The Los Angeles Police Department believes one of two French nationals detained on suspicion of vandalism near MOCA's Little Tokyo gallery was the famed street artist known as "Space Invader." — latimesblogs.latimes.com
LAPD demonstrating real great skills. Jeffrey Deitch, already known as Mr. Urban Maintenance for censoring commissioned artist Blu, is no where to be seen, except to say "If you harness your talent you can be in a museum some day, make a contribution and a living from it." What a real piece of... View full entry
After more than a decade of disagreement, Berliners have settled on a monument to celebrate German reunification and the 1989 peaceful revolution: a giant, rocking dish.
The 55-metre, 330-tonne glittering steel wing can hold up to 1,400 people at any one time, but it needs at least 20 people to get it moving.
— guardian.co.uk
I recently got acquainted with Cal Poly Pomona's archives of Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Donald Wexler, Garrett Eckbo, Craig Ellwood and others. These archives contain never published before original drawings, photographs, blueprints, and stories. They were given to the College of... View full entry
MONU is one of the leading independent architecture magazines published today, bringing together challenging themes with interesting architecture writers and theorists. It is excellent and deserves to be read by anyone interested in urban issues. — MONU
MONU - magazine on urbanism has published its 14th issue featuring among others contributions by Rem Koolhaas/OMA and Adolfo Natalini/ Superstudio on the topic of Editing Urbanism (Rotterdam, April 19, 2011) MONU's 14th issue features contributions by UNION3, Felix Madrazo, Alexander Sverdlov... View full entry
Sometime before 1 a.m. on April 11, a group of activists installed handmade benches at 10 different locations throughout San Francisco as a political statement against the city's sit-lie ordinance. The law, approved by voters last November, prohibits sitting or lying down on city sidewalks. — San Francisco Guardian
A spokesperson from the group offered to share images of the benches with the Guardian on condition of anonymity. The person noted that the benches were built by hand using wooden pallets found on the side of the road. The images were sent in an email with the subject line, "Angry queers protest... View full entry
... a new exhibit is having fun imagining what [Paris] will look like in the year 2100: 2º C warmer, due to climate change, but also a whole lot greener, where pedestrians rule and every building has a roof garden. — treehugger.com
The exhibit, which is the work of Yannick Gourvil and Cécile Leroux of the architecture firm Collectif et alors, is called "+2º: Paris s'invente!" Part of the City's Week of Sustainable Development (April 1-7), it was born of a simple idea: having acknowledged that the planet is... View full entry
An exploration of Neurath's ideas on visual media, universal knowledge systems and the modern metropolis. — Press Announcement
I was excited to receive a press release (for once, a vital press release!) announcing the paperback publication of Nader Vossoughian's book on Otto Neurath, a seminal influence on collectivist urbanism and social practice in design. This book follows Nader's exquisite show The Global Polis... View full entry
The controversial work Piss Christ by the New York photographer Andres Serrano has been destroyed at a gallery in France after weeks of protests. — Guardian UK
Veteran piece from the culture wars of old is victim of culture wars new in France. Keep working on removing those face veils, and instituting other forms of religious "tolerance," France. View full entry
In what was the longest sleep-restriction study of its kind, [David] Dinges and his lead author, Hans Van Dongen, assigned dozens of subjects to three different groups for their 2003 study: some slept four hours, others six hours and others, for the lucky control group, eight hours — for two weeks in the lab. — New York Times
Four hours, six hours, eight hours? Sleep cycles? Nights of insufficient sleep strung together? Read on for a look into recent studies in the relationship between sleep and attention. View full entry
This is a fairly new project just completed by Works Partnership from here in Portland and while not in the suburbs, certainly isn't in a rough part of town. It is right on my daily route to school and for a week it remained "unscrubbed"... — University of Oregon (Daniel)
Korea GSD hosts one of the very best Beer and Dogs* events of the year because they prepare Korean food and a dance performance. This year, the Graduate School of Education (GSE) also sent a group to perform. — Harvard GSD (Lian)
Thursday April 14 SCI-Arc NYC Discussion and Cocktail Party with Ming Fung and A, New York, NY Friday April 15 FABRICATE 2011 Call for Work, London, UK Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry, Chicago, IL HUBURBS: Metrolinx Mobility Hub Symposium, Toronto, ON, Canada Saturday April 16 AA Istanbul Visiting... View full entry
Ms. Dufault, 22, was killed when her hair became caught in the lathe, whose rotating axis is used to hold materials like wood or metal being shaped. — nytimes.com
As Aaron points out in the forum, please be safe in the shop! View full entry
Thousands of children in Brazil have built what organisers say is the world's tallest Lego tower - with a bit of help from parents and a crane. Organisers say the tower, which was made with 500,000 pieces and measured over 102ft, beat a previous record held in Chile. — bbc.co.uk
At Jestico + Whiles we have a practice half day every month in which we get to do creative tasks, site visits etc. In December, the task was to create Edible Architecture based on certain London landmarks. A friend and I were tasked with creating the Thames Barrier: — Bartlett School Blog (Chris)
Chris, Archinect's school blogger at the Bartlett, shares with us a recent project from his work at Jestico + Whiles. I really want some sushi now. View full entry