Inflate and Imbibe: Art and Architecture meet in a New Orleans Courtyard
[Des Cours Installation, original photo] In December, I participated in Des Cours, a week-long art exhibition in New Orleans organized by The Big Easy’s chapter of the American Institute of Architects. A team made up of Fred Stivers, Sergio Padilla, and myself was invited with twelve other international teams of artists and architects to create [...]
The Making of a Make it Right House
[Shigeru Ban MIR house] Can you guess who designed this rather clumsy looking Make it Right house? While it almost looks like some sort of elevated, mundane prefab structure, it is in fact designed by one of our most innovative contemporary architects. You’re looking at a Shigeru Ban design – and one of the problems [...]
Here’s what happens when you look for truth: Life Without Buildings Interviews Charlie Kaufman
[Philip Seymour Hoffman and Charlie Kaufman. Image courtesy Sony Pictures] Synecdoche, New York is a masterpiece of filmmaking. In his ambitious debut as director, Charlie Kaufman—who made his name writing such groundbreaking films as Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind—has crafted a film that can only be described as sublime – [...]
Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Homes Now Under Construction
[photo courtesy Wayne Troyer] A pleasant surprise was waiting in the Life Without Buildings inbox this morning: construction photos of the Make it Right homes in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. Make it Right is a program established by actor/architectural hobbyist Brad Pitt that has been designed to be a catalyst for redevelopment in the [...]
Hurricane Katrina, Three Years Later
[photo taken in May...2008] It’s the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. For new readers who may not have followed this blog from the beginning, Life Without Buildings was conceived in a French Quarter alley and born on a Garden District Balcony into the depressing heat of a New Orleans summer and post-architecture school ennui. Then [...]
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