April 5, 2013
This latest “Guess the Building” has it all — guy model, girl model, generous glazing, swimming pool. It’s all packed tidily in one small frame, which also works perfectly for a purposes. There aren’t many dead giveaways here, except that the house is probably perched on the side of a cliff overlooking an urban formation of sorts. There’s that swimming pool and elegant mid-century design details, too, suggesting that this might be Los Angeles. But the rest is up to you to figure out! Tell us what you think in the comments. (P.S. Is that a toilet (or trash can?) in the background?)
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February 11, 2013
By Tashween Ali
Moby is well known for his interest in architecture, particularly LA architecture (ever checked out his awesome blog?). To show his love, the acclaimed musician—and Architizer A+ Awards juror!—stars in a new 3-minute video promoting Getty’s “Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in LA,” an extensive celebration of the city’s architectural legacy. The initiative features 17 partners, 11 exhibitions, and a mile-long list of events.
Wearing his signature thick frames, which he began sporting decades before nerd glasses went mainstream, Moby crafts a compelling argument—or rather, a love ballad—for embracing the city’s complexities. “LA is paradoxical. LA is in a state of flux. LA is ugly. LA is beautiful,” he says. “To sum it all up, LA is mind-numbingly complicated.” Read more!
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January 2, 2013
1 WTC; The Port Authority and the Durst Organization
Goodbye 2012. We don’t even miss you. Now, onto more pressing issues, like what cool architecture will make headlines in 2013? Yes, we foresee some big names and a starchitect or two in the mix, but there are plenty of sleeper candidates in there too. Pirated buildings? Check. Cardboard buildings? Check again. If all goes to plan, we may even see the world’s tallest skyscraper be built in just in time for the launch of Breaking Bad season 5.5 (coming March 2013). Click on through for our pick for the top architecture to watch this year.
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November 6, 2012
Traffic is Public Enemy #1 in Los Angeles, probably followed by smoggy skies. Thankfully, local sculptor Stephen Glassman has created a gorgeous solution to both issues with his bamboo billboard! Named “Urban Air,” Glassman’s award-winning project trades a traditional billboard for a suspended bamboo garden, complete with pod misters that not only water the plants but create a neat cloud effect. The bamboo billboard brightens up the highway while also helping to clean LA’s notorious smoggy air. Read more!
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October 16, 2012
Lofts at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa.
Last week, we announced that Brooks + Scarpa, an LA-based firm that has scooped up countless awards over the years for its residential work, will be leading a live Facebook chat on October 22 to answer all of your burning questions about kitchen trends. A big thanks to KOHLER for sponsoring the conversation.
We want to hear from you! Send your queries in advance to editorial@architizer.com. Alternatively, you can post them on the Architizer Facebook page during the hour-long chat, which kicks off at 1 p.m. Angela Brooks, firm principal, and Emily Hodgdon, senior architect, will lead the discussion. Already, readers have submitted some great questions. Click through to see them—and to scope out more photos of Brooks + Scarpa’s top-shelf projects!
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July 1, 2011
A British official has coined an amazing new term for haute-sustainability: “Scandinavian Eco-Bling.” Does Gilt Group know about this? [via BD Online]
Sports office Populous is weaving a tangled web: the firm, which is working on LA’s new NFL stadium, has also been tapped to design a rival plan for a downtown convention center and campus. [via Archinect]
GOOD broaches the eternally shameful subject: your first online handle. ArchiNerd? EmoGirl420? What was your cringe-inducing avatar? [via GOOD]
Virgin Galactic is selling its iconic typeface, apparently banking on the appeal of futuristic, beveled sans-serifs in a recession. [via Fast.Co Design]
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June 24, 2011
Photo by Scott Mayoral.
It seems like a no-brainer, but all design is first and foremost based on gravity. The curve of a chair leg, the pitch of a roof, the profile of a mullion — all of these things are shaped, almost unconsciously, according the orientation of our bodies to the earth. Take gravity away, and you’re designing in a void, literally.
So, what does furniture without gravity look like?
A group of Silver Lake designers found out:
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June 16, 2011
Join us at The Standard, Downtown LA on June 23rd for drinks, conversation, and a panel discussion on the role of architecture as a catalyst in the urban realm. Architizer City Talks will bring together luminaries in architecture, criticism, and technology to discuss the city, architecture, and everything in between.
Speaking on the panel will be:
- Marc Kushner, CEO and co-Founder of Architizer
- Peter Zellner, Principal of ZELLNERPLUS and SCI-Arc Future Initiatives Co-Coordinator
- Alissa Walker, Design Writer, Gelatobaby
RSVP by June 21st to rsvp@architizer.com.
The panel is part of the LA Design Festival, which begins today and runs until June 30, and celebrates Los Angeles as a center for design. Architizer is taking part in several events, including a collaboration with Dwell on Design: our annual Architizer Design Clinic, which offers free design consultations from some of LA’s best to beleaguered would-be clients.
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May 31, 2011
Dwell brings architecture to the people: we credit them for enlightening the average man-or-woman-on-the-street about sod roofs, for example. Since democratization-of-design is also our goal, our ongoing collab with them — the Architizer Design Clinic, which brings together clients and architects for free, no-obligation design consults– seems only natural!
Last year, over sixty clients were seen by our LA-based designers as part of Dwell on Design. And on June 24-26th, we’re doing it again!
Got a design malady? We’re looking for patients requiring architectural Rx’s. Click through for sign-up info!
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May 11, 2011
Domus produced an amazingly beautiful video of Juergen Mayer H.’s Metropol Parasol in Seville. Somehow, it makes all the difference to see the project on film, rather than in still shots. [via Domus]
Sure to be a crowd-pleaser, the AIA LA’s spring Home Tour is coming up this Sunday, May 15. The theme will be “Ve ≠ SaMo” (“Venice is not Santa Monica”). [via AIA Los Angeles]
The MTA is considering replacing the ubiquitous yellow card with, well, nothing. Nothing except your credit card, that is – an “EZPass for MetroCard” type of system is being mulled by the MTA. [via The NY Daily News]
Here’s a video about a project documenting people in LA who have decided (or been forced) to go car-less. Which seems almost impossible. But it’s not! [via Infrastructurist, Vimeo]
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