry Seems to Help, I Know…
01 Dec 2005Downtown! In an article posted on Tuesday, ArchNewsNow take a look at a recent trend in urban residential development –…