L.A. as mini-golf course: Materials & Applications to host "TURF"

2016-02-24T15:09:00-05:00

Imagine the conditions of Los Angeles—its housing types, its parking, its response to drought—as a series of mini-golf course obstacles. Or, just go to Materials & Applications this June, when the Silverlake-based exhibition space will launch "TURF: A Mini-Golf Project," featuring the contributions of nine designers, including installations Putt-to-Fit by Knowhow Shop, The Electric Palm Tree Turbine House by Ordinary Architecture, and SiNK by Kyle May.

According to Ordinary Architecture's website, "Part wind turbine, part-palm tree and part-residential tower, the object addresses issues of densification + verticality, renewable technologies and sustainability and architectural symbolism. It plays with images of a future LA that is denser, taller and more environmentally responsible whilst also enjoying the city’s historic iconography." Here's a rendering of The Electric Palm Tree House:

Kyle May writes on his website that the concept behind SiNK originates in California's complex re...

Play Mini-Golf Inside the National Building Museum

2012-07-09T15:11:00-04:00

Don't let your summer get stuck in the rough—combine your love for the building arts with a putter, ball, and one-of-a-kind mini-golf course designed and built by some of the leading architects, landscape architects, and contractors in the Washington area.

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L.A. as mini-golf course: Materials & Applications to host "TURF"

Play Mini-Golf Inside the National Building Museum