Archive for September, 2006
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Absolutely Pre-fabulous
28 Sep 2006This week, Michelle Kaufmann Designs unveiled their newest modular, sustainable, and modern home design – the MK Solaire. Pretty nice,…
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Reviewing the Review: SANAA Glass Pavilion
26 Sep 2006In yesterday’s New York Times, architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff ponders the effects of iconic architecture on the fabric of some…
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Midleading Headline of the Day
26 Sep 2006My interest was perked today when I saw this headline from Google alerts: What is this? Is Rem planning ahead…
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Comments re-enabled
25 Sep 2006Damn. I accidentally turned comments off a couple weeks ago and just realized it. (and I thought no one was…
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Metropolis 2007 Next Generation Design Competition
25 Sep 2006Metropolis Magazine is launching their 2007 Next Generation Design Competition, focusing on ENERGY – its uses, reduction, consumption, efficiencies, and…
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Autumn Artifacts
22 Sep 2006Coroflot have launched their 2006 Design Salary Survey. New to this year’s survey, Architecture has been added as an area…
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More PARK(ing)
21 Sep 2006Flying a kite on 2nd St. “Is it ok if we USE this park? Do we have to pay?” 2…
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Happy PARK(ing) Day!
21 Sep 2006[click the image for an interactive map] PARK(s) are springing up all over San Francisco! PARK(ing) Day [Rebar] previously: PARK(ing)…
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Lebbeus Woods + 12 Monkeys
20 Sep 2006This is old news (circa 1995), but I think it’s pretty interesting. During his lecture last week, Lebbeus Woods mentioned…
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DWELL ON DESIGN: Sustainability
20 Sep 2006[To make things a little more manageable, I decided to break up the Dwell Day2 post.] The 2nd day of…
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Koolhaas at Cornell
19 Sep 2006Today, Rem Koolhaas will unveil his design for the new College of Architecture, Art and Planning at his alma matter…
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Chutes and (Corporate) Ladders
18 Sep 2006Red Bull’s London Headquarters is more fun than your office. It was designed by Jump Studios, whose goal was to…
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DWELL ON DESIGN: PreFab
18 Sep 2006With the last remnants of the morning’s fog slicing through the city and my newly repaired scooter purring like a…
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Lecture Review: Lebbeus Woods
17 Sep 2006There aren’t really many architects whom I admire, but last Thursday I attended a lecture given by a man whose…
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DWELL ON DESIGN
14 Sep 2006Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Dwell on Design conference + exhibition. I’ll be attending most of the weekend’s festivities,…
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ScrapHouse: The Movie
14 Sep 2006I just got back from the premiere screening of ScrapHouse, shown as part of San Francisco’s Architecture and the City…
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COMMONspace
11 Sep 2006San Francisco’s urban-environment-artists/activists, Rebar (whose PARK(ing) Day is soon approaching) have started a new series of public art projects collectively…
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Future By Design
10 Sep 2006Check out the preview for Future by Design, a new documentary on the life and works of future-city designer Jacque…
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ReNew Orleans: GREEN.O.LA
07 Sep 2006This week, Global Green announced the winner of their sutainable design competition for New Orleans. “GREEN.O.LA,” designed by New York…
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Snakes on a (Wall)plane
04 Sep 2006Spent the weekend in Napa Valley, where I was disappointed to learn that this is as close as I could…