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How much safer has construction gotten? When talking about (the lack of) construction productivity growth, or the fact that we used to build...
9th Mar 2023
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How much safer has construction gotten?

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

9th Mar 2023
When talking about (the lack of) construction productivity growth, or the fact that we used to build things much faster than we do today, commentators frequently mention the safety of the construction workers. On this view, construction speed/efficiency and worker risk are a...
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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

from SOCKS [alt+shift+b] in architecture

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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Hidden In Plain Sight I was on Roosevelt Island a few weeks ago and got some nice pictures of the Queensboro Bridge. The...
1st Dec 2025
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Hidden In Plain Sight

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

1st Dec 2025
I was on Roosevelt Island a few weeks ago and got some nice pictures of the Queensboro Bridge. The Queensboro is an outlier among New York City’s bridges in several ways: it’s a cantilever truss, it’s asymmetrical, and it doesn’t clear-span the river it crosses. The Queensboro...
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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

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

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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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

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

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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Mapping “Buffalo Days and Nights” by Peter Erasmus The Maps for Books collection has a new page: Peter Erasmus’s Buffalo Days and Nights. In 1920,...
3rd Jun 2021
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Mapping “Buffalo Days and Nights” by Peter Erasmus

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

3rd Jun 2021
The Maps for Books collection has a new page: Peter Erasmus’s Buffalo Days and Nights. In 1920, Henry Thompson, an Alberta newspaperman, began interviewing 87-year-old Peter Erasmus, who lived near him in the area of Whitefish Lake, Alberta. Erasmus, who had been born in 1833 in...
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7-Stage Solar Design Review - launched! Together we make your home healthier, full of sunlight & abound with natural energy
25th Nov 2022
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7-Stage Solar Design Review - launched!

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

25th Nov 2022
Together we make your home healthier, full of sunlight & abound with natural energy
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Reading About Drawings Instead of digesting a new book or diving into a novel, something others do often but I do rarely, I...
8th Jan 2024
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Reading About Drawings

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

8th Jan 2024
Instead of digesting a new book or diving into a novel, something others do often but I do rarely, I spent my holiday break reading a five-year-old book about a trio of intertwined topics I'm particularly fond of: drawings, exhibitions, and New York City. Drawing on...
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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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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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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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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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New on Patreon: New Jersey Bonus Post (5 additional, “wonderful” rooms!“ new jersey bonus post: 5 additional, wonderful rooms | McMansionHell New on Patreon: New Jersey...
30th Nov 2024
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New on Patreon: New Jersey Bonus Post (5 additional, “wonderful” rooms!“

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30th Nov 2024
new jersey bonus post: 5 additional, wonderful rooms | McMansionHell New on Patreon: New Jersey Bonus Post (5 additional, “wonderful” rooms!“
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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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10 must-see architecture & design events to see this May in NYC, Venice, Montreal, Bilbao,... If you're in search of exciting architecture and design events to add to your calendar this May,...
1st May 2026
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10 must-see architecture & design events to see this May in NYC, Venice, Montreal, Bilbao, Melbourne, and Weil am Rhein

from Archinect [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st May 2026
If you're in search of exciting architecture and design events to add to your calendar this May, check out our curated selection of exhibitions, festivals, and conferences taking place across the U.S. and abroad. From the roster of ongoing and upcoming events listed on Bustler,...
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This Home Was Designed To Surround A Swimming Pool With A Slide Architect Alexis Dornier has shared a new home in Pererenan, Bali, that combines modern...
19th Apr 2025
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This Home Was Designed To Surround A Swimming Pool With A Slide

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

19th Apr 2025
Architect Alexis Dornier has shared a new home in Pererenan, Bali, that combines modern architectural principles with a spirit of creativity and exploration. The house is defined by its bold central void, an architectural centerpiece that brings natural light, air, and a sense of...
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A Home Interior That Blends Japandi And Australian Design Inspiration NAKO Design has designed a home in Edmonton, Canada, that’s influenced by both Japandi and...
8th Feb 2023
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A Home Interior That Blends Japandi And Australian Design Inspiration

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

8th Feb 2023
NAKO Design has designed a home in Edmonton, Canada, that’s influenced by both Japandi and Australian design styles. With a modern palette of black and white warmed with soft silver elm wood accents and texture, the home shows sophistication with a continuity of texture and tone...
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How California Turned Against Growth Even before it became a state, people migrated to California in search of a better life: for jobs,...
8th Aug 2024
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How California Turned Against Growth

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8th Aug 2024
Even before it became a state, people migrated to California in search of a better life: for jobs, the chance to become rich and famous, or simply the comfortable climate and beautiful landscape.
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Equitable on Broad Street 8 This series of blog posts may end up taking longer than the actual construction of the Equitable...
1st May 2026
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Equitable on Broad Street 8

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

1st May 2026
This series of blog posts may end up taking longer than the actual construction of the Equitable building, but I feel like it’s not often we get to see such thorough documentation of the construction technology of a moment in time. I’m going to switch gears today from the...
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To rent or to sell, that is the question As a real estate developer, one of the big decisions you need to make is whether you will rent or...
10th Sep 2023
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To rent or to sell, that is the question

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

10th Sep 2023
As a real estate developer, one of the big decisions you need to make is whether you will rent or sell the buildings you've built. Income from rentals flows in steadily over years, while income from sales hits all at once. This essential difference is simple but has many...
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A’ Design Award Announces Their Annual World Design Rankings This article has been brought to you by A’Design Awards. A’Design Award and Competition have...
6th Jan 2025
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A’ Design Award Announces Their Annual World Design Rankings

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

6th Jan 2025
This article has been brought to you by A’Design Awards. A’Design Award and Competition have released their World Design Rankings (WDR) in Arts, Architecture and Design, with China taking first place, followed by the USA, and Japan. The World Design Rankings ranks all the...
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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

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2nd Mar 2026
A conversation with Pamela Conrad, Architecture 2030 senior fellow and the founder of Climate Positive Design.
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Three Lessons from Three Monographs Writing a blog devoted to architecture books means featuring monographs — lots of monographs. Not...
6th Feb 2023
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Three Lessons from Three Monographs

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

6th Feb 2023
Writing a blog devoted to architecture books means featuring monographs — lots of monographs. Not exclusively, of course; but before this blog transitioned to its current weekly format, one of the thematic days of the week was appropriately devoted to monographs: Monograph...
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Blocking Sediment Migration Blocking Sediment Migration from Colorado River Basin to Gulf of California I didn’t intend to map...
8th Mar 2020
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Blocking Sediment Migration

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

8th Mar 2020
Blocking Sediment Migration from Colorado River Basin to Gulf of California I didn’t intend to map human migration for the Atlas in a Day project. My plans for a map of the migration of sediment in rivers raised some eyebrows at home, mostly wondering how the subject would fit in...
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Stairs With Built-In Planters Lead To The Back Garden At This Home Lior Brosh of Brosh Architects has shared photos of a recently completed renovation project in...
1st May 2023
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Stairs With Built-In Planters Lead To The Back Garden At This Home

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st May 2023
Lior Brosh of Brosh Architects has shared photos of a recently completed renovation project in Greater London, England, that included new outdoor stairs with built-in planters. The client contacted the architects to renovate the lower ground floor of the house due to severe damp...
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Book review: Against the Grain, by James C. Scott The book that etched the deepest grooves in my mind last year was Against the Grain by James C....
1st Jan 2020
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Book review: Against the Grain, by James C. Scott

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

1st Jan 2020
The book that etched the deepest grooves in my mind last year was Against the Grain by James C. Scott. It explores how the unique characteristics of grain-based agriculture shaped the early history of states. While I did learn many interesting historical facts and trends from...
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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

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

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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this house may or may not be real on grayness in real estate Allegedly, somewhere in Wake Forest, North Carolina, a 4 bed, 5.5...
16th Dec 2022
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this house may or may not be real

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

16th Dec 2022
on grayness in real estate Allegedly, somewhere in Wake Forest, North Carolina, a 4 bed, 5.5 bathroom house totaling more than 6,600 square feet is for sale at a price of 2.37 million dollars. The house, allegedly, was built in 2021. Allegedly, it looks like this: A McMansion...
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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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Case study #2 - Sunbeam A-frame Let's start 2023 with presenting one of my dearest projects.
22nd Jan 2023
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Case study #2 - Sunbeam A-frame

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

22nd Jan 2023
Let's start 2023 with presenting one of my dearest projects.
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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

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

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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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

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

5th May 2026
The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.
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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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Planning and Designing of Service Blocks in a School Service rooms are an absolute necessity in any building. When designing and planning such rooms, it...
1st Jun 2023
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Planning and Designing of Service Blocks in a School

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

1st Jun 2023
Service rooms are an absolute necessity in any building. When designing and planning such rooms, it is important to understand the type...
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Where It Comes From I’ve written about the Whitehall Building and its extension enough that there’s not much to say...
1st Mar 2026
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Where It Comes From

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

1st Mar 2026
I’ve written about the Whitehall Building and its extension enough that there’s not much to say about it for this new (to me) picture: The buildings were a little isolated from the main downtown skyscraper cluster by being so far southwest, but it’s a five-minute walk to...
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Summer in the City From the middle of March, when a family emergency put this blog on hiatus, until the middle of July,...
31st Jul 2023
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Summer in the City

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

31st Jul 2023
From the middle of March, when a family emergency put this blog on hiatus, until the middle of July, when a funeral mass was held for my dad, my life was split almost evenly between my home in New York City and my parent's home in Central Florida. The emergency in March was an...
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Shelter of Man With the publication of Shelter of Man in Guerrila Cartography’s forthcoming Shelter: An Atlas, I...
7th Jul 2021
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Shelter of Man

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

7th Jul 2021
With the publication of Shelter of Man in Guerrila Cartography’s forthcoming Shelter: An Atlas, I can officially call myself a guerrilla cartographer. I’m not just an artist anymore. My relationship with cartography developed while studying architecture in Australia. I might have...
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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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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

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

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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Press release: Is this the ugliest building in America? Architects and Urbanists Unveil 2025’s ‘Ugliest Buildings in America’ Ignominious winners to be...
11th Apr 2025
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Press release: Is this the ugliest building in America?

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

11th Apr 2025
Architects and Urbanists Unveil 2025’s ‘Ugliest Buildings in America’ Ignominious winners to be ‘dishonored’ at the International ‘Aesthetic Atrocity’ Awards this May (New York, NY) An international panel of architects and urbanists has determined that Simmons Hall at MIT is...
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on neuschwanstein castle (part 1) This is an essay in two parts. Neuschwanstein Concept Drawing by the stage designer (!!) Christian...
28th Dec 2024
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on neuschwanstein castle (part 1)

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

28th Dec 2024
This is an essay in two parts. Neuschwanstein Concept Drawing by the stage designer (!!) Christian Jank (1869). There exist in architecture clear precedents to the McMansion that have nothing to do with suburban real estate. This is because “McMansionry” (let’s say) has many...
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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

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

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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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

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

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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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

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

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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On the Future of Cities The recent publication of two books prompted me to ponder the future of cities and do a write-up of...
6th Nov 2023
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On the Future of Cities

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

6th Nov 2023
The recent publication of two books prompted me to ponder the future of cities and do a write-up of them together: Implementing Urban Design: Green, Civic, and Community Strategies by Jonathan Barnett, published by Routledge, June 2023 (Amazon / Bookshop) Renewing the Dream: The...
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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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It Looked Familiar: Bonus Geekiness For the end-of-summer holiday weekend, an extra. Daredevil makes a new friend: That’s one of the...
1st Sep 2024
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It Looked Familiar: Bonus Geekiness

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

1st Sep 2024
For the end-of-summer holiday weekend, an extra. Daredevil makes a new friend: That’s one of the eagle hood-ornament sculptures at the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building. They’ve been fascinating people since Chrysler was first built. There’s a very big but not famous building...
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TRANSitar Lima THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: Who has the right to move freely through the city and who doesn’t? Map of...
15th May 2023
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TRANSitar Lima

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

15th May 2023
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: Who has the right to move freely through the city and who doesn’t? Map of Lima, Peru About the project TRANSitar Lima is a project that seeks to create a visual record of transphobic violence, based on collective mapping sessions. Trans, transvestites, and...
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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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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

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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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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

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

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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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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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

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

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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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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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

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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

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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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Reading List 03/01/25 Nissan courting Tesla, Europe’s Starlink competitor, Chinese semiconductor progress, ways to use...
1st Mar 2025
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Reading List 03/01/25

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1st Mar 2025
Nissan courting Tesla, Europe’s Starlink competitor, Chinese semiconductor progress, ways to use existing interconnection capacity, and more.
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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

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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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Vacuum tube nostalgia Music enthusiasts will tell you there's nothing quite like "tube sound", the warm, rich sound...
21st Oct 2019
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Vacuum tube nostalgia

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21st Oct 2019
Music enthusiasts will tell you there's nothing quite like "tube sound", the warm, rich sound quality that old vacuum tube amplifiers bring to the music played through them. And they'll pay top dollar for it! Once considered obsolete, vintage vacuum tube amps now sell at a...
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Meet Me at Riis There’s a particular slice of beach along the New York City shoreline, that, for the past 80 years,...
5th Nov 2024
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Meet Me at Riis

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5th Nov 2024
There’s a particular slice of beach along the New York City shoreline, that, for the past 80 years, has been a pivotal site for queer liberation. It’s called the People’s Beach at Jacob Riis Park, also known, simply, as Riis. This history is deeply connected to an abandoned,...
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A Cluster Of Shingle-Clad Buildings Create An Island Cottage Experience For These Owners Akb Architects has shared photos of a cottage they designed that comprises a cluster of buildings,...
1st Aug 2024
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A Cluster Of Shingle-Clad Buildings Create An Island Cottage Experience For These Owners

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1st Aug 2024
Akb Architects has shared photos of a cottage they designed that comprises a cluster of buildings, each scaled proportionately to the island’s one-acre size. Located three hours north of Toronto, Canada, the cottage includes four pitch-roofed structures, harmoniously clad in...
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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

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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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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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A guide to not being a sidewalk jerk Hello friends. It has become apparent that you are all terrible at being pedestrians. I feel...
1st Feb 2016
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A guide to not being a sidewalk jerk

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1st Feb 2016
Hello friends. It has become apparent that you are all terrible at being pedestrians. I feel confident saying that despite some good eggs and battle-tested walkers such as New Yorkers, most Americans are obliviously selfish, inconsiderate users of sidewalk space. It’s true even...
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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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Duck And Height What Do You Think You're Looking At? #279
3 weeks ago
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Duck And Height

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3 weeks ago
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #279
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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

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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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The road to hell is paved with asphalt Most roads are paved with asphalt. Unfortunately, there are a lot of problems with asphalt. Bricks,...
15th Jan 2024
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The road to hell is paved with asphalt

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15th Jan 2024
Most roads are paved with asphalt. Unfortunately, there are a lot of problems with asphalt. Bricks, cobblestones, and pavers are often much better options, because: 1. Asphalt degrades fast, so once you account for maintenance, it's more expensive it first appears Asphalt...
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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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From Videogame Landscapes to Embrodery Canvas: La Sentinelle by Marine Beaufils (2022-24) Marine Beaufils is a French embroidery artist whose meticulous work draws on the analogy between...
17th Nov 2024
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From Videogame Landscapes to Embrodery Canvas: La Sentinelle by Marine Beaufils (2022-24)

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17th Nov 2024
Marine Beaufils is a French embroidery artist whose meticulous work draws on the analogy between pixels and needlepoints, as she translates scenes from her favorite video games, movies, or scientific imagery from screen to embroidery canvas. This process freezes a fragment of a...
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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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How to Build an AI Data Center This piece is the first in a new series from the Institute for Progress (IFP), called Compute in...
10th Jun 2024
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How to Build an AI Data Center

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10th Jun 2024
This piece is the first in a new series from the Institute for Progress (IFP), called Compute in America: Building the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure at Home. In this series, we examine the challenges of accelerating the American AI data center buildout. Future pieces will...
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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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On [there being more than] liberty Recently, Ayaz Matin sent me an email asking the following question: When I was looking at your...
9th Sep 2019
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On [there being more than] liberty

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9th Sep 2019
Recently, Ayaz Matin sent me an email asking the following question: When I was looking at your website I came across these words: Individual liberty is the single most important value that society should uphold. I’m more utilitarian and communitarian now. I still believe we...
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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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

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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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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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Tutorial: Telegram → Logseq quick notes I've long wanted a notes app with an optional chat style interface for append-only notes. The idea...
30th Dec 2021
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Tutorial: Telegram → Logseq quick notes

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30th Dec 2021
I've long wanted a notes app with an optional chat style interface for append-only notes. The idea is that I'll use the simpler append-only interface while on the go, and then use full-featured interface to review, edit, and organize those notes when I'm back at my computer. I...
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OWD #0: Welcome to Order Without Design I'm starting a new podcast called Order Without Design with the most interesting couple I know:...
30th Apr 2020
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OWD #0: Welcome to Order Without Design

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30th Apr 2020
I'm starting a new podcast called Order Without Design with the most interesting couple I know: Alain & Marie-Agnes Bertaud. This project is an extension of their book, Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities. With its focus on economic theory, you might not realize that...
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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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Seasonal relief Just a map for fun, made without writing any code, which is a nice change of pace. I finally spent a...
16th Feb 2018
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Seasonal relief

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16th Feb 2018
Just a map for fun, made without writing any code, which is a nice change of pace. I finally spent a bit of time catching up with the great Daniel Huffman’s excellent tutorial on creating shaded relief maps with Blender. Do try it out if you haven’t; he’s written it up thoroughly...
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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)

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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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An Interstate Highway Program — but for Sidewalks? What if communities had more control over their transportation priorities?
2 weeks ago
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An Interstate Highway Program — but for Sidewalks?

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2 weeks ago
What if communities had more control over their transportation priorities?
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A libertarian just won Argentina's presidency... what's going on? If you're wondering how the heck a hardline libertarian just won the Argentinian presidential...
21st Nov 2023
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A libertarian just won Argentina's presidency... what's going on?

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21st Nov 2023
If you're wondering how the heck a hardline libertarian just won the Argentinian presidential election, here's some background. First, a key fact is that the government is printing money at an accelerating rate, resulting in 143% annual inflation as of the most recent count. The...
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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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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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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

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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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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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Why Disband the Urban Design Group Just as New York City Ramps Up Housing Development? As the saying goes: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
2nd Feb 2026
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Why Disband the Urban Design Group Just as New York City Ramps Up Housing Development?

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2nd Feb 2026
As the saying goes: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
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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

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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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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

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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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Oyler Wu Collaborative Wins International Competition for Taiwan's National Comic Museum Oyler Wu Collaborative, in partnership with SU mao ping Architecture Studio and JN Architects, has...
1st Jun 2026
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Oyler Wu Collaborative Wins International Competition for Taiwan's National Comic Museum

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1st Jun 2026
Oyler Wu Collaborative, in partnership with SU mao ping Architecture Studio and JN Architects, has won the international competition to design The National Taiwan Museum of Comics in Taichung. As a centerpiece of a long-awaited national vision initiated in 2017, the new museum is...
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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

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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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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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Field notes: Panamá, SEZs, & biotech I just spent a week in Panamá City, and figured I'd share my observations in case they're useful to...
5th Feb 2022
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Field notes: Panamá, SEZs, & biotech

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5th Feb 2022
I just spent a week in Panamá City, and figured I'd share my observations in case they're useful to anyone else interested in similar questions. The purpose of the trip was to research locations for a gene therapy/stem cell clinic that my friend is planning to start. I also...
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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

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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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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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Mineral Hurricane I recently had the pleasure of attending a press preview of the new documentary Architecton,...
4th Aug 2025
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Mineral Hurricane

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4th Aug 2025
I recently had the pleasure of attending a press preview of the new documentary Architecton, directed by Victor Kossakovsky and released last week by A24. Surreally, the screening I attended was held inside a Cedars-Sinai medical-imaging center in west Los Angeles. Seeing this...
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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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Kanadukathan - A journey Through This Hidden Gem On a splendid morning, I got down from the bus, greeted by the enchanting allure of Nemathanpetti...
30th Jan 2024
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Kanadukathan - A journey Through This Hidden Gem

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30th Jan 2024
On a splendid morning, I got down from the bus, greeted by the enchanting allure of Nemathanpetti near Karaikudi. Gopichettan was waiting...
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The Great American Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee is home to many historic landmarks. Like Graceland, and Beale Street. But one of...
1st Apr 2025
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The Great American Pyramid

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1st Apr 2025
Memphis, Tennessee is home to many historic landmarks. Like Graceland, and Beale Street. But one of their biggest tourist magnets is their Bass Pro Shops. Usually, Bass Pro is the place to buy hunting and fishing gear. But the one in Memphis, it’s less of a store, and more of a...
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Mapping Gottfried Merzbacher I’m wrapping up my work on Gottfried Merzbacher—a sort of back-burner project that’s been active and...
11th Feb 2021
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Mapping Gottfried Merzbacher

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

11th Feb 2021
I’m wrapping up my work on Gottfried Merzbacher—a sort of back-burner project that’s been active and then dormant, on and off, for about seven years. It’s been a pleasure to learn about places like the Bayumkol valley, the relationship between the Saryzhaz and Kum-erik Rivers,...
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America's hidden urban laboratory: the South America hasn't built many walkable places in the last few decades, but there are a few exceptions....
14th Jun 2023
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America's hidden urban laboratory: the South

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14th Jun 2023
America hasn't built many walkable places in the last few decades, but there are a few exceptions. While collecting a list of these special places, I was shocked to discover that most are in the Southeast. My mental image of contemporary southern development did not include an...
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Book Briefs #47: Three Altrim Titles Here is the next installment of "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short...
7th Nov 2022
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Book Briefs #47: Three Altrim Titles

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7th Nov 2022
Here is the next installment of "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog. Obviously, these briefs are not full-blown reviews, but they are a way to...
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How many breaths does it take to grow a home in the forrest? An essay on the interconnectedness of Everything.
17th Aug 2025
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How many breaths does it take to grow a home in the forrest?

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17th Aug 2025
An essay on the interconnectedness of Everything.
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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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Why Architects Need to be Part of Evolving A.I. Policy Strategic imagination is what we do, but it’s crucially missing in both federal and state efforts to...
1st Sep 2025
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Why Architects Need to be Part of Evolving A.I. Policy

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1st Sep 2025
Strategic imagination is what we do, but it’s crucially missing in both federal and state efforts to build and manage our A.I. future.
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Policy Debt: The Missing Massive Strong Towns says "yes" to big buildings near transit stations. However, it's a debt coming due, not...
3rd Aug 2026
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Policy Debt: The Missing Massive

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3rd Aug 2026
Strong Towns says "yes" to big buildings near transit stations. However, it's a debt coming due, not a victory.
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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

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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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DONALD TRUMP & EVIL – A Post-Halloween / Election-Eve Story Almost forty years ago, I owned a small house in the Greenwich “backcountry” just a few miles from...
4th Nov 2024
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DONALD TRUMP & EVIL – A Post-Halloween / Election-Eve Story

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4th Nov 2024
Almost forty years ago, I owned a small house in the Greenwich “backcountry” just a few miles from the Westchester County Airport. One morning, I was talking on the phone with a friend whom I would see later in the … Continue reading → The post DONALD TRUMP & EVIL – A...
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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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Picturing an Exhibition: Closing the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale Much in the architecture world, and the world at large, has changed since the exhibition opened.
5th Dec 2023
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Picturing an Exhibition: Closing the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale

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5th Dec 2023
Much in the architecture world, and the world at large, has changed since the exhibition opened.
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Atlas in a Day Challenge: A Global, Real-time Collaboration On Saturday, October 5, 2019, more than 50 guerrilla cartographers gathered, in person and online,...
6th Jun 2020
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Atlas in a Day Challenge: A Global, Real-time Collaboration

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6th Jun 2020
On Saturday, October 5, 2019, more than 50 guerrilla cartographers gathered, in person and online, to collaborate in producing an atlas in a single day on the theme of migration. While researching and designing an entire atlas on a complex theme in the span of 24 hours is indeed...
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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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Botany as an Artistic Practice: Anna Atkins’ Blueprints Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was a British botanist and photographer. She was in direct contact with...
17th Dec 2021
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Botany as an Artistic Practice: Anna Atkins’ Blueprints

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17th Dec 2021
Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was a British botanist and photographer. She was in direct contact with William Henry Fox Talbot, (the inventor of calotype, an early photographic technique), and with Sir John Frederick William Herschel, (the inventor of the cyanotype, a technique that...
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Land by latitude and longitude, or, a pile of continents Bill Rankin’s graphs of world population by latitude and longitude popped into mind for no...
17th Aug 2016
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Land by latitude and longitude, or, a pile of continents

from Cartogrammar [alt+shift+b] in architecture

17th Aug 2016
Bill Rankin’s graphs of world population by latitude and longitude popped into mind for no particular reason the other day, followed by a silly-sounding question: “but, like, what about land area by latitude and longitude?” Silly because, duh, a chart of land area by latitude and...
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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]

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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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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

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

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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Love Letter Back Home Mapped October 5th, written December 2019: As I noted in my last Guerrilla Cartography Cartographer...
27th Jan 2021
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Love Letter Back Home

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

27th Jan 2021
Mapped October 5th, written December 2019: As I noted in my last Guerrilla Cartography Cartographer Spotlight (May 2019), my career has been a diverse mix of my two professional passions, cartography and participatory mapping. Cartography is about the place; it’s top-down, it’s...
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Alain Biltereyst: Traces of Abstraction in the Urban Environment Contemporary Belgian artist Alain Biltereyst works on abstract paintings characterized by bold...
4th Feb 2024
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Alain Biltereyst: Traces of Abstraction in the Urban Environment

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4th Feb 2024
Contemporary Belgian artist Alain Biltereyst works on abstract paintings characterized by bold patterns and colors. Most of the time, the shapes he depicts are not purely the result of chosen arrangements but act as a sort of “found art”: they are extracted from existing signs,...
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A Boomerang-Shaped Home with an Art Studio and Lake Views This lakefront home was designed to do three things well. Frame views of Mt. Rainier and Lake...
27th Jan 2026
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A Boomerang-Shaped Home with an Art Studio and Lake Views

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27th Jan 2026
This lakefront home was designed to do three things well. Frame views of Mt. Rainier and Lake Washington. Create natural moments of connection between family and friends. And make space for art as part of daily life. DeForest Architects responded with a boomerang-shaped plan that...
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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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A Beetle By Any Other Name In a limestone cave deep in Central Slovenia, an unremarkable insect lives in complete darkness....
4th Mar 2025
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A Beetle By Any Other Name

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4th Mar 2025
In a limestone cave deep in Central Slovenia, an unremarkable insect lives in complete darkness. This tiny beetle, barely visible to the naked eye, has no eyes and a brownish-yellow coloration—adaptations to a life spent entirely underground. The beetle has survived for...
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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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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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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

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

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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Forgotten Corners of the World: Heidi Linck’s Enigmatic Works Heidi Linck is a multimedia artist based in the Netherlands. Her work explores the poetic dimension...
19th Oct 2025
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Forgotten Corners of the World: Heidi Linck’s Enigmatic Works

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19th Oct 2025
Heidi Linck is a multimedia artist based in the Netherlands. Her work explores the poetic dimension of neglected spaces and their capacity to convey a sense of loss while opening up potential forms of imagination. The encounter between collective and individual memory is...
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Minoru Yamasaki: The Fragility of Architecture He designed two of the most famous landmarks of the late-20th-century. Why is he virtually unknown...
1st Jul 2024
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Minoru Yamasaki: The Fragility of Architecture

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1st Jul 2024
He designed two of the most famous landmarks of the late-20th-century. Why is he virtually unknown today?
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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

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

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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The Astor Building 2 Keeping on with the construction photos of the St. Regis Hotel under its temporary name “the Astor...
2 weeks ago
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The Astor Building 2

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

2 weeks ago
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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From Our Southern Border to a Cottonwood Tree I am an artist and not a trained cartographer. Because my work or message is often about the...
6th Apr 2022
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From Our Southern Border to a Cottonwood Tree

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

6th Apr 2022
I am an artist and not a trained cartographer. Because my work or message is often about the environment, geopolitical issues, water, animal and human rights, I look for how I might highlight particular issues, and then draw a word picture to go with the visual message of the...
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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

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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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What are startup cities for? While the startup cities industry is still small, it is already quite heterogeneous. Each project...
2nd Jul 2021
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What are startup cities for?

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2nd Jul 2021
While the startup cities industry is still small, it is already quite heterogeneous. Each project has its own distinct set of goals, motivations, and scope. However, this diversity isn’t fully captured by the vocabulary we use right now. To help myself create a mental map of the...
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Some Good News To Start The Year From Ars Technica, “40% of US electricity is now emissions-free” by John Timmer has a pretty...
1st Jan 2024
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Some Good News To Start The Year

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1st Jan 2024
From Ars Technica, “40% of US electricity is now emissions-free” by John Timmer has a pretty self-explanatory headline. The short version: wind and solar have advanced quickly because of decreases in their cost, coal use has dropped, and there’s more storage coming on line to...
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Reports of his death were greatly exaggerated… A friend and colleague turned me onto AI obituaries. Think of them as interesting and amusing rather...
22nd Apr 2025
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Reports of his death were greatly exaggerated…

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22nd Apr 2025
A friend and colleague turned me onto AI obituaries. Think of them as interesting and amusing rather than morbid or morose. This one is from AI Copilot. John Massengale AIA CNU Celebrating a Visionary Mind in Urban Design and Architecture … Continue reading → The post Reports of...
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Book Briefs #35 Revisited Last week I cobbled together eight books, some of which publishers had sent me more than a year ago,...
5th Jun 2023
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Book Briefs #35 Revisited

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

5th Jun 2023
Last week I cobbled together eight books, some of which publishers had sent me more than a year ago, in an effort to write a "Better Late Than Never" installment of "Book Briefs,"  something I had done back in April 2018 with Book Briefs #35. But, sensing I would not be able to...
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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 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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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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Why do home buyers look at price/sqft more than renters? A question that's puzzled me for a while is why home buyers focus on price/sqft so much more than...
9th Jan 2023
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Why do home buyers look at price/sqft more than renters?

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

9th Jan 2023
A question that's puzzled me for a while is why home buyers focus on price/sqft so much more than renters. I asked around for what other people thought and got some interesting answers, so I decided to write up my takeaways. I. Investments demand legibility Homeownership is...
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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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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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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)

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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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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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The Reflector That Started a Conversation A small safety tool helped shine a light on a much bigger challenge.
1st Jul 2026
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The Reflector That Started a Conversation

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1st Jul 2026
A small safety tool helped shine a light on a much bigger challenge.
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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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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

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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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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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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...
2 weeks ago
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Supreme Court allows Trump's White House ballroom construction to continue

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2 weeks ago
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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Local Economies, Fiscal Imagination and Economic Justice in New York City History shows that a city’s economy is strongest when it’s locally rooted, ownership is shared, and...
3rd Aug 2026
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Local Economies, Fiscal Imagination and Economic Justice in New York City

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3rd Aug 2026
History shows that a city’s economy is strongest when it’s locally rooted, ownership is shared, and growth is generated from the bottom up.
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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

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

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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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

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

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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Reading List 05/03/25 Blackout in Spain and Portugal, Chinese robot adoption, energy maneuverability theory, the Florida...
3rd May 2025
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Reading List 05/03/25

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3rd May 2025
Blackout in Spain and Portugal, Chinese robot adoption, energy maneuverability theory, the Florida real estate market, battery manufacturing cancellations, and more.
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namesake mcmansion Howdy folks! Today’s McMansion is very special because a) we’re returning to Maryland after a long...
31st Jul 2024
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namesake mcmansion

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

31st Jul 2024
Howdy folks! Today’s McMansion is very special because a) we’re returning to Maryland after a long time and b) because the street this McMansion is on is the same as my name. (It was not named after me.) Hence, it is my personal McMansion, which I guess is somewhat like when...
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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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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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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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Migration Away From Flooded Land in Seattle How did you decide on your map subject for the Migration atlas?  Deciding what to map was the...
30th Apr 2020
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Migration Away From Flooded Land in Seattle

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

30th Apr 2020
How did you decide on your map subject for the Migration atlas?  Deciding what to map was the hardest part of the Atlas in a Day experience. The first night, we developed a number of interesting concepts but nothing felt quite right. Were data available? What interesting story...
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The Brutalist: A Cinematic Architect’s Dream—and Nightmare The film’s portrayal of its architect protagonist is entirely predictable, but carries a note of...
3rd Feb 2025
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The Brutalist: A Cinematic Architect’s Dream—and Nightmare

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

3rd Feb 2025
The film’s portrayal of its architect protagonist is entirely predictable, but carries a note of caution.
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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

from Cartogrammar [alt+shift+b] in architecture

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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How Guerrilla Cartography’s Atlases Promote Diverse Perspectives Guerrilla Cartography aims to promote the understanding that there are many views of the world, that...
1st Nov 2023
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How Guerrilla Cartography’s Atlases Promote Diverse Perspectives

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

1st Nov 2023
Guerrilla Cartography aims to promote the understanding that there are many views of the world, that how we understand space and place can vary, and that we should think critically about the maps and the graphics we make and consume. Our organization has designed processes for...
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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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When Is Architectural Symbolism Hypocrisy? Like or loathe it, symbolism over substance has a long tradition.
2nd May 2024
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When Is Architectural Symbolism Hypocrisy?

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

2nd May 2024
Like or loathe it, symbolism over substance has a long tradition.
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The Hidden Territory: USGS’s 1950’s to 1970’s Isometric Geological Diagrams The online archive of the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey is a valuable...
15th Oct 2023
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The Hidden Territory: USGS’s 1950’s to 1970’s Isometric Geological Diagrams

from SOCKS [alt+shift+b] in architecture

15th Oct 2023
The online archive of the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey is a valuable resource filled with detailed three-dimensional territorial maps employing various representational techniques. Thanks to the work of artist, designer, and developer Jill Hubleys...
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Georgist land taxes balance community benefit & the efficiency of markets One thing I like about Georgist land taxes is they reflect a deep-seated intuition many people have...
13th Jul 2024
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Georgist land taxes balance community benefit & the efficiency of markets

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

13th Jul 2024
One thing I like about Georgist land taxes is they reflect a deep-seated intuition many people have that land should be owned by the community, while still employing markets to ensure efficient use of this limited resource. People feel that land is special and should serve the...
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From Slow House to Blue Dream Blue Dream is a house designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Julia "Julie" Reyes Taubman and her...
2nd Oct 2023
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From Slow House to Blue Dream

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

2nd Oct 2023
Blue Dream is a house designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Julia "Julie" Reyes Taubman and her husband Robert "Bobby" Taubman. The house, located in East Hampton, on the South Fork of Long Island, was completed in 2017, nearly 30 years after the architects were commissioned...
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In Madison, Safer Streets Started With a Simple Test By testing small, temporary changes, Madison, WI, is building safer streets and a culture of...
1st Apr 2026
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In Madison, Safer Streets Started With a Simple Test

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

1st Apr 2026
By testing small, temporary changes, Madison, WI, is building safer streets and a culture of continuous improvement.
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A Sheet Metal Skin Of Oiled Steel Was Selected For The Siding Of This Mountain Home James Merrell Architects together with interior design firm Ellen Hanson Designs, completed a modern...
2nd Oct 2024
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A Sheet Metal Skin Of Oiled Steel Was Selected For The Siding Of This Mountain Home

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

2nd Oct 2024
James Merrell Architects together with interior design firm Ellen Hanson Designs, completed a modern mountain home in Sun Valley, Idaho, that features an exterior of oiled steel, concrete, and glass. The sheet metal skin of oiled steel was selected for the siding to bring in the...
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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

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

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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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)

from SOCKS [alt+shift+b] in architecture

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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R.I.P. W.C. (1930s Southern Railway toilets, Havant station, Hampshire, UK) So farewell then, Havant station’s 1930s railway toilets. It is doubtful whether many passengers...
15th Feb 2023
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R.I.P. W.C. (1930s Southern Railway toilets, Havant station, Hampshire, UK)

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

15th Feb 2023
So farewell then, Havant station’s 1930s railway toilets. It is doubtful whether many passengers will mourn their loss, but they are another piece of railway heritage that has slipped beyond grasp. If you care about the story of our railways, expressed through their built...
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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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How Valuable Are Building Methods That Use Fewer Materials? Materials make up a substantial fraction of the costs of new construction. When we previously looked...
6th Feb 2024
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How Valuable Are Building Methods That Use Fewer Materials?

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

6th Feb 2024
Materials make up a substantial fraction of the costs of new construction. When we previously looked at a collection of 40 different construction tasks, on average materials made up 62% of the cost of the task. And for an average new house, materials make up roughly 50% of direct...
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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

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

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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Ozymandias And Elitism Is pleasure evidence of unworthiness?
1st Nov 2025
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Ozymandias And Elitism

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

1st Nov 2025
Is pleasure evidence of unworthiness?
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Agency of the Subsurface [Image: The Heathen Gate at Carnuntum, outside Vienna; photo by Geoff Manaugh.] Last summer, a...
28th Sep 2023
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Agency of the Subsurface

from BLDGBLOG [alt+shift+b] in architecture

28th Sep 2023
[Image: The Heathen Gate at Carnuntum, outside Vienna; photo by Geoff Manaugh.] Last summer, a geophysicist at the University of Vienna named Immo Trinks proposed the creation of an EU-funded “International Subsurface Exploration Agency.” Modeled after NASA or the ESA, this new...
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Neutral Tones And Soft Curves Create A Relaxing Vibe For This Boutique Hotel Architecture and interior design firm Onion, has shared photos of Sala Khao Yai, a collection of...
5th Nov 2024
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Neutral Tones And Soft Curves Create A Relaxing Vibe For This Boutique Hotel

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

5th Nov 2024
Architecture and interior design firm Onion, has shared photos of Sala Khao Yai, a collection of boutique hotel villas in Thailand. The various building designs are inspired by the silhouette of surrounding mountains, the contours of the landscape, and the site’s organic...
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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

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

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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The Solar Manifesto - Part 1. for even after the deepest night, the sun always rises.
26th Dec 2021
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The Solar Manifesto - Part 1.

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

26th Dec 2021
for even after the deepest night, the sun always rises.
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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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Light, Ventilation, and Design Features in School Design An institutional space requires maximum optimization of light and ventilation. Schools require open,...
1st Jul 2023
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Light, Ventilation, and Design Features in School Design

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

1st Jul 2023
An institutional space requires maximum optimization of light and ventilation. Schools require open, bright places and the best design...
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My Comments at the Midtown South Social Equity and Music Festival Fifty-one years ago, the Pennsylvania Railroad tragically tore down Pennsylvania Station. Not only...
15th Sep 2024
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My Comments at the Midtown South Social Equity and Music Festival

from There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind [alt+shift+b] in architecture

15th Sep 2024
Fifty-one years ago, the Pennsylvania Railroad tragically tore down Pennsylvania Station. Not only is it the best building ever torn down in New York, but in the combined Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, we got the worst building in … Continue reading → The post My...
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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

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

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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Northern Virginia Is a Real Place, Revisited Feeling at home in a big, anonymous place
2nd Mar 2026
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Northern Virginia Is a Real Place, Revisited

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

2nd Mar 2026
Feeling at home in a big, anonymous place
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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

from There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind [alt+shift+b] in architecture

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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Pableaux Johnson: Be Where Your Feet Are A New Orleanian pays a Mardi Gras tribute to the Cajun Dalai Lama.
3rd Mar 2025
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Pableaux Johnson: Be Where Your Feet Are

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3rd Mar 2025
A New Orleanian pays a Mardi Gras tribute to the Cajun Dalai Lama.
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It’s 2026: Time for a Comprehensive Plan for New York City Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to finally provide a planning vision that supports residents and...
5th Jan 2026
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It’s 2026: Time for a Comprehensive Plan for New York City

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

5th Jan 2026
Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to finally provide a planning vision that supports residents and social value instead of the real estate industry.
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MSG Two MSG quotes: “In animal studies, injecting high doses of MSG into the brains of rats made them...
22nd May 2021
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MSG

from There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind [alt+shift+b] in architecture

22nd May 2021
Two MSG quotes: “In animal studies, injecting high doses of MSG into the brains of rats made them fat.” – Wikipedia “Through Pennsylvania Station one entered the city like a god…. One scuttles in now like a rat” [under Madison … Continue reading → The post MSG appeared first on...
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Architect Christmas Cards 2023 It’s that time of year again when a grinches, I mean an architect’s, heart grows 3 sizes and they...
13th Dec 2023
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Architect Christmas Cards 2023

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

13th Dec 2023
It’s that time of year again when a grinches, I mean an architect’s, heart grows 3 sizes and they realize the true meaning of Christmas. Ignoring heat gain coefficients and just using all glass on the new design for Santa’s experimental workshop/atelier anyway. It’s a Christmas...
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Architecture Always Reflects the Values of Its Current Culture What we build is who we are.
8th Aug 2023
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Architecture Always Reflects the Values of Its Current Culture

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

8th Aug 2023
What we build is who we are.
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Design Paths Design is hard. The path you follow from start to finish is never a straight line. If only there...
1st Mar 2024
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Design Paths

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

1st Mar 2024
Design is hard. The path you follow from start to finish is never a straight line. If only there were a handful of clear diagrams to explain the process. This isn’t that:
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7 key principles of solar passive design - Part 1. or how to dramatically improve indoor healthy air quality and well-being while reducing...
1st May 2022
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7 key principles of solar passive design - Part 1.

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

1st May 2022
or how to dramatically improve indoor healthy air quality and well-being while reducing energy-consumption for every building we build?
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This Hidden Chapel In The Woods Is Captivating Architecture Lovers MOTIV Architects has shared photos of a small memorial chapel they completed in a Canadian forest.
4th May 2025
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This Hidden Chapel In The Woods Is Captivating Architecture Lovers

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

4th May 2025
MOTIV Architects has shared photos of a small memorial chapel they completed in a Canadian forest.
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every small city has that one dictator chic house I don’t know why, but every city, no matter how big, has some insanely stacked dictator-looking...
30th Jan 2023
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every small city has that one dictator chic house

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

30th Jan 2023
I don’t know why, but every city, no matter how big, has some insanely stacked dictator-looking McMansion somewhere outside the city limits. If you sort your Zillow results as Price: High - Low, this house will pop up first. It costs something like $5,000,000. It is 10,000 square...
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we’ve found it folks: mcmansion heaven Hello everyone. It is my pleasure to bring you the greatest house I have ever seen. The house of a...
2nd Feb 2024
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we’ve found it folks: mcmansion heaven

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

2nd Feb 2024
Hello everyone. It is my pleasure to bring you the greatest house I have ever seen. The house of a true visionary. A real ad-hocist. A genuine pioneer of fenestration. This house is in Alabama. It was built in 1980 and costs around $5 million. It is worth every penny. Perhaps...
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