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Posts tagged “architecture”

House Call: Pasinetti House
Los Angeles

Name: Pasinetti House; Willow Glen Partners Location: Beverly Hills, CA >>>View Slideshow Timothy Braseth of Willow Glen Partners sent us this gallery of images of their restoration project of the P...

Queensland: Dream Homes
Melbourne

[ Images from Queensland Art Gallery] It feels like we’ve been waiting forever for summer in Melbourne. The weather keeps teasing us, but it does finally feel like the sun is on it’s way. So it...

Look: Parking Garage Architecture
Austin

At the risk of sounding like a bad stand-up comedian, what's with parking garage architecture? A somewhat necessary part of our ever-expanding urbanism, do they have to look so unattractive? Join th...

Austin Art Event: My Town
Austin

Described as "an artistic interpretation of Austin, Texas architecture and landmarks" this art reception will feature art by the founders of the Austin Art Garage, Joel Ganucheau and Jacob Bryer. Acc...

Onigiri House
Japan

"Onigiri" for those who may not be acquainted with the Japanese snack staple is rice formed into triangle or oval shapes, wrapped together with nori (seaweed). It's one of our favourite snacks, so we ...

Eric Garcetti's Green Echo Park Home

When people say all politicians are the same, we know they must not know Eric Garcetti. He's not only our City Council President, but also an extremely active participant online (you'll occasionally s...

Study Reports Homes Are Getting Smaller

An annual report by AIArchitect reveals a downward trend in the size of a typical home in the United States, compared to just three years ago when over 51% of residential architects reported increases...

The Architecture of John Lautner
LA Times 4.10.08

In addition to yesterday's article about the Harpel House renovation, the LA Times also put up a great slide show retrospective of some of John Lautner's amazing homes built in Southern California. Ma...

LA Event: Postwar Pasadena Lecture and House Tour

Next Wednesday, March 26th 2008, Professor Kenneth A. Breisch will present a lecture on "the tremendous influence of the USC School of Architecture on the mid-century Southern Californian architectura...

LA Event: CA Boom 2008

CA Boom V is almost here! The weekend-long event is a great way to check out brand new design materials and ideas, see some amazing architecture, and get acquainted with some of LA's great local reso...

Look! The Toilet House

This South Korean house, a 24 1/2 foot toilet bowl, owned by Sim Jae-duck, the chairman of the World Toilet Association General Assembly, who made his career by beautifying public restrooms, was built...

Look! Quetzalcoatl Nest by Javier Senosiain

Check out this crazy cool serpent house in Mexico! It's named after the mythical Quetzalcoatl snake/bird god, the Aztec god "of learning and knowledge." It was designed by Javier Senosiain. His archit...

Modernism Week: Marmol Radziner Prefab Home Tours

If you're heading out to the desert for Modernism Week and are curious about prefabs, you've got a chance to see a drop dead gorgeous one. Here are the details: ...

Bookmarked: Design Trends from 1959

July 1959. House & Home magazine gives an insightful look at what was happening in housing trends during the post war boom era in suburban home construction. Plenty to see under the cut... For all...

An LA Landmark Reimagained: The Gingerbread Chemosphere

Lovers of LA architecture and The Kitchn readers can collaborate together to make a gingerbread house resembling John Lautner's Chemosphere using these "architectural plans" listed on the Los Angeles ...