Bike Racks as Public Art
No Comments

functional public art / bike racks for community / the x marks the spot.

The first results of senseofplace LAB’s community-specific functional public art contest for the San Francisco Bike Coalition. The panel chose the winners based on how well the rack reflected the unique character of Treasure Island, whether it was functional as a bike rack and whether or not it activated public space. The bike rack above is one of three chosen designs that have recently been fabricated.

Does the new architecture in New Orleans reflect a ‘sense of place’?
No Comments
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/travel/29cultured.html?emc=eta1

In 2007, frustrated by the slow pace of rebuilding in the Lower Ninth, Brad Pitt set up a foundation called Make It Right; the foundation then commissioned 13 architecture firms to design affordable, green houses. The organization plans to build 150 homes, all for returning Lower Ninth residents. So far, just 15 of them are occupied, but those 15 make a big impression.

…To read the rest of the article, click link above.

Sea Cliff – San Francisco, CA
No Comments

alley way slivers…/nature framed in privilege/…of postcard vistas.

City Planning Commissioner to Create Prize for Public Spaces
No Comments
http://foundation.uli.org/

Amanda M. Burden, chairwoman of the New York City Planning Commission, who was named the 2009 laureate of the Urban Land Institute’s J.C. Nichols Prize For Visionaries in Urban Development, announced Monday that she will donate the prize money she received to create an award that honors public open spaces.

The $100,000 prize will go back to the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization, to create the Global Award for Public Open Space. Making open spaces in streets, parks and public plazas “is the essence of city life and the measure of its success,” Ms. Burden said in an interview. “They’re important mixing chambers of all social classes.”

Spirit Rock LGBTQI Meditation Retreat – Marin, CA
No Comments

mind of the Buddha. / body of the Buddha, touch / the heart of Buddha.

At Home Anywhere
No Comments
http://www.overalthuis.eu/

A project by Henrik Jan Haarink and Esther Kokmeijer
A journey to the 27 countries of the European Union, visiting its inhabitants. Looking for the definition of ‘Home’ at the centre of gravity, the exact center, heart and navel of each country.  In 2009, they have visited all people on all centres of gravity of all countries of the European Union. In May 2010 they will publish a book containing the  best photographs, drawings and stories about the trip, the centres of gravity and the people they met.

Marin Headlands, CA
No Comments

picture postcard. film / set. a calming perfect / grassy knoll got lost.

The small house attached to the greenhouse was constructed out of elm trees peeled of their bark.
No Comments
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/11/04/garden/20091105-tree-slideshow_index.html

ROALD GUNDERSEN, an architect who may revolutionize the building industry, shinnied up a slender white ash near his house here on a recent afternoon, hoisting himself higher and higher until the limber trunk began to bend slowly toward the forest floor….the read the rest of the article, click link above.

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »