DESIGN
Temporary Performance Installation
This is an installation for a summer music series in NY made of twisted rope. Full story here: http://www.dezeen.com/2011/02/17/holding-pattern-by-interboro-partners/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+dezeen+(Dezeenfeed) Brooklyn studio Interboro Partners have won this year’s MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition to design a temporary installation in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. MoMA and P.S.1 are also […]
One of my favorite buildings in PHX
If you Google “623 E. Adams St.” in Phoenix, you won’t find much information about the F.S. Baird Machine Shop. You will, however, find 54,000+ results for Pizzeria Bianco, the 42-seat legendary pizza spot that has occupied the building since 1996. What most locals and tourists fail to realize is […]
SKEMA FIREPLACE BY MARIO FERRARINI
Skema is also a modular system with functional elements (firebox, wood box, and open compartments) that can stacked side by side or one on top of the other. Made of steel, the exterior finish can be in Corten or in black or white lacquer. http://www.antoniolupi.it/
More to Calabria than Pasta
This is a really excellent reuse of existing infrastructure, and is a beautiful example of how great design adds value and importance to our lives. So now you can go to Calabria for the amazing food AND the excellent thought. A bridge that repurposes abandoned viaducts, produces energy AND looks […]
PVC is cool again.
Love this as an installation. The B (h) uis is one of those projects that seems to magically transform humble waste materials into an elegant and useful architectural space. Made entirely of short lengths of PVC pipe Dutch based Hoogte Twee Architect Studio’s cube shaped pavilion makes for a sweet […]
2011 – The (new) Manifesto
*a work in progress* I’m stating the obvious I know, but this has been a really difficult few years for the practice of architecture. Thankfully, things have really stabilized and thanks to that I have had a chance now to sit back and review past successes and failures. And the […]
anti architecture
This is probably too much of a reveal into my psyche right now, but lately I’m really drawn to solutions that approach a complete reduction of style. The siting of this building is fantastic, and the resultant spaces are wonderful. It is a good reminder that the simple engaging of […]
Tobacco + Osaka = ?
This is just great. Wish I would have seen this when we were in Osaka. Now I want to go back. The full link here: http://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/19/a-small-tobacco-shop-by-avehideshi-architects-and-associates/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+dezeen+(Dezeenfeed) Japanese firm Avehideshi Architects and Associates have completed this one-person house with a tobacco shop on the ground floor in Osaka, Japan. A Small Tobacco Shop […]
Save the Soleri
Here is a link to information on the Modern Phoenix Website – they are taking a proactive approach to this: http://www.modernphoenix.net/saveoursoleri.htm And here is the original blog entry from A/N: http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/7966 Santa Fe authorities and the All Indian Pueblo Council are battling over the fate of the “Paolo,” as Soleri’s […]
Wild Roses
This picture is from one of my favorite clients, and it makes me so happy I had to post it. Their remodeled house in Virginia Beach has this amazing dune leading to the water’s edge that blooms this time of year with a gorgeous burst of color from the wild […]