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"If you wanted to build a new library downtown somewhere, Rem Koolhaas is probably the last architect you would think to hire. For years, Koolhaas has been ranting about how traditional cities don’t matte anymore, and how the rise of new technologies has made public space obsolete, and how when people leave their houses the only thing the want to do is shop. His firm, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, which is based in Rotterdam, wasn’t on the original list of architects being considered for a new library in Seattle, but one day in 1999 Koolhaas’ partner, Joshua Ramus, who comes from Seattle, got a phone call from his mother saying she had read in the local newspaper that any architect who wanted to be considered should show up the next day for a briefing. Ramus rushed to the airport, flew to Seattle, an eventually the firm got the job."
oh great, someone is bidding against me for these four drinking images.
the nyt magazine 2004 architecture issue.
(lets play it safe and focus on landscape architecture)
Insanely great, or just good enough?
Apple are pursuing perfection, but should they be?
via core77
the day after tomorrow
"When Gehry pulled the covering off the [World Cup of Hockey championship] trophy, it was like someone had tugged the burlap bag off the Elephant Man."
"When the trophy was unveiled, the reaction was dead silence."
designboom
model homes from the modernist movement
Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Hans Scharoun and Le Corbusier are just a few of the architects who designed parts of a model housing settlement for a 1927 exhibition called "The Dwelling," which aimed to be a platform for the nascent New Construction movement.
godsell on hotseat
celebrities at their worst
nyc-rv
kenny g via cheater slicks
ab-pre-fab time
end of the century
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's records, thou shalt instead obtain thy own at THE WFMU CD AND RECORD FAIR, which is just days away! Yes, it's time once again to surrender all hope of ever casting off your material posessions by loading up on the most obscure and amazing records and CDs in all the land -- The kind that are ONLY heard on WFMU and ONLY found at our semi-annual Record Fairs, as presented by 200+ dealers from the farthest corners of the globe. The party starts on Friday, April 30th and runs through Sunday May 2nd at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W. 18th Street in NYC. Confirmed performers include psychedelic soulman Brother JT, absurdist composer and electronic musician Dan Deacon, the homespun, tripped out songs and beats of Ill Ease, and the always crowd-pleasin' Super Karaoke Fun Time Band! Check out the full schedule of confirmed performers and events, and also visit our Record Fair Webspace for an updated list of attending dealers. In the meantime, get ready for Freeform Radio's biggest and best public throwdown!
learning from koenig