The musician’s latest project: turning a building into a gargantuan cast-iron orchestra. NYT View full entry
OK, here's a quiz: Does sprawling, freeway-scarred, SUV-worshiping, coal-dependent Los Angeles have a heavier or lighter carbon footprint compared with the 99 other big cities in America? If you guessed heavier, think again. LA Times | Treehugger View full entry
BD reviews the brilliant new exhibition Psycho Buildings: Artists Take on Architecture, which opens this Wednesday to mark the Hayward’s 40th anniversary. bd View full entry
It can take months, even years, for some homes to wind through the foreclosure process, and decay sets in. NYT View full entry
To celebrate the birthday of the Golden Gate Bridge Wired shares a dozen of their other favorites. Bridges A couple of my favs from their picks.... View full entry
FIFA has provisionally suspended Iraq from international soccer for one year due to a government decision to disband the sport's national organizing association. The Star/AP | Yahoo/Reuters View full entry
ON THE DJIBOUTIAN-ERITREAN BORDER — The distance between the rival armies is shorter than the barrel of a gun. Hundreds of opposing troops are lined up on the border, staring each other down, from just inches away.A Conflict’s Buffer Zone: Rocks, and Inches What exactly is the big... View full entry
I find 'Links' section to be the largest window to design innovations, firms, events etc.., here is a recent sampling of my visit to that area. A revolutionary concept or an installation for corporate and domestic art fairs? blobtown chats to follow. I wonder if my pick will go down as bad press... View full entry
Convinced that the planet's oil supply is dwindling and the world's economies are heading for a crash, people around the country are moving onto homesteads, learning to live off their land, conserving fuel and, stocking up on guns they expect to use to defend themselves and their supplies from... View full entry
In his review of Richard Serra's show called 'Promenade' in Paris, Chris Nicholson cuts a quote by Paul Valéry: "God made everything out of nothing, but the nothing shows through." guardian View full entry
This morning the ruling junta of Myanmar has opened the countries borders to aid agencies and relief workers. Long term reconstruction work can now commence. View full entry
An interesting event happening in Orange County, CA this weekend:Over 2 1/2 years ago I bought a house at 189 Pineview in the city of Irvine California. As soon as I moved in, I started creating the murals, one wall after another and sometimes simultaneously. Now the HOUSE IS FOR SALE and I MUST... View full entry
All proceeds of tonights' Architecture for Humanity talk at the Westfield Insurance Studio Theater in Cleveland, Ohio will go towards rebuilding efforts in Myanmar. This is the last scheduled public talk in the US until September. $5 students/$10 others. UPDATE: lecture will also be shown later... View full entry
Paragons of good manners, dignity and charm are increasingly rare in 21st-century Britain. TimesOnline View full entry
Smoking ban goes into effect tomorrow. zaman | previous View full entry