Offbeat Week in Review
January 27, 2008 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Home & Living
In case you missed it; this week at Offbeat we had some delightful posts about…
A brand new documentary about sustainable building.
The upcoming release of the Earthship Coffee Table Book.
Earthship design.
Mushroom Houses
A hip zig-zag studio.
Indoor stars!
Carmel’s Fairytale Style Cottages
And boys who take nice architecture pictures while barhopping.
It was a great week. I highly suggest you visit all of the above posts (of course, I would suggest that.) Hope everyone’s had a wonderful weekend and it ready for the next.
Last Call for Planet Earth
January 21, 2008 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Home & Living
Last Call for Planet Earth is a brand new documentary coming out on January 31st. The focus… the environmental effects of building. Very cool. According to Architect Online, the film will premiere in, “Brussels at the European Commission’s Berlaymont Building. Conceived by Belgium-based filmmaker Jacques Allard, the movie features interviews with 12 leading architects around the world, including Thom Mayne, Kengo Kuma, Massimiliano Fuksas, and Christoph Ingenhoven.”
The brain behind the show is not an architect, although his father was, and Allard notes that he has a large admiration for all the charisma architects have and how they each have their …read more




