tag team: are you ready for some football?

although we are in the middle of march madness and on the brink of baseball season, today, k:designs and k:plays are all about the pigskin.

charger's staduim master plan 

by de bartolo + rimanic design studio & mcullough landscape

via archdaily

turning the idea of a "civic center" inside out, this master plan for the san diego charger's new stadium by de bartolo + rimanic aims to celebrate san diego's beautiful climate, neighborhoods and outdoor space as well as the stadium.  my most favorite part of the design is the concept behind the stadium itself... it's the charger's logo in 3D.  i think this will compliment predock's petco park and will be a great iconic statement for america's finest city - can't wait to go catch a game!

etc.: architect barbie

mattel will launch architect barbie in 2011

via architizer

i, for one, happen to like the pink.

built: recycled home

villa welpeloo by 2012Architects

via dwell

i want to live here!  reused materials were make up 60% of the structure and 90% of the interior - including recycled billboards, umbrellas, you name it!

profile: BIG

Vilhelmsro School by BIG

(article via archdaily)

BIG seems to be the "it" firm of 2010.  Their new K-12 school certainly shows us why.

swatch: brian everett's home

photo by from me to you

b got me into mid-century design and of course the eames' sealed the deal for me.  so i was pretty much in love when i stumbled upon this photo.  one look and said to myself, "brian everett, meet your new best friend - me."  once i started reading the article... he is an industrial designer with a line for CB2, his wife is an architect who shares his love for mid-century craft... i knew we were kindred spirits. tack on flor tiles in the basement and a hot pink table on the patio and well, we are practically friends for life. 

profile: eames

I'm reading An Eames Primer and am fully in awe of this "power couple".  Beyond their contributions to architecture (Case Study House #8), furniture (Eames Lounge Chair) and other mediums such as film, this book gives insight to their personal relationship.  Ray & Charles, together, were purely magic in both the personal and professional realms.

Best book I have read in a long long time - can hardly put it down...