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A Modern Home That Makes Space For An Art Gallery Alterstudio Architecture has shared photos of a new home they completed in Dallas, Texas, with a...
4th Feb 2025
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A Modern Home That Makes Space For An Art Gallery

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

4th Feb 2025
Alterstudio Architecture has shared photos of a new home they completed in Dallas, Texas, with a three-level design that creates a unique environment for family and art. A low berm of rocks planted with native grasses, cacti, and shrubs separates the residence from the street. A...
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Myopia: Observing Communities in Chiang Mai, Thailand The genesis for “My Parallel Communities of Chiang Mai (ชุมขนคู่ขนานที่เชียงใหม่)” likely began on a...
8th Oct 2020
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Myopia: Observing Communities in Chiang Mai, Thailand

from Blog - Guerrilla Cartography [alt+shift+b] in architecture

8th Oct 2020
The genesis for “My Parallel Communities of Chiang Mai (ชุมขนคู่ขนานที่เชียงใหม่)” likely began on a calm, wet-season night after the rains had subsided at One Nimman, my group of friends — portrait artists from Chiang Mai University — shooting the breeze and hustling what money...
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Architects call for a crisis meeting after politicians demand more traditional architecture After enduring decades of failed modernism, the residents and politicians of Sweden’s second-largest...
17th May 2024
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Architects call for a crisis meeting after politicians demand more traditional architecture

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17th May 2024
After enduring decades of failed modernism, the residents and politicians of Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, want to see more new traditional architecture. This has led architects and officials to call for a crisis meeting. During the 1960s and 1970s, Gothenburg...
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Abdul Rahman Sahib Museum: The Freedom Fighter’s Home The Muziris Heritage Project narrates the stories from different timelines. From the first mosque in...
11th May 2023
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Abdul Rahman Sahib Museum: The Freedom Fighter’s Home

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11th May 2023
The Muziris Heritage Project narrates the stories from different timelines. From the first mosque in India to the Study Centre for the...
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A Radical (and Totally Practical) Rethinking of U.S. Housing Construction Vienna and Paris demonstrate that there are easier, less-expensive ways to build homes.
6th Jan 2025
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A Radical (and Totally Practical) Rethinking of U.S. Housing Construction

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6th Jan 2025
Vienna and Paris demonstrate that there are easier, less-expensive ways to build homes.
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A Tree House That Feels Like It’s Floating Inside The Forest INTEGRA STUDIO ARQUITETURA has shared photos of a modern Tree House project they completed for the...
2nd Oct 2023
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A Tree House That Feels Like It’s Floating Inside The Forest

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2nd Oct 2023
INTEGRA STUDIO ARQUITETURA has shared photos of a modern Tree House project they completed for the NaCarapina accommodation complex, that’s located in Brazil. The Tree House which has the feeling of ‘floating inside the forest’, is fully integrated with the imposing Araucaria...
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Does Brooklyn’s New Brooding Monolith Deserve Kudos? Closer in, SHoP’s Brooklyn Tower reveals texture, color, and personality, but for many it’s a bleak...
2nd Oct 2023
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Does Brooklyn’s New Brooding Monolith Deserve Kudos?

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2nd Oct 2023
Closer in, SHoP’s Brooklyn Tower reveals texture, color, and personality, but for many it’s a bleak middle finger on the skyline.
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Part 5: Relationship with Travis Air Force Base A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the...
1st Mar 2024
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Part 5: Relationship with Travis Air Force Base

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1st Mar 2024
A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the future of my home state in my lifetime. This post is part of a series I’m writing about this bold proposal. Up until recently, the new city’s potential impact on Travis Air Force...
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Separated at Birth AS CHAIR OF CNU NYC, I was part of the Empire Station Coalition’s long opposition to the efforts of...
1st Jun 2026
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Separated at Birth

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1st Jun 2026
AS CHAIR OF CNU NYC, I was part of the Empire Station Coalition’s long opposition to the efforts of Governor Cuomo and then Governor Hochul to turn the area around Penn Station into a towering Vornadoville (Vornado calls it “The … Continue reading → The post Separated at Birth...
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If movies were about Architecture “Apocalypse Now”: an architect goes grossly over budget. Another architect is sent out to find him...
6th May 2024
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If movies were about Architecture

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6th May 2024
“Apocalypse Now”: an architect goes grossly over budget. Another architect is sent out to find him and value-engineer the project, in the jungle, during a war. “It’s a wonderful life”: An architect mishandles his finances. Jumps off a bridge. Is saved by his guardian angel /...
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The Black Exterior Of This Home Leads To A Pink Kitchen Inside Paul Archer Design has shared photos of a home they completed in Wivenhoe, England, for an artist...
11th Jun 2024
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The Black Exterior Of This Home Leads To A Pink Kitchen Inside

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11th Jun 2024
Paul Archer Design has shared photos of a home they completed in Wivenhoe, England, for an artist who wanted a light-filled interior with room to work and to entertain.
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Before + After - A Mid-Century Modern Kitchen Renovation Blaine Architects together with Marshall Interiors, have completed the renovation of a mid-century...
21st Dec 2024
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Before + After - A Mid-Century Modern Kitchen Renovation

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21st Dec 2024
Blaine Architects together with Marshall Interiors, have completed the renovation of a mid-century modern home in San Mateo, California, for a young couple who wanted to update the kitchen, living room, dining room, and family room.
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The Black Exterior Of This Barn-Inspired Home Is Contrasted With A White Interior Architecture and interior design studio Laney LA has shared photos of a modern home they designed in...
21st Sep 2023
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The Black Exterior Of This Barn-Inspired Home Is Contrasted With A White Interior

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21st Sep 2023
Architecture and interior design studio Laney LA has shared photos of a modern home they designed in Culver City, California, that has a dark black exterior.
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Got Very Big, Very Fast Yesterday, I mentioned two department stores in New York, the 1846 A. T. Stewart Store at Broadway...
1st Oct 2024
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Got Very Big, Very Fast

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1st Oct 2024
Yesterday, I mentioned two department stores in New York, the 1846 A. T. Stewart Store at Broadway and Chambers Street that was the first real department store in the US, and the 1896 Siegel-Cooper Store at Sixth Avenue and 18th Street that was for a time the largest store in the...
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Beyond the Sea, flowing and exploding edition Last year I took a whack at mapping what you’d “see” if you looked straight across the ocean from...
1st Jun 2017
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Beyond the Sea, flowing and exploding edition

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1st Jun 2017
Last year I took a whack at mapping what you’d “see” if you looked straight across the ocean from coastlines around the world. Since then, an interactive version of that has been a back-burner idea. Well, finally, here we go. To recap, these arcs represent straight-line paths out...
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Constructing Knowledge through Geometry: Ramon Llull’s Figures in Ars Magna, 1305 Catalan polymath, Ramon Llull was the first person to conceive a device able to externalise the...
3rd Nov 2021
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Constructing Knowledge through Geometry: Ramon Llull’s Figures in Ars Magna, 1305

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3rd Nov 2021
Catalan polymath, Ramon Llull was the first person to conceive a device able to externalise the human mind. In his seminal opus, the Ars Magna, Llull conceived a series of figures that could replicate the mental ability to connect information in order to acquire knowledge. Thanks...
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The Solar Manifesto - Part 2. ...or how hard it is to name the foundations of a healthy home?
9th Jan 2022
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The Solar Manifesto - Part 2.

from The Solarchitecture Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

9th Jan 2022
...or how hard it is to name the foundations of a healthy home?
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On bounties Michael Kaminsky recently emailed me an interesting post he wrote about bounties in open source, and...
12th Oct 2020
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On bounties

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12th Oct 2020
Michael Kaminsky recently emailed me an interesting post he wrote about bounties in open source, and I took the opportunity to write up some thoughts that had been swirling in my head for a while. You can find the (lightly edited) response I sent to him below. ~ Bounties are...
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What a GIS & Map Librarian does all day The two most common responses I get when I tell people that I’m a map librarian at UC Berkeley are:...
7th Sep 2022
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What a GIS & Map Librarian does all day

from Blog - Guerrilla Cartography [alt+shift+b] in architecture

7th Sep 2022
The two most common responses I get when I tell people that I’m a map librarian at UC Berkeley are: I didn’t know that was a job?! and I love maps! These are both fair reactions. It’s not a very common job. And maps are very cool. Just like a typical librarian’s work does not...
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Silver Machine (Stoke-on-Trent Bus Station, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK) With a horrid shock of recognition, I suddenly realised what Stoke-on-Trent Bus Station reminded me...
9th Feb 2022
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Silver Machine (Stoke-on-Trent Bus Station, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK)

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9th Feb 2022
With a horrid shock of recognition, I suddenly realised what Stoke-on-Trent Bus Station reminded me of. As a one-time public transport officer in a local authority I, like most others, often experienced the depressing feeling of being unable to source enough funding to keep an...
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The Story of Titanium The earth contains a lot of titanium - it’s the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust. By...
7th Jul 2023
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The Story of Titanium

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7th Jul 2023
The earth contains a lot of titanium - it’s the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust. By mass, there’s more titanium in the earth’s crust than carbon by a factor of nearly 30, and more titanium than copper by a factor of nearly 100. But despite its abundance, it's...
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The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of...
2nd Oct 2024
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The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis

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2nd Oct 2024
A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of architectural, cinematic, and literary history.
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Guerrillas in the Midst: Crowdsourcing Cartography When I think about what Guerrilla Cartography does, I think of building and creating something new...
26th Aug 2024
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Guerrillas in the Midst: Crowdsourcing Cartography

from Blog - Guerrilla Cartography [alt+shift+b] in architecture

26th Aug 2024
When I think about what Guerrilla Cartography does, I think of building and creating something new from many different pieces, like a puzzle that only makes sense once it’s put together. But unlike a puzzle, there is no single correct way to put the pieces together, as they can...
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The Landscape Architecture of Auroras on Demand I’ve mentioned the following story to so many people, I thought I might as well put up a quick post...
18th Mar 2026
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The Landscape Architecture of Auroras on Demand

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18th Mar 2026
I’ve mentioned the following story to so many people, I thought I might as well put up a quick post about it. There are strong Kristian Birkeland vibes with this—and, of course, anything involving an entire mountain transformed into a kind of passive-cosmic megamachine is bound...
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LED Lighting Is Hidden Throughout This Home To Create A Soft Warm Glow Interior design studio, Pure AW’s Designers Ltd, has shared a modern apartment they completed in...
1st Jun 2023
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LED Lighting Is Hidden Throughout This Home To Create A Soft Warm Glow

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1st Jun 2023
Interior design studio, Pure AW’s Designers Ltd, has shared a modern apartment they completed in Kowloon, Hong Kong, that combines warm woods and soft lighting. Designed for a couple with two children, the apartment’s interior is influenced by traditional Nordic aesthetics and...
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High Speed at High Speed (Tianjin West station, China) In scale and speed of construction, Tianjin West seems almost impossible – especially when viewed...
4th Oct 2023
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High Speed at High Speed (Tianjin West station, China)

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4th Oct 2023
In scale and speed of construction, Tianjin West seems almost impossible – especially when viewed from Britain. It is, therefore, the perfect embodiment of China’s high speed rail network, on which the station can be found. It is also, I am sorry to say, the antithesis of the...
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Transportation After the Age of Expansion The era of transportation expansion was a success. That’s exactly why it needs to end.
5th Jan 2026
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Transportation After the Age of Expansion

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5th Jan 2026
The era of transportation expansion was a success. That’s exactly why it needs to end.
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What makes housing so expensive? Buying a home is by far the largest purchase most of us will make, and paying the rent or mortgage...
2nd Apr 2024
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What makes housing so expensive?

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2nd Apr 2024
Buying a home is by far the largest purchase most of us will make, and paying the rent or mortgage will be our largest monthly expense. In the post-pandemic home-buying boom, the median sale price of a new home peaked at almost $500,000 dollars, just under
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An Unfortunate Comparison I’m not a big fan of mid-twentieth-century modernism, and I still agree that Bertrand Goldberg’s...
1st Jun 2024
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An Unfortunate Comparison

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1st Jun 2024
I’m not a big fan of mid-twentieth-century modernism, and I still agree that Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina City is remarkable architecture. From the north: From the south: There’s just one little detail that got stuck in my head that partially ruins looking at it for me. Every...
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This Alley Between Buildings Was Transformed With A Series Of Arches Photography by Robin Hill Daniel Toole Architecture in collaboration with SB Architects, has...
1st May 2024
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This Alley Between Buildings Was Transformed With A Series Of Arches

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1st May 2024
Photography by Robin Hill Daniel Toole Architecture in collaboration with SB Architects, has transformed a nondescript alley in Miami, Florida, with a series of concrete arches. Photography by Heywood Chan This alley was originally surrounded by trash rooms, dumpsters, mechanical...
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Maps Without Words; Words Without Maps During the early period of my self-isolation in Arizona, USA, Guerrilla Cartography put out a call...
2nd Dec 2020
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Maps Without Words; Words Without Maps

from Blog - Guerrilla Cartography [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2nd Dec 2020
During the early period of my self-isolation in Arizona, USA, Guerrilla Cartography put out a call for maps that represented “Community,” to be completed in 24 hours. Along with the call for maps, GC offered and organized free online talks, which included various and interesting...
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The rain on terrain If you poured water over the terrain somewhere in the world, where would it go? That’s perhaps one...
14th Oct 2016
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The rain on terrain

from Cartogrammar [alt+shift+b] in architecture

14th Oct 2016
If you poured water over the terrain somewhere in the world, where would it go? That’s perhaps one way to think of the thing that distracted me in the evenings this week. [Edit: an interactive map should appear here, but there are some unresolved issues. Check out the...
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Announcing ‘A Mainline Station Heritage Artefacts Collection’ I have been thinking *a lot* about heritage artefacts at mainline railway stations over the last few...
3rd Dec 2025
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Announcing ‘A Mainline Station Heritage Artefacts Collection’

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3rd Dec 2025
I have been thinking *a lot* about heritage artefacts at mainline railway stations over the last few years. They are so important in telling the story of the railway station at which they are located (and quite often the history of the wider railway industry), yet frequently go...
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texas gothic revival Sometimes I just want to get on my hobbyhorse, which for about a year now has been the middle ages...
1st Jun 2024
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texas gothic revival

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1st Jun 2024
Sometimes I just want to get on my hobbyhorse, which for about a year now has been the middle ages but surely will soon be something else. (Please hyperfixation gods, make it financial literacy.) Anyway, I meandered around the nation (online) in search of another opportunity to...
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Travel photos are underrated I snapped many photos while wandering Haifa last week, as I always do whenever I see something new...
9th Jun 2019
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Travel photos are underrated

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9th Jun 2019
I snapped many photos while wandering Haifa last week, as I always do whenever I see something new or interesting while exploring a city. I was with my friend Tyler, who conspicuously does not take photos while exploring a new place. I asked him why, and his answer was, "It's a...
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Weeding is Fundamental On October 17th, 1989, the Oakland A’s were playing the San Francisco Giants in the World Series,...
5th Aug 2025
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Weeding is Fundamental

from 99% Invisible [alt+shift+b] in architecture

5th Aug 2025
On October 17th, 1989, the Oakland A’s were playing the San Francisco Giants in the World Series, but just as the game was kicking off—the television broadcast cut out. When the signal came back, it was no longer the baseball game. These were the early minutes of the Loma Prieta...
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Airport Reading List The major sources I found helpful for learning about airports and their construction are listed...
3rd Mar 2024
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Airport Reading List

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in architecture

3rd Mar 2024
The major sources I found helpful for learning about airports and their construction are listed below. As usual, these are listed roughly in order of how useful I found them. And because “useful” isn’t the same as “actually interesting to read” I’ve marked the books that are...
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Carlos Morago. Across the Ordinary Interior Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced...
22nd Jan 2023
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Carlos Morago. Across the Ordinary Interior

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22nd Jan 2023
Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced to the bare minimum: light floors and walls and sporadical furniture. Empty corridors and rooms are framed through opened doors and walls while opening on uneventful exteriors...
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Independence for whom? I recently spent a day at Sea Ranch, a strange and beautiful place. Sea Ranch is a planned community...
23rd Mar 2019
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Independence for whom?

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23rd Mar 2019
I recently spent a day at Sea Ranch, a strange and beautiful place. Sea Ranch is a planned community with a distinctive architectural style: simple timber-frame structures clad in wooden siding, and gardens all planted with native flora. The Sea Ranch Design Committee enforces...
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Places in Time III This third and most likely last installment in the inadvertent "Places in Time" series looks closely...
4th Dec 2023
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Places in Time III

from A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books [alt+shift+b] in architecture

4th Dec 2023
This third and most likely last installment in the inadvertent "Places in Time" series looks closely at three books: the first about Chicago from the Great Depression to the mid-1980s; the second one about the broader American built landscape over roughly the same period of time;...
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Three Ways of Understanding the Housing Crisis Why supply, demand, and structure lead to very different theories of change.
2nd Mar 2026
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Three Ways of Understanding the Housing Crisis

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2nd Mar 2026
Why supply, demand, and structure lead to very different theories of change.
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Panama City Walking Tour: the Old Town of Casco Viejo Built in waves across centuries, it tells a story on every street.
7th Apr 2025
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Panama City Walking Tour: the Old Town of Casco Viejo

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7th Apr 2025
Built in waves across centuries, it tells a story on every street.
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Why do we need infrastructure policy? My title at IFP is "Senior Infrastructure Fellow," which means that in addition to publishing this...
1st Sep 2023
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Why do we need infrastructure policy?

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Sep 2023
My title at IFP is "Senior Infrastructure Fellow," which means that in addition to publishing this newsletter, I do work related to infrastructure policy. At a high level, that work is figuring out which things we should be building, and how we can make building those things...
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The Stunning Cliffside Home That Makes You Feel Like You’re Living in the Trees Tucked into the northern shore of Lake Tremblant, Canada, La Flèche is a contemporary residence by...
1st Jul 2025
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The Stunning Cliffside Home That Makes You Feel Like You’re Living in the Trees

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Jul 2025
Tucked into the northern shore of Lake Tremblant, Canada, La Flèche is a contemporary residence by MU Architecture that reinterprets the traditional chalet through bold geometry and material sensitivity. Designed as a multigenerational retreat, it offers a lasting connection to...
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The Permanence of Form from Vernacular to Rationalism: Giuseppe Pagano’s “Architettura Rurale... Giuseppe Pagano was a central figure in Italian architecture of the first part of the 20th century....
16th Jun 2024
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The Permanence of Form from Vernacular to Rationalism: Giuseppe Pagano’s “Architettura Rurale Italiana” at Milan Triennale (1936)

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16th Jun 2024
Giuseppe Pagano was a central figure in Italian architecture of the first part of the 20th century. Along with his practice as a rationalist architect and his political engagement, which led him to leave the Fascist Party, join the Resistance, and later be deported to Mauthausen,...
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White Elephants in the State of Vermont This map, which originally appeared in the Community atlas, has been revised. The typeface has been...
14th Jul 2020
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White Elephants in the State of Vermont

from Blog - Guerrilla Cartography [alt+shift+b] in architecture

14th Jul 2020
This map, which originally appeared in the Community atlas, has been revised. The typeface has been changed to Cornerstone, which is used in the logo for the Black Lives Matter movement. How did you decide to map what you mapped for the Community atlas?  That was the question...
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Constructing Bourgoin’s Figure 171 – Part 1 Just veering off into geometry here…. In November I was watching Eric Broug, an Islamic geometric...
26th Jan 2022
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Constructing Bourgoin’s Figure 171 – Part 1

from The Wandering Cartographer [alt+shift+b] in architecture

26th Jan 2022
Just veering off into geometry here…. In November I was watching Eric Broug, an Islamic geometric design guru, give a talk online at an Islamic art conference, and I noticed that behind him they were projecting an interesting pattern on the scrim. I froze the video and grabbed a...
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Inside the Chic Winery Where the Owners Got Married Frank Family Vineyards has unveiled Miller House, a new hospitality space designed to host guests in...
1st Jun 2025
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Inside the Chic Winery Where the Owners Got Married

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Jun 2025
Frank Family Vineyards has unveiled Miller House, a new hospitality space designed to host guests in a setting that’s both refined and deeply personal. Located in Calistoga, California, the space was created by Hawkins Interiors in collaboration with Backen & Backen for...
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Semiconductor fab reading list Like with most types of construction, there's no one source that explains how a semiconductor fab is...
3rd May 2024
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Semiconductor fab reading list

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in architecture

3rd May 2024
Like with most types of construction, there's no one source that explains how a semiconductor fab is built and operates. But there's an enormous amount written about semiconductors and the technology used to manufacture them, much of it excellent and informative, which makes it...
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Free Spirits There are strange happenings in dusty, old, forgotten small towns on the border of nowhere....
1st Apr 2021
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Free Spirits

from Blog - Guerrilla Cartography [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Apr 2021
There are strange happenings in dusty, old, forgotten small towns on the border of nowhere. Particularly when the end of October draws near. Sightings. Strange lights. Spirits. There are always spirits. I live in such a place. Me and my dog Jazz. “Jazz,” I said, “it’s that time...
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Book Review: Healthy Buildings Healthy Buildings, written by John Macomber and Joseph Allen is, as the title suggests, a book about...
8th May 2023
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Book Review: Healthy Buildings

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8th May 2023
Healthy Buildings, written by John Macomber and Joseph Allen is, as the title suggests, a book about how buildings affect health. Allen is a former environmental consultant, professor of public health, and director of Harvard’s “Healthy Buildings” program. Macomber is a lecturer...
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How Germany’s Most Beautiful City Was Destroyed… and Rebuilt Dresden, a stunning city in Germany, was nearly wiped out during World War II when it was bombed,...
4th Feb 2025
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How Germany’s Most Beautiful City Was Destroyed… and Rebuilt

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4th Feb 2025
Dresden, a stunning city in Germany, was nearly wiped out during World War II when it was bombed, leaving only ruins behind. But its story didn’t end there—this is a tale of how Dresden came back to life, and rose from the ashes like a phoenix. Before the war, Dresden was known...
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How did solar power get cheap? Part I Solar photovoltaics (PV) have become one of the cheapest sources of electricity. Lazard’s estimate...
12th Apr 2023
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How did solar power get cheap? Part I

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12th Apr 2023
Solar photovoltaics (PV) have become one of the cheapest sources of electricity. Lazard’s estimate of unsubsidized levelized cost of energy (LCOE)
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Reading List 04/5/2025 China’s sulfur emissions, Japan’s new semiconductor effort, declining sunbelt housing construction,...
5th Apr 2025
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Reading List 04/5/2025

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5th Apr 2025
China’s sulfur emissions, Japan’s new semiconductor effort, declining sunbelt housing construction, water competition in Texas, and more.
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Answering the Call: How This Church Is Turning Faith Into Affordable Housing Charlotte, North Carolina, is in the middle of a housing crisis. Churches are stepping up to help.
17th Jun 2025
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Answering the Call: How This Church Is Turning Faith Into Affordable Housing

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17th Jun 2025
Charlotte, North Carolina, is in the middle of a housing crisis. Churches are stepping up to help.
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Tubular Belle (Køge Nord station, Køge, Denmark) Stuck on the E20 motorway heading for Copenhagen? Køge Nord station very much hopes you are...
9th Nov 2022
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Tubular Belle (Køge Nord station, Køge, Denmark)

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9th Nov 2022
Stuck on the E20 motorway heading for Copenhagen? Køge Nord station very much hopes you are...
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Buenos Aires recommendations I wrote a Buenos Aires guide with recommendations and tips for a group of friends I was traveling...
6th Mar 2022
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Buenos Aires recommendations

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6th Mar 2022
I wrote a Buenos Aires guide with recommendations and tips for a group of friends I was traveling with in December 2021, and I figured it might be useful to other people too. I adore Buenos Aires and spend about a month each year there, so I'm always thrilled to hear when friends...
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Soane, Mackintosh, Jencks: Three Architects, Three Exceptional Houses A residential designer visits a few buildings that are important to his own perspective.
13th Oct 2025
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Soane, Mackintosh, Jencks: Three Architects, Three Exceptional Houses

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13th Oct 2025
A residential designer visits a few buildings that are important to his own perspective.
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VR Study Shows People Prefer Traditional Architecture Over Modernist Designs Traditional architecture has been found to contribute more to people’s well-being than modernist...
22nd Nov 2023
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VR Study Shows People Prefer Traditional Architecture Over Modernist Designs

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22nd Nov 2023
Traditional architecture has been found to contribute more to people’s well-being than modernist glass and steel buildings, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) in Oslo. Using virtual reality (VR) technology, the team...
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Antler Flagship Store on Regent Street by Checkland Kindleysides Antler is a British travel brand with over 110 years of design and travel expertise behind it. In...
1st Jun 2026
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Antler Flagship Store on Regent Street by Checkland Kindleysides

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1st Jun 2026
Antler is a British travel brand with over 110 years of design and travel expertise behind it. In collaboration with...
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IVF egg retrieval notes I’ve now done two egg retrieval cycles. Given that I had a zillion questions before I started, I...
2nd Apr 2024
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IVF egg retrieval notes

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2nd Apr 2024
I’ve now done two egg retrieval cycles. Given that I had a zillion questions before I started, I thought I’d share my notes for others who might have similar questions. Things I would’ve loved to know beforehand Overall the process was way easier and less intense than I...
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The Early Stages From Lewis Hine, “Plumbing up a column” at the Empire State Building: First, as with nearly all of...
30th Oct 2025
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The Early Stages

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30th Oct 2025
From Lewis Hine, “Plumbing up a column” at the Empire State Building: First, as with nearly all of Hine’s photos, what a work of art. Second, I’m not sure if that’s a beret as a particularly stylish way to not have a hard hat, or if it’s a flat cap worn backwards. Nothing that...
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QGIS 3 and Vector map tiles If you’ve ever tried printing a map from the Open Street Map tile service (available in QGIS through...
10th Jan 2021
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QGIS 3 and Vector map tiles

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10th Jan 2021
If you’ve ever tried printing a map from the Open Street Map tile service (available in QGIS through QuickMapServices plugin) you’ve experienced the annoyance of having all your labels come out tiny. In other words, you see this on the screen… But then you get this out of your...
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Architecture as Described through Sight Lines: Hans Vredeman de Vries’ Perspective, 1604 Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527 – c. 1607) was a Renaissance architect from the Netherlands, best known...
22nd Jun 2025
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Architecture as Described through Sight Lines: Hans Vredeman de Vries’ Perspective, 1604

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22nd Jun 2025
Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527 – c. 1607) was a Renaissance architect from the Netherlands, best known for his printed works. In 1604, he published his most renowned tome, which offers a rich visual exploration of the possibilities of linear perspective in the depiction of...
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A Belated Personal Anniversary I really intended to post this when it was the correct week (I don’t remember the day)…four weeks...
1st Oct 2026
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A Belated Personal Anniversary

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1st Oct 2026
I really intended to post this when it was the correct week (I don’t remember the day)…four weeks ago…but in any case last month marks the 50th anniversary of me starting to commute by subway, in 7th grade. At first it was simply the 7 train to Grand Central for school in east...
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A Yellow Interior Sets The Tone For This Cafe SIKORA INTERIORS has shared photos of a new dessert cafe with a bright yellow interior they...
3rd Mar 2025
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A Yellow Interior Sets The Tone For This Cafe

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3rd Mar 2025
SIKORA INTERIORS has shared photos of a new dessert cafe with a bright yellow interior they completed in the historic downtown of Hanseatic city in Poland. The goal was to create a bold, experimental space that would establish a strong new brand. The designers’ inspiration came...
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A Guide to Interior Photography of Historic Buildings - Part III Interior views add valuable information to the documentation of a historic building. To capture the...
10th Apr 2023
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A Guide to Interior Photography of Historic Buildings - Part III

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10th Apr 2023
Interior views add valuable information to the documentation of a historic building. To capture the true essence of the building, the...
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Places in Time I Like most human beings, I can be contradictory at times. One area where this manifests is...
4th Sep 2023
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Places in Time I

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4th Sep 2023
Like most human beings, I can be contradictory at times. One area where this manifests is architectural surveys: books that usually collect buildings of a certain typology, but also ones spanning a particular timeframe or through some other theme. I've written a few of them...
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The Wide Open When the Endangered Species Act passed in 1973, it was considered a bipartisan home run. The Act...
4th Feb 2025
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The Wide Open

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4th Feb 2025
When the Endangered Species Act passed in 1973, it was considered a bipartisan home run. The Act established protections for plants and animals on the endangered and threatened species lists, and across the aisle, everyone seemed to agree that it would be bad for a bunch of...
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Stage Design as a Narrative Device: Norman Bel Geddes’ Stage Set for The Divine Comedy (1921) American stage and industrial designer, director and producer Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958) worked...
6th Mar 2022
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Stage Design as a Narrative Device: Norman Bel Geddes’ Stage Set for The Divine Comedy (1921)

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6th Mar 2022
American stage and industrial designer, director and producer Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958) worked on a theatrical staging of Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy to be performed in Madison Square Garden in 1921 on the sexcentenary of Dante’s death. Geddes planned the...
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The Rise of Steel - Part I One of the defining characteristics of the modern world is the ubiquity of steel. Nearly every...
5th Jan 2023
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The Rise of Steel - Part I

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5th Jan 2023
One of the defining characteristics of the modern world is the ubiquity of steel. Nearly every product of industrial civilization relies on steel, either as a component or as part of the equipment used to produce it. Without it, Vaclav Smil notes in “Still the Iron Age”, modern...
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Buildings are important People are born in themGrow up in them Fall in love in them Get married in them Raise kids in them...
31st Aug 2023
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Buildings are important

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31st Aug 2023
People are born in themGrow up in them Fall in love in them Get married in them Raise kids in them Grow old in them Die in them Buildings are important. People decide big things here Decide on small things too Draw conclusions inside Make plans Change plans Change our minds Make...
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Does Building More Housing Bankrupt Cities? The Numerate Case for Aesthetic Abundance
3 weeks ago
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Does Building More Housing Bankrupt Cities?

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3 weeks ago
The Numerate Case for Aesthetic Abundance
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A Building to Tell the Time: The Toghrol Tower in Rey, Iran (1063) The Toghrol Tower is a 20 meters high tower located in the city of Rey in Iran made of bricks and...
11th Dec 2022
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A Building to Tell the Time: The Toghrol Tower in Rey, Iran (1063)

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11th Dec 2022
The Toghrol Tower is a 20 meters high tower located in the city of Rey in Iran made of bricks and Sarooj, a water-resistant mortar. It was erected in 1063, and according to some sources, it was conceived as the tomb of Tuğrul Beg, the founder of the Seljuk dynasty. Other scholars...
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Misreading Milei: The American press can only see Argentina through US-colored glasses It's been frustrating to see the US coverage of Milei, Argentina's new president. They are deeply...
12th Dec 2023
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Misreading Milei: The American press can only see Argentina through US-colored glasses

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12th Dec 2023
It's been frustrating to see the US coverage of Milei, Argentina's new president. They are deeply misunderstanding (or misrepresenting?) what's going on. It seems the American press can only understand Argentine politics through the lens of the US, when really it's just a totally...
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The Trouble With Architectural Publishing The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.
5th May 2026
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The Trouble With Architectural Publishing

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5th May 2026
The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.
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A Dark Brick Exterior For A Home Surrounded By Trees Scott Posno Design has shared photos of a modern home they completed in Vancouver, Canada, that...
1st Jan 2025
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A Dark Brick Exterior For A Home Surrounded By Trees

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1st Jan 2025
Scott Posno Design has shared photos of a modern home they completed in Vancouver, Canada, that showcases a dark brick exterior.
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Supreme Court allows Trump's White House ballroom construction to continue This just in: The U.S. Supreme Court today allowed construction of Trump's $400 million White House...
1st Sep 2026
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Supreme Court allows Trump's White House ballroom construction to continue

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1st Sep 2026
This just in: The U.S. Supreme Court today allowed construction of Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project to proceed indefinitely while legal challenges continue. In a 5–4 decision, the court blocked lower-court rulings that would have paused the aboveground portion of...
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The Astor Building 2 Keeping on with the construction photos of the St. Regis Hotel under its temporary name “the Astor...
1st Sep 2026
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The Astor Building 2

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1st Sep 2026
Keeping on with the construction photos of the St. Regis Hotel under its temporary name “the Astor Building”… Unlike my previous dive into the construction photos of the Equitable Trust Building on Broad Street, the main sequence photos here (which are numbered and dated) begin...
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Now That Information Is Free, What’s a College Campus For? The internet and AI haven't killed the classroom. Instead, they’ve changed what university buildings...
1st Oct 2026
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Now That Information Is Free, What’s a College Campus For?

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1st Oct 2026
The internet and AI haven't killed the classroom. Instead, they’ve changed what university buildings can and should be used for.
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What’s good for General Motors is good for America On March 15 I tweeted, “If America hadn’t decided to create a new national transportation system...
16th Mar 2023
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What’s good for General Motors is good for America

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16th Mar 2023
On March 15 I tweeted, “If America hadn’t decided to create a new national transportation system based on individuals in private cars driving everywhere for everything, climate change would be a very different—and smaller—problem than it is.” I posted the … Continue reading → The...
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This Open Cabin Was Designed For Children Architecture Firm Imaginary Objects, has shared photos of a small child-friendly cabin they...
7th Apr 2025
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This Open Cabin Was Designed For Children

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7th Apr 2025
Architecture Firm Imaginary Objects, has shared photos of a small child-friendly cabin they completed in Chonburi, Thailand, that's inspired by the spirit of a treehouse.
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Chairs For Sitting On Stairs ARTA Architects has designed the Tai Kwun Chairs for The Hong Kong Jockey Club, allowing a more...
6th Dec 2024
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Chairs For Sitting On Stairs

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6th Dec 2024
ARTA Architects has designed the Tai Kwun Chairs for The Hong Kong Jockey Club, allowing a more comfortable and modular seating solution for these stairs. The chairs complement the distinctive design languages of the Tai Kwun arts and cultural centre’s ancient and contemporary...
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ode to a faux grecian urn Howdy everyone, Today’s house, built in 2001, comes to you from, you guessed it, the Chicago...
2nd Apr 2024
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ode to a faux grecian urn

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2nd Apr 2024
Howdy everyone, Today’s house, built in 2001, comes to you from, you guessed it, the Chicago suburbs. The house is a testimony to traditional craftsmanship and traditional values (having lots of money.) The cost of painting this house greige is approximately the GDP of Slovenia...
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Interculturality as Shelter Interculturality as Shelter is a map made of many maps. It examines the ways in which young migrants...
25th Jul 2023
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Interculturality as Shelter

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25th Jul 2023
Interculturality as Shelter is a map made of many maps. It examines the ways in which young migrants experience interculturality in the neighborhood where their school is located. It shows their ways of feeling, walking, and making the city. A neighborhood where nobody...
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Copper Kitchen Cabinets Add To The Refined Rustic Feeling Inside This Renovated Historic Loft MU Architecture has shared photos of a renovated historic loft in Montreal's Old Port that...
25th Mar 2025
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Copper Kitchen Cabinets Add To The Refined Rustic Feeling Inside This Renovated Historic Loft

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25th Mar 2025
MU Architecture has shared photos of a renovated historic loft in Montreal's Old Port that seamlessly blends heritage with modern design.
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This Elevated Home Allows Plants To Be Grown Underneath Bates Masi + Architects has sent us photos of a new home they recently completed in Bridgehampton,...
9th Jan 2024
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This Elevated Home Allows Plants To Be Grown Underneath

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9th Jan 2024
Bates Masi + Architects has sent us photos of a new home they recently completed in Bridgehampton, New York, that has its living spaces elevated above the ground.
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Olmsted Trees Olmsted Trees Photographs by Stanley Greenberg, with contributions by Tom Avermaete, Kevin Baker,...
10th Oct 2022
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Olmsted Trees

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10th Oct 2022
Olmsted Trees Photographs by Stanley Greenberg, with contributions by Tom Avermaete, Kevin Baker, Mindy Thompson Fullilove Hirmer Publishers, August 2022 Hardcover | 9 x 11 inches | 160 pages | 100 illustrations | German/English | ISBN: | $X.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: Central...
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Before + After – A New Garden Studio For A Writer MW Architects has shared photos of a new garden room in London, England, that replaced an old...
1st Mar 2024
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Before + After – A New Garden Studio For A Writer

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1st Mar 2024
MW Architects has shared photos of a new garden room in London, England, that replaced an old derelict wash house, that was in danger of slipping down a steep slope and existed at the back of an overgrown garden. Here’s what it looked like originally. The new studio, which has...
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Complicated History, Nice Backdrop From February 1946, a view of the East River waterfront in Brooklyn, with lower Manhattan in the...
1st Aug 2024
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Complicated History, Nice Backdrop

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1st Aug 2024
From February 1946, a view of the East River waterfront in Brooklyn, with lower Manhattan in the background. It was a cold month: note the ice in the river past the train storage to the right of pier 15. This is the old pier 15, which was close to the foot of Montague Street. It...
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Cartographic palettes and colour harmonies This story begins one day when I was assembling a map of the city of Edmonton, Alberta from...
27th Jul 2022
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Cartographic palettes and colour harmonies

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27th Jul 2022
This story begins one day when I was assembling a map of the city of Edmonton, Alberta from OpenStreetMap data. It was going to be a big map, a 42″ (106 cm) wide poster for a wall. The data was good, but the standard OSM colours were not. They would work fine for a street …...
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Turn your Bedroom to a Sleep Sanctuary: 7 Vital Design Tips Upgrades for the deepest sleep of your life
1st Oct 2025
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Turn your Bedroom to a Sleep Sanctuary: 7 Vital Design Tips

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1st Oct 2025
Upgrades for the deepest sleep of your life
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Field notes: Miami Update 5-Dec-2021: Read the updated version of these notes here. These field notes are a bit...
21st Apr 2021
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Field notes: Miami

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21st Apr 2021
Update 5-Dec-2021: Read the updated version of these notes here. These field notes are a bit different from previous cities I've explored, because unlike those, Miami is my home! So this post partially serves as a life update—I moved to Miami Beach from California a few months...
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Mapping Francis Younghusband in the Gobi Desert, 1887, Part 3: Hun-kua-ling sandhills to Ya-hu oasis [Go back to Part 2: From the Galpin Gobi to the Hun-kua-ling sandhills.] From here to the Ya-hu...
29th Jun 2020
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Mapping Francis Younghusband in the Gobi Desert, 1887, Part 3: Hun-kua-ling sandhills to Ya-hu oasis

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29th Jun 2020
[Go back to Part 2: From the Galpin Gobi to the Hun-kua-ling sandhills.] From here to the Ya-hu oasis (which Younghusband reaches on June 23rd) the route is obscure, and we find old maps less useful. We have to rely more upon comparing his route description with images of the...
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The Hard Parts of Open Source, by Evan Czaplicki Speaker: Evan Czaplicki Meeting: Strange Loop 2018 - September 2018 Video:...
25th Jan 2019
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The Hard Parts of Open Source, by Evan Czaplicki

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25th Jan 2019
Speaker: Evan Czaplicki Meeting: Strange Loop 2018 - September 2018 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_4EX4dPppA Slides: https://prezi.com/oowcpzsnwp-8/the-hard-parts-of-open-source/?webgl=0 [ References to videos, books, and articles mentioned in this...
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What’s Not Stated This newspaper clipping in one of the New York Public Library’s scrapbooks has no explanation, but...
1st Nov 2024
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What’s Not Stated

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1st Nov 2024
This newspaper clipping in one of the New York Public Library’s scrapbooks has no explanation, but I’m pretty sure I know what it’s about. The somewhat ominous caption “Park Avenue Tunnel Choked With the Debris” is probably describing the aftermath of the January 1902 crash...
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My Favourite Parks Are Car Parks (Worcestershire Parkway, Worcestershire, UK) A very particular kind of hush descends as the 1253 to Worcester Shrub Hill departs. That hush is...
12th Oct 2022
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My Favourite Parks Are Car Parks (Worcestershire Parkway, Worcestershire, UK)

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12th Oct 2022
A very particular kind of hush descends as the 1253 to Worcester Shrub Hill departs. That hush is the hush of the parkway station between train services, and the station it has just departed from is Worcestershire Parkway. Though one of the best designed parkway stations, and a...
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Michelangelo Caetani’s Six Topographic Maps of the Divine Comedy As a follow up to the latest post on Norman Bel Geddes’s stage set design for Dante Alighieri’s...
24th Apr 2022
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Michelangelo Caetani’s Six Topographic Maps of the Divine Comedy

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24th Apr 2022
As a follow up to the latest post on Norman Bel Geddes’s stage set design for Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, here we feature the six maps drawn by Michelangelo Caetani in a book titled La materia della Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri dichiarata in VI tavole, Roma (1855). A...
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This Tall And Skinny House Also Has A Rooftop Pool Story Architecture has shared photos of a new tall and skinny home they recently completed in Ho Chi...
5th Mar 2024
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This Tall And Skinny House Also Has A Rooftop Pool

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5th Mar 2024
Story Architecture has shared photos of a new tall and skinny home they recently completed in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for a family of four with two sons.
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With Rhetoric: The New York Apartment House WHEN I was in graduate school, I was one of the editors of VIA IV: “Culture and the Social Vision.”...
1st Dec 2024
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With Rhetoric: The New York Apartment House

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1st Dec 2024
WHEN I was in graduate school, I was one of the editors of VIA IV: “Culture and the Social Vision.” I helped Robert A.M. Stern write New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915. My summer job turned into a … Continue reading → The post With Rhetoric: The New...
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The 15 Minute City In February 2023, over two thousand people took to the streets in Oxford, England to protest their...
3rd Dec 2024
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The 15 Minute City

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3rd Dec 2024
In February 2023, over two thousand people took to the streets in Oxford, England to protest their local government. They were wearing yellow vests and chanting slogans about the municipality’s new traffic policies. But most notably, many of them were vocally angry about a new...
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Homeless and Shelters in São Paulo When I was looking at the homeless census maps, my curiosity was sparked and I started to wonder...
17th Jan 2022
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Homeless and Shelters in São Paulo

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17th Jan 2022
When I was looking at the homeless census maps, my curiosity was sparked and I started to wonder what other visualizations and cartographical explorations could be possible. I have a deep interest in censuses because I have been working specifically in a peripheral communities’...
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How Does Architectural Knowledge Get Passed On in the AI Office? Technology may reduce production hours, but that lengthier process has been a crucial learning time...
1st Sep 2026
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How Does Architectural Knowledge Get Passed On in the AI Office?

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1st Sep 2026
Technology may reduce production hours, but that lengthier process has been a crucial learning time for younger professionals.
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Shelter: An Atlas Food, water, shelter. The tripartite of basic needs. Without these no living thing can survive. Not...
3rd Jan 2023
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Shelter: An Atlas

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3rd Jan 2023
Food, water, shelter. The tripartite of basic needs. Without these no living thing can survive. Not a spider, not a badger, not a tree, not a human. The first two — food and water — are obvious; without them, sustenance is impossible. The food we eat gives us energy through...
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When a Beloved Client Dies The connection between designer and user can—wonderfully and painfully—transcend the business of...
4th Aug 2025
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When a Beloved Client Dies

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4th Aug 2025
The connection between designer and user can—wonderfully and painfully—transcend the business of architecture.
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Man Ray, Mathematical Objects (1934-36) The collection of 19th-century three-dimensional models of algebraic and differential equations at...
14th Jan 2024
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Man Ray, Mathematical Objects (1934-36)

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14th Jan 2024
The collection of 19th-century three-dimensional models of algebraic and differential equations at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris made a great impression on Surrealist artists. Allegedly, after Max Ernst brought these wood, metal, wire, and plaster forms to Man Ray’s...
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This Library Is Almost Entirely Built Into The Land Around It Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has recently completed a new library in Kisarazu, Japan, that has been built...
18th Dec 2023
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This Library Is Almost Entirely Built Into The Land Around It

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18th Dec 2023
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has recently completed a new library in Kisarazu, Japan, that has been built into the earth.
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Four Versions: This Is How Penn Station, NY, Might Look if Rebuilt You may have heard about ReThinkNYC, a movement and not-for-profit corporation dedicated to...
13th Jun 2024
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Four Versions: This Is How Penn Station, NY, Might Look if Rebuilt

from THE ARCHITECTURAL UPRISING [alt+shift+b] in architecture

13th Jun 2024
You may have heard about ReThinkNYC, a movement and not-for-profit corporation dedicated to rebuilding the original Pennsylvania Station in New York through ReThinkPennStationNYC. Collaborating with classical architect Richard Cameron, they have developed three new variations on...
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The Large Arch Window In Front Of This Cafe Offers A Glimpse Of The Creative Interior Anatomy Architecture + Atelier has shared photos of a cafe they designed in Ayutthaya, Thailand,...
14th Jun 2023
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The Large Arch Window In Front Of This Cafe Offers A Glimpse Of The Creative Interior

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

14th Jun 2023
Anatomy Architecture + Atelier has shared photos of a cafe they designed in Ayutthaya, Thailand, that incorporates a collection of windows to create a welcoming arch shape on its facade.
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Constructing the Pattern on the Sala de la Barca Ceiling I was flipping through Owen Jones’s Grammar of Ornament a couple months ago, and my eye was caught...
4th Apr 2024
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Constructing the Pattern on the Sala de la Barca Ceiling

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4th Apr 2024
I was flipping through Owen Jones’s Grammar of Ornament a couple months ago, and my eye was caught by this handsome pattern I had not noticed before. This is Jones’s Plate XLII, in the chapter on designs from the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. He calls it, “Part of the ceiling of...
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Star Forts, Mines, and Other Maastricht Subterranea I was in Maastricht, Netherlands, for a couple nights last week, mostly as a way to break-up my trip...
18th Sep 2025
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Star Forts, Mines, and Other Maastricht Subterranea

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18th Sep 2025
I was in Maastricht, Netherlands, for a couple nights last week, mostly as a way to break-up my trip across the Atlantic and thus help get over jet-lag before attending an archaeology conference (where I currently type this). I went specifically to Maastricht, however, because...
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Reading List 08/02/2025 European multifamily construction, a robot lamp, China’s self-driving car test, a “mini Moravec's...
2nd Aug 2025
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Reading List 08/02/2025

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2nd Aug 2025
European multifamily construction, a robot lamp, China’s self-driving car test, a “mini Moravec's paradox”, and more.
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bonus mcmansion hell: terrible things are happening in McLean, VA Read the bonus post on Patreon!
27th Oct 2022
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bonus mcmansion hell: terrible things are happening in McLean, VA

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27th Oct 2022
Read the bonus post on Patreon!
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How Often Do Inventions Have Multiple Inventors? When Alexander Graham Bell filed a patent for the telephone on February 14th, 1876, he beat...
5th Jun 2025
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How Often Do Inventions Have Multiple Inventors?

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5th Jun 2025
When Alexander Graham Bell filed a patent for the telephone on February 14th, 1876, he beat competing telephone developer Elisha Gray to the patent office by just a few hours.
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Conceiving the Plan Conceiving the Plan: Nuance and Intimacy in Civic Space Edited by Yael Hameiri Sainsaux Skira,...
5th Dec 2022
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Conceiving the Plan

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5th Dec 2022
Conceiving the Plan: Nuance and Intimacy in Civic Space Edited by Yael Hameiri Sainsaux Skira, August 2022 Hardcover | 12-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches | 240 pages | 170 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9788857246543 | $45.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: In Honor of Diane Lewis...
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What Happens After the Zoning Code Says "Yes" One extra home can change the rules, the costs, and who can afford to build.
2nd Oct 2026
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What Happens After the Zoning Code Says "Yes"

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2nd Oct 2026
One extra home can change the rules, the costs, and who can afford to build.
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Ozymandias And Elitism Is pleasure evidence of unworthiness?
1st Nov 2025
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Ozymandias And Elitism

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1st Nov 2025
Is pleasure evidence of unworthiness?
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A Small Cabin-Like Structure That Can Be Compressed When Not In Use Architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia have shared some photos of their latest design, a small...
8th Mar 2023
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A Small Cabin-Like Structure That Can Be Compressed When Not In Use

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8th Mar 2023
Architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia have shared some photos of their latest design, a small cabin-like room that expands when needed.
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Seven European projects selected as 2026 EU Mies van der Rohe Award finalists ... The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have unveiled the seven finalists for...
6th Feb 2026
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Seven European projects selected as 2026 EU Mies van der Rohe Award finalists

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6th Feb 2026
The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have unveiled the seven finalists for the 2026 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture — Mies van der Rohe Award. A total of five projects were selected as finalists in the Architecture category, with another...
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It’s Not Blue That’s a drawing from 1837 of the new Customs House – now Federal Hall – being constructed at the...
1st Nov 2023
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It’s Not Blue

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1st Nov 2023
That’s a drawing from 1837 of the new Customs House – now Federal Hall – being constructed at the northeast corner of Wall and Nassau Streets. John Frazee is listed as the architect and superintendent, which is not quite accurate: he was working from an architectural design by...
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Can We Afford More Modernist Buildings? A common myth suggests that the unattractiveness of new buildings over the last century is due to...
12th Dec 2023
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Can We Afford More Modernist Buildings?

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12th Dec 2023
A common myth suggests that the unattractiveness of new buildings over the last century is due to rational or economic reasons, implying that building beautifully is too costly. In this article, I’ll debunk this idea and uncover the real reason behind the prevalence of...
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Close To Home From Angelo Rizzuto in 1950, “Broad Street.” It doesn’t instantly look familiar because we’re all...
1st May 2024
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Close To Home

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1st May 2024
From Angelo Rizzuto in 1950, “Broad Street.” It doesn’t instantly look familiar because we’re all used to seeing the north end of Broad Street, where the Stock Exchange and Federal Hall are, or views looking up the street to the north. This is the sound end of Broad, as it runs...
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Marcus Aurelius for Architects and Designers Written more than 1,000 years ago, the Roman emperor’s words of wisdom offer guidance and comfort to...
1st May 2025
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Marcus Aurelius for Architects and Designers

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1st May 2025
Written more than 1,000 years ago, the Roman emperor’s words of wisdom offer guidance and comfort to the profession in the 21st century.
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Brick Is The Material Of Choice For This New Home Architecture and interiors firm Enter Projects Asia, has shared photos of a home they completed in...
15th Sep 2024
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Brick Is The Material Of Choice For This New Home

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15th Sep 2024
Architecture and interiors firm Enter Projects Asia, has shared photos of a home they completed in Phuket, Thailand, that blends design and traditional artisanal craftsmanship.
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Mini-Stories: Volume 20 Happy New Year! We’re starting 2025 with four more mini stories! This week we have a sleepy button,...
7th Jan 2025
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Mini-Stories: Volume 20

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7th Jan 2025
Happy New Year! We’re starting 2025 with four more mini stories! This week we have a sleepy button, electric signs, a very important sticker, and video you can smell. Let’s get into it! Snooze Buttons In the 1950s, General Electric changed alarm clocks forever by adding a snooze...
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Contemplating calendars My friends say that my calendaring practice is atypical (and mock me incessantly for it). They're...
10th Jul 2019
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Contemplating calendars

from devonzuegel.com [alt+shift+b] in architecture

10th Jul 2019
My friends say that my calendaring practice is atypical (and mock me incessantly for it). They're not wrong, but I'll contend that most people underutilize this ubiquitous tool. A calendar is not just a reminder device for keeping track of external events. Used right, a calendar...
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Imagine Standing There Every so often, I mention New York’s industrial past. Compared to a truly industrial city like...
1st Mar 2024
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Imagine Standing There

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1st Mar 2024
Every so often, I mention New York’s industrial past. Compared to a truly industrial city like Philadelphia or Chicago, it’s small-scale stuff, but compared to the present it’s astonishing. Looking at one of the parts of the city devoted to industry before 1920, it’s hard to...
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Want To Bring Your Neighborhood Back to Life? This South Bend Developer Shows How. This homegrown developer is bringing practical, thoughtful, and community-focused housing to...
1st Oct 2025
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Want To Bring Your Neighborhood Back to Life? This South Bend Developer Shows How.

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1st Oct 2025
This homegrown developer is bringing practical, thoughtful, and community-focused housing to disinvested neighborhoods in South Bend, Indiana.
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How Parking Day Brought This Louisiana City Back to Life Here’s how Lafayette, Louisiana, went from a dying downtown to #6 in the country for outdoor dining.
3rd Sep 2025
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How Parking Day Brought This Louisiana City Back to Life

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3rd Sep 2025
Here’s how Lafayette, Louisiana, went from a dying downtown to #6 in the country for outdoor dining.
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Why State Housing Reform is Failing (and What We Can Do About It) Statewide zoning reform isn't producing the wins everyone expected. An architect reveals why: the...
2nd Dec 2025
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Why State Housing Reform is Failing (and What We Can Do About It)

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2nd Dec 2025
Statewide zoning reform isn't producing the wins everyone expected. An architect reveals why: the permissions may have changed, but the reflexes never adapted.
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This New House Was Designed To Fit Into A Protected Historic Neighborhood Architecture firm FLOWER, together with interior design studio Saltwolf, has completed a new home in...
19th Apr 2024
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This New House Was Designed To Fit Into A Protected Historic Neighborhood

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

19th Apr 2024
Architecture firm FLOWER, together with interior design studio Saltwolf, has completed a new home in Boulder, Colorado, whose design was inspired by the nearby historic houses in the neighborhood.
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This Home's Addition Is Designed To Feel Like You've Stepped Into The Garden BENT Architecture has shared photos of a project they designed in Victoria, Australia, that included...
15th Oct 2023
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This Home's Addition Is Designed To Feel Like You've Stepped Into The Garden

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

15th Oct 2023
BENT Architecture has shared photos of a project they designed in Victoria, Australia, that included the design of a rear extension that answers the statement, "Imagine if your home could feel like living in a garden pavilion".
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The Square and the Circle: The Palace of Charles V in Granada (1527) The palace of Charles V in Granada was built starting in 1527 as a summer palace for the emperor....
2nd Oct 2022
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The Square and the Circle: The Palace of Charles V in Granada (1527)

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2nd Oct 2022
The palace of Charles V in Granada was built starting in 1527 as a summer palace for the emperor. The Renaissance building is located inside the Alhambra, the former Nasrid complex on Sabika hill, a notable example of Islamic architecture.  The structure is built in stone and is...
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Transforming French WW1 Lambert Coordinates to WGS84 Nord de Guerre Here’s a survey plat made in 1919 by a US Army unit in France. In the aftermath of...
17th Jan 2024
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Transforming French WW1 Lambert Coordinates to WGS84

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17th Jan 2024
Nord de Guerre Here’s a survey plat made in 1919 by a US Army unit in France. In the aftermath of WW1, teams of American military surveyors produced these as they went around France mapping the grave sites of fallen soldiers. On this plat we can see a number of bearings and...
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Living aesthetics Museum of Orchid Garden community by 城理设计UrbanFabric During the planning process, the architect's prejudgment of "cost/construction" has become the...
1st Mar 2026
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Living aesthetics Museum of Orchid Garden community by 城理设计UrbanFabric

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1st Mar 2026
During the planning process, the architect's prejudgment of "cost/construction" has become the design guiding ideology for the overall cost saving of the project and the avoidance of repeated construction. Considering the internal functions of the building, the first floor is the...
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Photographing the Exterior of a Historic Building: Part II In the 1870s, architectural photographer Albert Levy began capturing old buildings, thus giving rise...
21st Mar 2023
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Photographing the Exterior of a Historic Building: Part II

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21st Mar 2023
In the 1870s, architectural photographer Albert Levy began capturing old buildings, thus giving rise to a new kind of photography called...
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Black Accents Contrast The Wood And White Material Palette Of This Home Design and interior architecture firm EntreQuatreMurs (EQM) has completed the contemporary interiors...
4th Dec 2023
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Black Accents Contrast The Wood And White Material Palette Of This Home

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4th Dec 2023
Design and interior architecture firm EntreQuatreMurs (EQM) has completed the contemporary interiors of a home in Quebec, Canada, that was originally built in 1959. The house had not been renovated for several decades and featured typical enclosed rooms and small, narrow, dark...
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We Built a Dangerous System. Then We Made a PSA About It. How public safety messaging shifts responsibility away from the systems that cause harm.
4th May 2026
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We Built a Dangerous System. Then We Made a PSA About It.

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4th May 2026
How public safety messaging shifts responsibility away from the systems that cause harm.
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My 7 (hidden) roles as an architect A contemplative piece about all the roles in my practice that I do not talk about but I assume them,...
14th Jul 2025
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My 7 (hidden) roles as an architect

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14th Jul 2025
A contemplative piece about all the roles in my practice that I do not talk about but I assume them, all the time.
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Con Permiso: Learning to Navigate Public Space in Mexico City Social graciousness when paths cross is fundamental to this city.
1st Dec 2025
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Con Permiso: Learning to Navigate Public Space in Mexico City

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1st Dec 2025
Social graciousness when paths cross is fundamental to this city.
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New academic dissertation questions architects’ taste Many architects look down upon residential areas built with the small town as a model, with new...
6th Apr 2024
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New academic dissertation questions architects’ taste

from THE ARCHITECTURAL UPRISING [alt+shift+b] in architecture

6th Apr 2024
Many architects look down upon residential areas built with the small town as a model, with new houses made in a traditional style. But this is exactly what the average person appreciates. “Why do many architects dislike the very thing that residents often enjoy?” asks architect...
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The Brooklyn-Queens Connector’s Greatest Risk Is Leaving Money on the Table The IBX, New York City’s biggest transit expansion since World War II, could unlock tens of...
2 days ago
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The Brooklyn-Queens Connector’s Greatest Risk Is Leaving Money on the Table

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2 days ago
The IBX, New York City’s biggest transit expansion since World War II, could unlock tens of thousands of homes and billions in value.
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Riding the Steel Breeze (Port Talbot Parkway, Neath Port Talbot, UK) Some stations are born parkways, some achieve parkway status, while yet others have parkway status...
26th Jul 2023
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Riding the Steel Breeze (Port Talbot Parkway, Neath Port Talbot, UK)

from The Beauty of Transport [alt+shift+b] in architecture

26th Jul 2023
Some stations are born parkways, some achieve parkway status, while yet others have parkway status thrust upon them. Such is the explanation for an arrival at Port Talbot Parkway being such a strange experience. As passengers step out of their trains they find themselves...
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Job Opportunities at Benny Kuriakose and Associates in 2026 Every month, we receive a large number of applications for job positions and internships. Most of...
5th Jul 2026
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Job Opportunities at Benny Kuriakose and Associates in 2026

from Benny Kuriakose & Associates [alt+shift+b] in architecture

5th Jul 2026
Every month, we receive a large number of applications for job positions and internships. Most of them sent the application three or more times, sometimes even more. With so many colleges, this will be the case with most of the firms. Many aspirants are keen on joining the...
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Edge Esmeralda: A recap of June's popup village This summer, I co-organized a month-long 1,300-person "popup village" in Healdsburg, CA called Edge...
26th Aug 2024
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Edge Esmeralda: A recap of June's popup village

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26th Aug 2024
This summer, I co-organized a month-long 1,300-person "popup village" in Healdsburg, CA called Edge Esmeralda. This gathering was incredibly fun and rewarding, and it was also a huge accelerant to the creation of the permanent village we are building, Esmeralda. Edge Esmeralda...
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Can You Stay? Can You Stay? examines one discrete variable among many complex and converging issues concerning...
17th May 2021
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Can You Stay?

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17th May 2021
Can You Stay? examines one discrete variable among many complex and converging issues concerning housing precarity, focusing on a part of the world with unique geography and social issues. Project Background This map is cut from the cloth of a capstone project I did in 2018 at...
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Clean Lines and Integrated Transport (Florastrasse transport hub, Adliswil, Switzerland) The thing about Switzerland’s affordable, hyper-reliable, hyper-integrated and hyper-ubiquitous...
9th Aug 2023
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Clean Lines and Integrated Transport (Florastrasse transport hub, Adliswil, Switzerland)

from The Beauty of Transport [alt+shift+b] in architecture

9th Aug 2023
The thing about Switzerland’s affordable, hyper-reliable, hyper-integrated and hyper-ubiquitous public transport system is that the regard in which its phenomenal operational expertise is held can overshadow the architectural successes it also demonstrates. Even when transport...
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The worst US bridges are getting fixed It’s become a common assumption that US infrastructure is in a poor state of repair; that our roads,...
2nd Aug 2023
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The worst US bridges are getting fixed

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2nd Aug 2023
It’s become a common assumption that US infrastructure is in a poor state of repair; that our roads, bridges, pipes, and transmission lines are decaying faster than they’re being repaired or replaced. This concern goes back to the early 1980s, when the book "
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Stop Banking on Subsidies and Start Building What Works As Norwalk navigates a housing crisis, one thing is clear: the path forward isn’t scale for scale’s...
1st Jul 2025
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Stop Banking on Subsidies and Start Building What Works

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1st Jul 2025
As Norwalk navigates a housing crisis, one thing is clear: the path forward isn’t scale for scale’s sake—it’s building smarter, more affordably, and with the community in mind.
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A Laneway House With A Rotated Brick Facade Architecture firm Williamson Williamson has shared photos of a laneway home they completed in...
1st Jun 2024
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A Laneway House With A Rotated Brick Facade

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1st Jun 2024
Architecture firm Williamson Williamson has shared photos of a laneway home they completed in Toronto, Canada, that features a distinct rotated brick facade. Usually, laneway houses are small, however, this one is a four-bedroom home, designed for a family of five, providing...
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Inspired by Old Shearing Sheds This Rural Home Got a Gabled Timber Addition On a peaceful stretch of rural Australia, a simple idea has reshaped the way one property connects...
7th Dec 2025
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Inspired by Old Shearing Sheds This Rural Home Got a Gabled Timber Addition

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7th Dec 2025
On a peaceful stretch of rural Australia, a simple idea has reshaped the way one property connects with its sweeping countryside. With a modest timber addition, Solomon Troup Architects have taken an existing home and helped it finally turn to face the views that were always...
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The Inbetweeners (Ebbsfleet International and Stratford International, UK) Well then. At the end of the last article I promised to write about the stations on HS2 phase 1...
29th May 2024
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The Inbetweeners (Ebbsfleet International and Stratford International, UK)

from The Beauty of Transport [alt+shift+b] in architecture

29th May 2024
Well then. At the end of the last article I promised to write about the stations on HS2 phase 1 assuming that I hadn’t been too enraged by the political fallout from hopefully soon-to-be-ex-prime minister Rishi Sunak’s cancellation of phase 2 of HS2. Reader, I have been enraged....
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Counter-mapping: Sitio San Roque, Philippines This counter-map was the product of a collaboration between the Junior Philippine Geographical...
28th Jun 2022
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Counter-mapping: Sitio San Roque, Philippines

from Blog - Guerrilla Cartography [alt+shift+b] in architecture

28th Jun 2022
This counter-map was the product of a collaboration between the Junior Philippine Geographical Society – University of the Philippines Diliman (JPGS-UPD), the Save San Roque Alliance, Kadamay – San Roque, and most especially the urban poor residents of San Roque. The...
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From the Mouths of Architects I'm not sure when it happened, but at some point I went from disliking interviews — preferring texts...
6th Mar 2023
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From the Mouths of Architects

from A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books [alt+shift+b] in architecture

6th Mar 2023
I'm not sure when it happened, but at some point I went from disliking interviews — preferring texts written by architects, much of it in the vein of theory — to gravitating to them. Now I find myself opting to read interviews, be they online or in printed matter, over other...
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Car Free Brooklyn Bridge – photos and drawings A Car-Free Brooklyn Bridge Is Possible Images and Illustratons AFTER: Aerial view looking east...
1st Jun 2022
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Car Free Brooklyn Bridge – photos and drawings

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1st Jun 2022
A Car-Free Brooklyn Bridge Is Possible Images and Illustratons AFTER: Aerial view looking east towards a car-free Brooklyn Bridge. Centre Street and Park Row next to the Brooklyn Bridge are reimagined as an extension of City Hall Park. © 2020 … Continue reading → The post Car...
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The Making of Unique Athangudi Tiles : An Unforgettable Experience Chettinad, the land of wealthy Chettiars in the southern part of Tamil Nadu, is famous not only for...
1st Oct 2023
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The Making of Unique Athangudi Tiles : An Unforgettable Experience

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1st Oct 2023
Chettinad, the land of wealthy Chettiars in the southern part of Tamil Nadu, is famous not only for its mouth-watering cuisine but also...
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Why Can't the U.S. Build Ships? This post is cross-posted at Noahpinion.
5th Sep 2024
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Why Can't the U.S. Build Ships?

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in architecture

5th Sep 2024
This post is cross-posted at Noahpinion.
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Architect Valentines 2024 It’s that time of year again. The time of year when an architect’s thoughts turn to Love. Well, not...
14th Feb 2024
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Architect Valentines 2024

from Coffee with an Architect [alt+shift+b] in architecture

14th Feb 2024
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when an architect’s thoughts turn to Love. Well, not really. We’re working on a deadline right now. But, we promise, as soon as we’re finished with these details, our thoughts will totally turn to love. In the meantime, here are a...
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The Dining Table Becomes Part Of The Stairs Inside This Eclectic House Mag Arquitectes together with Clara Lleal INTERIORISTA has shared photos of a home they designed in...
2nd Aug 2023
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The Dining Table Becomes Part Of The Stairs Inside This Eclectic House

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2nd Aug 2023
Mag Arquitectes together with Clara Lleal INTERIORISTA has shared photos of a home they designed in Catalunya, Spain, that showcases a unique dining area.
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Never(?) Decreasing Circles (Railtrack/Network Rail major station logos, UK (continued)) One of the most enduringly popular articles on this website (at least in terms of clicks and...
27th Nov 2024
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Never(?) Decreasing Circles (Railtrack/Network Rail major station logos, UK (continued))

from The Beauty of Transport [alt+shift+b] in architecture

27th Nov 2024
One of the most enduringly popular articles on this website (at least in terms of clicks and re-posts) is a very early one, from 2013. It concerns the graphic identities created for Railtrack’s major stations by Citigate Lloyd Northover. These ones… Firstly – have I really been...
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Design explained using pie charts again Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple pie charts again. Unfortunately,...
1st Apr 2024
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Design explained using pie charts again

from Coffee with an Architect [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Apr 2024
Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple pie charts again. Unfortunately, this still isn’t that: More Design in charts – HERE, and HERE and HERE and HERE
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An Extension To This 1933 Home Creates A New Kitchen And Outdoor Terrace Heliotrope Architects has shared photos of a contemporary extension they completed for a home in...
7th Aug 2024
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An Extension To This 1933 Home Creates A New Kitchen And Outdoor Terrace

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

7th Aug 2024
Heliotrope Architects has shared photos of a contemporary extension they completed for a home in Seattle, Washington, that was originally designed and built in 1933 by Norwegian boat captain Ole E. Nelson.
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Bangalore's Disappearing Lakes In an area of pronounced water scarcity high on the Deccan plateau, at an altitude removed from...
2nd Mar 2021
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Bangalore's Disappearing Lakes

from Blog - Guerrilla Cartography [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2nd Mar 2021
In an area of pronounced water scarcity high on the Deccan plateau, at an altitude removed from river-water and of water extraction from the ground, despite being historically nourished by monsoons, Bangalore's current population faces deep inequities of access to water which are...
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“I called them Ghosts”. Visual Poems and Sequences by George Wylesol George Wylesol is a Baltimore-based artist who primarily produces illustrations and comic-like...
14th Apr 2024
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“I called them Ghosts”. Visual Poems and Sequences by George Wylesol

from SOCKS [alt+shift+b] in architecture

14th Apr 2024
George Wylesol is a Baltimore-based artist who primarily produces illustrations and comic-like sequences of drawings, often accompanied by written text in the form of short poems. His works blend mundane objects and settings with surreal plots and visual associations, resulting...
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here are some things i like Often people say to me, “Kate, you’re an architecture critic! You must have an impeccably designed...
28th Feb 2023
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here are some things i like

from McMansion Hell [alt+shift+b] in architecture

28th Feb 2023
Often people say to me, “Kate, you’re an architecture critic! You must have an impeccably designed home full of wonderful design.” Haha, NO! However, I do think it’s entirely possible to collect design and live an aesthetically satisfying life on, like, a normal salary. Last...
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Brass-Lined Arches Connect The Kitchen With The Dining Room Inside This Home Architecture and art studio Svima has shared photos of a kitchen and living room they updated, with...
2nd Apr 2024
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Brass-Lined Arches Connect The Kitchen With The Dining Room Inside This Home

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2nd Apr 2024
Architecture and art studio Svima has shared photos of a kitchen and living room they updated, with the kitchen featuring brass design accents. Their clients, a Toronto couple, has opposite tastes: he is an enthusiast of tenebrous minimalism, and she is a lover of bright French...
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If I Were A NIMBY What the devil on my shoulder whispers to me
1st Apr 2026
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If I Were A NIMBY

from The Deleted Scenes [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Apr 2026
What the devil on my shoulder whispers to me
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The Reaction Area “Enigmatic chemical reactions” have broken out underground inside two Los Angeles-area landfills,...
20th Dec 2023
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The Reaction Area

from BLDGBLOG [alt+shift+b] in architecture

20th Dec 2023
“Enigmatic chemical reactions” have broken out underground inside two Los Angeles-area landfills, according to the L.A. Times. These “highly unusual reactions at Los Angeles County’s two largest landfills have raised serious questions about the region’s long-standing approach to...
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“Architecture Schools Are Responsible for Educating the Whole Student” A talk with ACSA’s executive director, Michael Monti.
3rd Sep 2024
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“Architecture Schools Are Responsible for Educating the Whole Student”

from Common Edge [alt+shift+b] in architecture

3rd Sep 2024
A talk with ACSA’s executive director, Michael Monti.
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An Interstate Highway Program — but for Sidewalks? What if communities had more control over their transportation priorities?
2nd Sep 2026
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An Interstate Highway Program — but for Sidewalks?

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2nd Sep 2026
What if communities had more control over their transportation priorities?
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Mapping Francis Younghusband in the Gobi Desert, 1887, Part 4: from the Ya-hu oasis to Hami. [Back to Part 3: from the Hun-kua-ling sandhills to the Ya-hu oasis] From Ya-Hu to Hami, we can see...
1st Jul 2020
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Mapping Francis Younghusband in the Gobi Desert, 1887, Part 4: from the Ya-hu oasis to Hami.

from The Wandering Cartographer [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Jul 2020
[Back to Part 3: from the Hun-kua-ling sandhills to the Ya-hu oasis] From Ya-Hu to Hami, we can see that Younghusband now has to turn south, as his own map shows. The journey takes from June 23rd to July 4th, or twelve days. His mapmaker places Ula Khutun almost halfway from...
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Architectural Narrative: “New York City: The Edge of Enigma” by Francisco Javier Rencoret (1991) In 1991, Francisco Javier Rencoret, a Chilean architect and then Fulbright scholar at Cornell...
23rd Apr 2023
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Architectural Narrative: “New York City: The Edge of Enigma” by Francisco Javier Rencoret (1991)

from SOCKS [alt+shift+b] in architecture

23rd Apr 2023
In 1991, Francisco Javier Rencoret, a Chilean architect and then Fulbright scholar at Cornell University, published New York City: The Edge of Enigma, (Princeton Architectural Press), a visual essay that retraces the myth of the foundation and development of New York City....
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A Requiem for MIT’s Room 10-485 Memories of a space whose unique qualities helped nurture a burgeoning planner from East Los...
3rd Nov 2025
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A Requiem for MIT’s Room 10-485

from Common Edge [alt+shift+b] in architecture

3rd Nov 2025
Memories of a space whose unique qualities helped nurture a burgeoning planner from East Los Angeles.
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New and Old #288 The scale of commerce, preservation versus urban life, manufactured housing, and a funny restaurant...
2 days ago
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New and Old #288

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2 days ago
The scale of commerce, preservation versus urban life, manufactured housing, and a funny restaurant review
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The Six-Week Cure [EPISODE] In the mid-1900s, people flocked to Reno, Nevada — not for frontier gold or loose slots, but to get...
5th Nov 2023
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The Six-Week Cure [EPISODE]

from 99% Invisible [alt+shift+b] in architecture

5th Nov 2023
In the mid-1900s, people flocked to Reno, Nevada — not for frontier gold or loose slots, but to get out of bad marries.  The city became known as the “Divorce Capital of the World.” For much of modern history, it has been relatively easy to get married, and extremely difficult to...
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About my last few months. the hairshirt doldrums About my last few months.
6th Mar 2025
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About my last few months.

from McMansion Hell [alt+shift+b] in architecture

6th Mar 2025
the hairshirt doldrums About my last few months.
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2023 in Architecture Books, So Far Life, they say, throws you curve balls, and that's just what happened last month, when a family...
21st Apr 2023
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2023 in Architecture Books, So Far

from A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books [alt+shift+b] in architecture

21st Apr 2023
Life, they say, throws you curve balls, and that's just what happened last month, when a family emergency had me put this blog on hiatus. This post, appearing on a Friday instead of its regular Monday, does not mean regular weekly posts will resume, as I'll be dealing with said...
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Four Monographs Of the numerous books publishers send me for review — be they requested by me, pitched by them, or...
21st Aug 2023
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Four Monographs

from A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books [alt+shift+b] in architecture

21st Aug 2023
Of the numerous books publishers send me for review — be they requested by me, pitched by them, or arriving at my doorstep unsolicited — the highest percentage of them are monographs. This fact goes against the occasional sirens over the irrelevance and anachronistic nature of...
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What Happened to New York City Public Housing, and How Can We Fix It? The former chief architect for NYCHA on what ails the the system.
4th Apr 2024
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What Happened to New York City Public Housing, and How Can We Fix It?

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4th Apr 2024
The former chief architect for NYCHA on what ails the the system.
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mojo dojo casa house Howdy folks! Sorry for the delay, I was, uhhhh covering the Tour de France. Anyway, I’m back in...
13th Aug 2023
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mojo dojo casa house

from McMansion Hell [alt+shift+b] in architecture

13th Aug 2023
Howdy folks! Sorry for the delay, I was, uhhhh covering the Tour de France. Anyway, I’m back in Chicago which means this blog has returned to the Chicago suburbs. I’m sure you’ve all seen Barbie at this point so this 2019 not-so-dream house will come as a pleasant (?)...
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Proto-Modernist, Two Ways I doubt I’ll ever run out of blog fodder because of what happened with this photo: I’ve walked by...
1st Jul 2026
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Proto-Modernist, Two Ways

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Jul 2026
I doubt I’ll ever run out of blog fodder because of what happened with this photo: I’ve walked by 135 Hudson Street many times, but I finally remembered to take a picture. You don’t see something like this every day. The simple facts: it’s a warehouse completed in 1886, facing...
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The silence is deafening Imagine you're at a dinner party, and you're getting into a heated argument. As you start yelling,...
2nd Jul 2020
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The silence is deafening

from devonzuegel.com [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2nd Jul 2020
Imagine you're at a dinner party, and you're getting into a heated argument. As you start yelling, the other people quickly hush their voices and start glaring at you. None of the onlookers have to take further action—it's clear from their facial expressions that you're being a...
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A Round House Design Inspired By A Tree Trunk Mobius Architekci has sent us photos of a home they designed in Izabelin, Poland, that has a round...
1st Mar 2023
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A Round House Design Inspired By A Tree Trunk

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Mar 2023
Mobius Architekci has sent us photos of a home they designed in Izabelin, Poland, that has a round design. The vast, sandy plot densely covered with a pine forest created a unique setting for the house, with the architect drawing inspiration from a tree trunk. The home has been...
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It Looked Familiar: A Promotion From an indie comic called “Bit Torment” – not really my taste, but that’s just an opinion – a view...
1st Aug 2026
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It Looked Familiar: A Promotion

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Aug 2026
From an indie comic called “Bit Torment” – not really my taste, but that’s just an opinion – a view of the Regency Spire, which houses the World Parliament: From Carol Highsmith, a view of the south facade of the Empire State Building:
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Which Construction Tasks Have Gotten Cheaper? We spend a lot of time around here looking at construction costs, and whenever we do the same story...
7th Dec 2023
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Which Construction Tasks Have Gotten Cheaper?

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in architecture

7th Dec 2023
We spend a lot of time around here looking at construction costs, and whenever we do the same story emerges: construction never gets cheaper. Construction costs tend to rise at or above the level of overall inflation. A square foot of building costs as much or more to build today...
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I’d rather live in a nostalgic Disneyland than a modernist wasteland Critics often dismiss traditional or historicizing architecture as mere “Disneyland” — a fake,...
16th Jun 2025
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I’d rather live in a nostalgic Disneyland than a modernist wasteland

from THE ARCHITECTURAL UPRISING [alt+shift+b] in architecture

16th Jun 2025
Critics often dismiss traditional or historicizing architecture as mere “Disneyland” — a fake, nostalgic fantasy out of step with modern life. But millions visit Disney’s Main Street every year, drawn to something they rarely find in real cities: beautiful, human-scaled streets...
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In Search of Perfection: Plato’s Double Arrow (Rail Symbol 2, Nick Job for Network Rail, 2022) It takes some strange mixture of bravery, confidence, and the thickest of skins to take on the job...
14th Dec 2022
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In Search of Perfection: Plato’s Double Arrow (Rail Symbol 2, Nick Job for Network Rail, 2022)

from The Beauty of Transport [alt+shift+b] in architecture

14th Dec 2022
It takes some strange mixture of bravery, confidence, and the thickest of skins to take on the job of redesigning a national icon. Once again, the rail industry’s “double arrow”, the symbol that has come completely to mean “railway” in Britain, has been given a facelift. Previous...
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Open Borders A border is an idea so powerful that we never even have to see it to believe it. Or believe in it....
1st Jul 2025
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Open Borders

from 99% Invisible [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Jul 2025
A border is an idea so powerful that we never even have to see it to believe it. Or believe in it. Global borders can be sites of peace and conflict, violence and celebration, opportunity and confinement. And borders as they exist today – which is to say, increasingly militarized...
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The Modern House guide to Christmas gifts that give back The festive sprint comes with ample occasions for gift giving, from Secret Santa to stocking...
5th Dec 2024
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The Modern House guide to Christmas gifts that give back

from The Modern House [alt+shift+b] in architecture

5th Dec 2024
The festive sprint comes with ample occasions for gift giving, from Secret Santa to stocking fillers. Where to start? This year, we’ve decided to focus on gifting with an altruistic inclination and present an edit of design-led festive finds that support the work of charities […]
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How the Gas Turbine Conquered the Electric Power Industry A prophecy expressed frequently in engineering circles at the present day is that turbines actuated...
17th Nov 2023
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How the Gas Turbine Conquered the Electric Power Industry

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in architecture

17th Nov 2023
A prophecy expressed frequently in engineering circles at the present day is that turbines actuated by hot gases, other than steam, will eventually come to the front as prime movers. — A Scientific Investigation Into the Possibilities of Gas-Turbines,
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Coastal Adaptation Is at a Carbon-Intensive Crossroads A conversation with Pamela Conrad, Architecture 2030 senior fellow and the founder of Climate...
2nd Mar 2026
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Coastal Adaptation Is at a Carbon-Intensive Crossroads

from Common Edge [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2nd Mar 2026
A conversation with Pamela Conrad, Architecture 2030 senior fellow and the founder of Climate Positive Design.
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Dyed Cement Shingles Cover The Counter Inside This Bakery Grizzo Studio has shared photos of MALAU, a new bakery in Pilar Centro, Argentina, that includes...
1st Oct 2024
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Dyed Cement Shingles Cover The Counter Inside This Bakery

from Contemporist Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Oct 2024
Grizzo Studio has shared photos of MALAU, a new bakery in Pilar Centro, Argentina, that includes handcrafted pieces of dyed cement in its design.
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Israel's water miracle The saga of Israeli water management is one of the most inspiring stories of the last 75 years....
1st Jul 2023
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Israel's water miracle

from devonzuegel.com [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Jul 2023
The saga of Israeli water management is one of the most inspiring stories of the last 75 years. Israel went from having a serious water problem to being a net water exporter to neighboring countries. Meanwhile, the population grew from ~1 million to well over 9 million. With...
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Chicago Slashes Parking Mandates In a Big Win for Small Developers A new ordinance removes costly parking requirements across most of Chicago, clearing the way for...
1st Aug 2025
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Chicago Slashes Parking Mandates In a Big Win for Small Developers

from Strong Towns [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Aug 2025
A new ordinance removes costly parking requirements across most of Chicago, clearing the way for more affordable housing and business development.
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simulacra for bootlickers FYI, this post is a little more NSFW than usual with the language. Usually I think McMansions are...
7th Apr 2025
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simulacra for bootlickers

from McMansion Hell [alt+shift+b] in architecture

7th Apr 2025
FYI, this post is a little more NSFW than usual with the language. Usually I think McMansions are kind of funny. Sometimes, I even like them. If I didn’t like them at least a little bit, I don’t think I’d be running this blog for a solid eight years and counting. Some McMansions...
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Why Would You Want to Teach Architecture? Opening minds and defining a way of working is the ultimate payoff.
4th Jan 2024
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Why Would You Want to Teach Architecture?

from Common Edge [alt+shift+b] in architecture

4th Jan 2024
Opening minds and defining a way of working is the ultimate payoff.
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MAD completes 'cloud-like' Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen MAD has completed Tengyun Center, a new headquarters complex for Tencent in Shenzhen, China. As we...
1st Jul 2026
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MAD completes 'cloud-like' Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen

from Archinect [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Jul 2026
MAD has completed Tengyun Center, a new headquarters complex for Tencent in Shenzhen, China. As we previously reported, the 775,000-square-foot "cloud" building comprises five blocks, seeking to rethink the conventional corporate campus with more public offerings. Image credit:...
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Cantilevered Boxes Are Juxtaposed With Gabled Forms On This Modern Home This modern home designed by LaRue Architects and recently remodeled by Kelle Contine Interior...
1st Aug 2023
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Cantilevered Boxes Are Juxtaposed With Gabled Forms On This Modern Home

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Aug 2023
This modern home designed by LaRue Architects and recently remodeled by Kelle Contine Interior Design, has an H-shape that’s composed of cantilevered boxes and gabled forms. The residence, located in Austin, Texas, is made with vernacular charcoal gray Lueders limestone, smooth...
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10 living room designs we enjoyed this week In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten...
1st Aug 2026
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10 living room designs we enjoyed this week

from Archinect [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Aug 2026
In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Living Spaces. ↑ Cummings...
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OSS lazy-loads governance A special characteristic of open source software (OSS) is that you don't need institutional support...
7th Apr 2019
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OSS lazy-loads governance

from devonzuegel.com [alt+shift+b] in architecture

7th Apr 2019
A special characteristic of open source software (OSS) is that you don't need institutional support to get started. It's interesting to compare this to physical infrastructure, like dams or railroads. Before you can begin those projects, you need upfront capital, permits,...
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