$2300 Tokyo Pallet Office – Hiroki Tominaga Atelier
Office renovations no longer have to cost thousands of dollars. Japan’s Hiroki Tominaga Atelier was approached by a video production company to design a temporary office space at the base of a […]
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Open letter to architects (and other tragic heroes)
It is time to bring the noise in a big way. No more whining. No more complaining. If you are still around – congratulations – you are one of the […]
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 […]
Upcycle Living – Phoenix, AZ
Here is a great local company that I really like. These containers are inevitably not reused because it is cheaper to build new ones than to ship them back, and […]
Bruce Nauman – “Leave the Land Alone”
This installation occurred in LA on September 12. The link to the NYT blog is here (and excerpted below): http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/seeing-things-written-on-the-sky/ Photos by Andreas Branch/Patrick McMullan, courtesy of ForYourArtSkywriters spell out “Leave […]
SF Precedent – At home in PHX?
Not only is this an interesting solution, but it makes good financial sense to develop (even temporarily) underutilized sites in downtown PHX. Something like this would be right at home […]
A Place to Sleep
This organization is focused on trying to solve the housing problem in a way that is certainly more sustainable, but sure to incite. By using shipping containers that are left […]
Reburbia finalists announced
The winners of Reburbia, the Suburban Design Competition, have just been announced today. The competition, sponsored jointly by Dwell and Inhabitat.com, called for design solutions that would address the problems that plague present-day […]
“Revolution, baby.”
As I am working up a plan to try and salvage a large-scale residential project by taking a more in-depth look at the pro-forma (no small feat considering how land […]