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I really look forward to reading Gunnar Peterson’s blog. He’s got a fantastic writing style and communicates in an extremely effective form about one…
I want to have Gunnar Peterson’s Baby (His SOA…
Before he designed Gracie Mansion, the Vincent Astor townhouse or the apartment building at 1088 Park Avenue, Mott B. Schmidt first commission was a…
Mott B. Schmidt’s First Design on Monroe Place
Ran across an excellent report from the Municipal Art Society on the landmark-worthy buildings of Downtown Brooklyn–and there are quite a few, ranging…
The (Other) Architectural Gems of Downtown…
New tourism threatens desert ecosystem worldwide April 13, 2007 Posted by ismailimail in Aga Khan Program in Islamic Architecture, Aga Khan…
New tourism threatens desert ecosystem…
Someone give me the name and number of the folks over at Pintday, for the cartoon series Intern Architects In Hell. I’d block out some time for…
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Show us your favorite work of art (fiction, music, sculpture, painting, architecture, dance, etc). Submitted by Dean. Got too many to choose from…..
Vox Hunt: Fine Art
Repowers is a flickr user who takes great photos of urban images and architectural entropy. This photo from his stuff immediately made me think of…
A Visual Metaphor Of System Banners
I’m having one of those days. Now, without shedding any light on my position what would the security community do when designing a web portal? There…
Portal Design Security
Spent this morning at an IBM developerWorks briefing on the Rational developer tools (I won’t rattle them all off - one slide identified 25…
IBM’s Babushka Doll
Dundas Valley — The State of Private Golf Pt. 1 By Robert Thompson While doing some Internet…
Permanent Link to Dundas Valley The State of…
EA ought to mend all the evils of the Enterprise, to cure the silo culture and patch the divide between IT and business In a nutshell, EA becomes the…
The politics of EA (ii)
(image from Arkkitehtitoimisto ALA Oy) ALA just won the design competition for the new urban plan of Hanasaari. As can be seen from the graphic the…
Hanasaari
on sv road the new malls near the station. calling them ‘malls’ is pushing it, really. more like shopping centers whose flat facades change the scale…
building typology study random facade…
Out of a desire to respect both the sublime works to be displayed and the natural setting, I made it my goal in designing the new Gallery of Horyuji…
The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures, Yoshio…
070414.Bradford, Door Halfway Up a Cylindrical Staircase Tower April 13, 2007 at 10:54 am | In…
070414.Bradford, Door Halfway Up a Cylindrical…
I know of an excellent project that was spun up in a hurry to write a small amount of really tough code and roll it out. It was a quick win project…
When Quick Win is an oxymoron
This is what tourists to Liverpool during its 800th birthday can take a photo of. Its a real shame. Iconic building, and a building site. Its sorta…
Canal Construction
“La Cabane Perchee” is designed by Daniel Dufour and founded by Alhin Laurens to realised the dream that we all had as child… living in the trees to…
La Cabane Perchee by Daniel Dufour
Alvar Aalto - master of modernism April 13th, 2007 by Kirstie Speke Held in the Barbican art gallery…
Alvar Aalto master of modernism
Beautiful Ukraine Graffiti I wish these guys were tagging Los Angeles, instead of our usual gangs. These guys are amazing artists who illustrate…
Beautiful Ukraine Graffiti
70,000 Beers On The Wall… The strange true story of a man who liked to drink. 1 Man + 24 Beers A Day + 8 Years = 70,000 empty cans. ($800 in…
70,000 Beers On The Wall…
Pasadena - Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living (04/14/07 - 07/01/07) Art Center College of Design and Vitra Design Museum…
Pasadena Open House: Architecture and…
Painted Building Yesterday I wandered around the canal and then into Molenbeek for the weekly market. On the way I took a detour to photograph this…
Painted Building
LA - Malcolm Leland (04/14/07 - 05/26/07) MALCOLM LELAND: Architectural Sculptor April 14 to May 26, 2007 Opening: Saturday, April 14, 2007, 5:00 pm…
LA Malcolm Leland (04/14/07 05/26/07)
My post last week berating the architectural profession for underestimating the power and potential…
Another decent architect’s blog
Greek Orthodox modern Posted by Sidonie on 13 April 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio. Queanbeyan, NSW…
Greek Orthodox modern
It’s time for a reconsideration — something like what architects call a post-occupancy evaluation, which looks at how a building is working for…
Quote of the Day The Truth Is Getting Out…
Statues on King and Bay, Toronto…
metal and concrete
[H2O]3 We have a thing for contained water on a large scale, otherwise more commonly known as swimming pools. There’s just something zen-like about a…
H2O3 We have a thing for contained water on a…
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