Category: representation
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Veg.itecture #41
As I mentioned so innocently in the last installment of Veg.itecture, the quantity of projects out there in the world blending landscape and architecture has grown exponentially. This has two impacts… one is continuing to grow my backlog (it’s at about 70 projects) and making me question the rapidity and interval at which I post…
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Mind the GAP
The GAP in this case being the Grand Army Plaza, the forecourt space to the north of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, and one of those woefully inadequate urban spaces that perhaps was grandiose at one time – but due to current pressure has become inaccessible and dangerous. :: image via Grand Army Plaza Coalition Or in…
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Venice Biennial Snapshots
Be sure to check out the great post from Design Under Sky of the Gustafson/Guthrie/Nichol/Gustafson/Porter et. al. installation at the 11th Annual Venice Biennial – solidifying once again that landscape architecture is a great format for these more ephemeral installations… the white sheet held aloft by balloon is a stroke of genius. :: images via…
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West 8: Ile St. Denis
Hot off the wire from World Landscape Architect, Landscape+Urbanism favorites West 8 have recently won a competition for the Ecological District Ile Saint Denis. As with most competition entries, the sum total of our understanding comes from a few zoomy images and a snippet of descriptive text. So here’s both, all text images via West…
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Veg.itecture #40
I have a folder where I keep upcoming items to disseminate in the intermittent Veg.itecture series – and it usually tops out at 15 or so items before I get around to a weekly or bi-weekly compilation – which make for a somewhat lengthy but manageable post. In this case, today I noticed 50+ items…
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Should the Next President Listen to this man?
ArchNewsNow tipped me off to an article by Mitchell Joachim, visionary architect and educator – as well as partner in the non-profit Terreform 1 – a firm whose work has been referenced on L+U previously. The link to a short article on Wired was interesting, and worth reading. As one of the 2008 Smart List,…
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Missing the Trees for the ‘Forest’
A bit under a year ago, my beginning as a fledgling blogger had a start as a blog reader – and my two favorites were Geoff Manaugh’s BLDGBLOG and Alexander Trevi’s Pruned. It’s been a long while since I’ve been able to glean anything of use from the intermittent BLDGBLOG (I blame Dwell :)… as…
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West Side Stories
Competitions allow some interesting opportunities. One is the ability for firms to shape up against one another in at least an equitable showdown. Another is that it gives some opportunity for firms to either experiment graphically or flex their artistic muscle. :: Hargreaves Design featuring curled overpass – image via New York Post In a…
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What are they trying to catch?
Sorting through some archived posts, I thought this was somehow more funny than stunning… Via BDonline: “This sculpture, named Temenos, will be the first of five giant sculptures to be erected in the Tees Valley at a total cost of £15 million. At nearly 50m tall, it will be three times the height of the…
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This says it all…
Via arcady: playscapes: swissmiss: wireandtwine. Buy a T_shirt to Support the Children and Nature Network… or better yet… go outside and play 🙂 :: image via playscapes