More Parkin(ing)

There’s a lot of plotting and scheming (working and relaxing) going on at Life Without Buildings’ secret headquarters (my bedroom), but real posts will hopefully resume soon. In the meantime, here are a few more photos from last week’s Park(ing) Day. …and still more on the flickr page.

Happy Park(ing) Day!

Some Park(ing) spaces in SOMA, visited during lunch today:More info on Park(ing) Day can be found here, here, and here.

Park(ing) Day is Tomorrow!

As you can see from the above map, this is the biggest year yet for Rebar’s Park(ing) Day. Check out the website for all the info you’ll need to spend the day Park(ing) around San Francisco or one of the many other cities that are participating in this year’s event. Gotta work? What better place [...]

Dwell on Design – A Visit from the Mayor

That’s right, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom came by the Dwell on Design conference to end the day with a surprise speech. He lead off by saying that he’s proud of his city and of the fact that when visitor’s leave here, they’re thinking “why can’t it be like that everywhere else?” He’s proud that [...]

Dwell on Design – Dan Maginn

This morning’s most entertaining presentation was given by from Dan Maginn, principle of the Kansas City-based architecture firm el dorado inc.Speaking as a representative of the Counterintuitive Comparison Institute of America (“like you – only more so”), Maginn’s presentation, “The Big Chart: Recent Developments in Counter-Intuitive Comparison” was a hilarious look at a unique design [...]

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