Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 8/30/2005 9:49:00 PM
"At a site where the blast furnace heat was almost unbearable you can now cool down and relax"
 Archinect points us to an article in Stars & Stripes about the Landschaftspark "country park" at Duisburg-Nord in central Germany. We have featured the work of Peter Latz before, as well as a few other post-industrial landscape regeneration projects. The Landschaftspark no doubt inspired projects such as Amsterdam's Westergasfabriek and North Sydney's BP Site Parkland, yet it retains and reuses even more of the industrial infrastructure than either of these more recent projects.
Link: Landschaftspark
Firm: Latz und Partner
Article: Stars & Stripes - Urban decay now a family climbing getaway in Germany
Reference: Latz + Partner (L+L)
Reference: "From Ruin and Artifice, Landscapes Reborn" (L+L)
Reference: Manufactured Sites (L+L)
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 8/30/2005 7:49:00 AM
Transcendent freeway infrastructure - a modern gateway to Melbourne
 It is the rare example where infrastructure and design meet to produce an outstanding result, especially when it comes to a freeway. Here the design for noise attenuation blurs the boundaries between what are functional noise walls, sculptural features and gateways.
The project is 5 kilometers in length, passing between two distinct conditions: the Craigieburn grasslands and the expanding urban fringe. The design is a result of expressing the relationship between the freeway and these two distinct conditions.
Link: Architecture Australia - Craigieburn Bypass
Link: VicRoads - Craigieburn Bypass
Firm: Taylor Cullity Lethlean
Firm: Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
Artist: Robert Owen
Via: Archinect
Via: Arquitectearte
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Category: Misc
Posted by Deborah on 8/30/2005 7:32:00 AM
Bold moves, bold colours, bold design.
The new Pop Series guitars from RKS take guitar lust to a whole new level. These brightly coloured electric beauties carry the names Rockwork Orange, Pink Lipstick and Fine Lime are hand-crafted from maple and alder, and have CNC machine aircraft aluminum alloy ribs with chrome hardware finishes.
Founded by industrial designer Ravi Sawhney and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave Mason this young company takes design, quality and sustainability seriously. In a recent move driven by the concern surrounding the use of non-renewable materials for their guitars, RKS tried to reduce the total amount of tone wood typically used in guitar production, and then sought domestic woods instead of opting for the more traditional rain forest varieties. The result is as good for the environment, as it is music to the ears.
Link: RKS Guitars
Via: BusinessWeek Online
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Category: Green
Posted by Sarah Rich on 8/29/2005 10:29:00 PM
Coffee roasted for friends
 As a biodiesel user and advocate, I try to keep up with the latest advancements in the rapidly growing movement. Something unheard of just jumped on my radar and I'm completely intrigued: a coffee roaster that runs on biodiesel! The Vermont Coffee Company in Bristol, VT, has just invested $100,000 in the development and manufacturing of a smokeless coffee roaster that runs entirely on biodiesel and utilizes its exhaust emissions as additional fuel. Both efficiency and environmental-friendliness have exponentially increased for the company, which already sells exclusively organic, fair-trade beans.
Link: The Addison Independent
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 8/27/2005 12:52:00 PM
"For one's health it is necessary to work in the garden and see the flowers growing."
 Last week we Clipped an article in the Washington Post about healing gardens, and a kind reader wrote in to tell us about the Therapeutic Landscapes Resource Center.
This not-for-profit organization is dedicated to providing information to the public about restorative landscapes, healing gardens, wellness gardens, and other research-based healthcare design. Their website features a wealth of reference materials, garden locations, and links regarding landscapes for healing.
Link: Therapeutic Landscapes Resource Center [Thanks, Lara!]
Reference: In gardens, patients find a calm place for healing (L+L)
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Category: News
Posted by James on 8/26/2005 10:35:00 AM
Historic Register recognizes Ludwig Mies van der Rohe campus plan
 Earlier this week we featured a Clipping regarding the reopening of IIT’s Crown Hall set for this weekend. With the most recent news of the campus's historic designation, we'll take a larger look at the IIT campus.
The National Park Service has announced that the academic campus of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in close association with landscape architect Alfred Caldwell, the design concept of pavilions within a park setting is one of the most important examples of modern planning in the United States.
"The addition of our campus to the National Register is a reflection of the historical, cultural and architectural importance of IIT within Chicago and throughout the world," said IIT President Lew Collens.
In addition to the modernist structures by Mies and other modern architects, the school has launched a recent building campaign with new buildings by Rem Koolhaas and Helmut Jahn. Eextensive landscape restoration and extension of Caldwell's original landscape of native prarie terrain has been undertaken by Peter Lindsay Schaudt Landscape Architects.
Many links to articles and photo galleries for you to enjoy along with our own brief image montage.
Link: IIT
Link: Mies van der Rohe Society
Article: Chicago Sun Times - All of IIT named to historic register
Via: Archinect
Update 10/4/05:
Link: Coudal's Crown Hall page - film & photos
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Category: Furniture
Posted by Anthony on 8/26/2005 8:15:00 AM
Adriean Koleric's website goes live
 Adriean Koleric, the Canadian designer who brought us the Sugar Lounger and the Edith Mailbox dropped us a note to let us know that his website has launched.
In addition to the above, he's added a few new items including the Bento, a single drawer storage unit, Framecicles (featured at right), which are popcicle stick shaped picture frames, and the Factory coffee table.
Also, he's included some concept work along with a few hidden buttons on the site that reveal hidden surprises. Be sure to check it out.
Link: item
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Category: Furniture
Posted by Anthony on 8/25/2005 7:26:00 PM
Change its form according to your mood
 When it comes to comfort, it appears that the Feel Seating System has all the bases pretty much covered. Sleepy? Lay it out flat and take a nap. A little chilly? Fold half of it over and cover yourself with it. Want to relax with a book? Roll it up into a ball and you've got yourself a cozy little nest.
The Feel, from Animi Causa, is created from 120 soft balls that are covered with an elastic fabric and held together with a flexible internal frame. The design is inspired by a molecular structure and can assume various shapes allowing numerous positions.
Link: Animi Causa [Thanks, Amit!]
Also: Pop Gadget
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Category: Events
Posted by James on 8/25/2005 11:29:00 AM
Creating Sculptures from the Ornamental Systems of Sullivan
 This exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, Illinois, runs August 28 - October 8, 2005.
A new series of works that manipulate the decorative patterns found in the Chicago area landmarks by the architect Louis Sullivan. An updated version of Sullivan’s mantra "form follows function", Williams insists that "form functions as structure'. Williams injects these sculptures with shapes excavated from our city’s landscape and freed from their facades provoking the viewer to reconsider the decorative features that surround us.
Link: Hyde Park Art Center - Bernard Williams
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Category: Architecture
Posted by James on 8/25/2005 9:53:00 AM
Winning entry in the "Cradle to Cradle" International Design Competition
We've talked about Cradle-to-Cradle quite a bit here at L+L, but have never featured the winning professional entry in the C2C Home Competition. Designed by Matthew Coates and Tim Meldrum with Brendan Connolly, Rich Franko, Kristine Kenney, Julie Petersen and Ron van der Veen, the concpet embraces environmental responsibility, social responsibility and community interdependence as a complete manifestation of the guiding principles and design issues laid out in the competition brief.
The design is thoroughly modern in appearance and function while embracing the neighborhood and natural context of Roanoke, Virginia. The large "front lawn" of native vegetation wraps up to become a vegetated roof system which collects and filters storm water for use in the house. The horizontal plan is pierced by the vertical "core" which acts as a stack ventilation tower as well as the energy collection armature. The core is clad with a spinach-protein based photosynthetic plasma cell skin that is able to generate enough power to share with the neighborhood.
Link: Cradle To Cradle Home
Via: Future Feeder
More: Archidose
Reference: C2C Home Competition Winners (L+L)
Reference:
Designing the Future (L+L)
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