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What a GIS & Map Librarian does all day The two most common responses I get when I tell people that I’m a map librarian at UC Berkeley are:...
7th Sep 2022
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What a GIS & Map Librarian does all day

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

7th Sep 2022
The two most common responses I get when I tell people that I’m a map librarian at UC Berkeley are: I didn’t know that was a job?! and I love maps! These are both fair reactions. It’s not a very common job. And maps are very cool. Just like a typical librarian’s work does not...
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Edge Esmeralda: A recap of June's popup village This summer, I co-organized a month-long 1,300-person "popup village" in Healdsburg, CA called Edge...
26th Aug 2024
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Edge Esmeralda: A recap of June's popup village

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

26th Aug 2024
This summer, I co-organized a month-long 1,300-person "popup village" in Healdsburg, CA called Edge Esmeralda. This gathering was incredibly fun and rewarding, and it was also a huge accelerant to the creation of the permanent village we are building, Esmeralda. Edge Esmeralda...
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GENERAL NOTES: *feel free to add these to your construction documents
11th Apr 2023
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GENERAL NOTES:

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

11th Apr 2023
*feel free to add these to your construction documents
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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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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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Building the Bell System If someone was making a list of the most important American companies today, it’s unlikely AT&T...
3rd Jul 2024
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Building the Bell System

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

3rd Jul 2024
If someone was making a list of the most important American companies today, it’s unlikely AT&T would be anywhere near the top. It’s large, but not notably so: it came in 32nd in the 2024 Fortune 500 ranking, just above Comcast and below Verizon. Its offerings are not unique:...
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What makes housing so expensive? Buying a home is by far the largest purchase most of us will make, and paying the rent or mortgage...
2nd Apr 2024
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What makes housing so expensive?

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

2nd Apr 2024
Buying a home is by far the largest purchase most of us will make, and paying the rent or mortgage will be our largest monthly expense. In the post-pandemic home-buying boom, the median sale price of a new home peaked at almost $500,000 dollars, just under
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Markets in everything at the Duomo You're not allowed inside the Duomo with your shoulders uncovered. We learned this the hard way. I...
11th Aug 2019
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Markets in everything at the Duomo

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

11th Aug 2019
You're not allowed inside the Duomo with your shoulders uncovered. We learned this the hard way. I was wearing a spaghetti strap dress (it's 92℉/33℃ and humid here in Milan), so they stopped my little group at the entrance, after we'd already purchased 3 tickets. Luckily, we...
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In Search of Perfection: Plato’s Double Arrow (Rail Symbol 2, Nick Job for Network Rail, 2022) It takes some strange mixture of bravery, confidence, and the thickest of skins to take on the job...
14th Dec 2022
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In Search of Perfection: Plato’s Double Arrow (Rail Symbol 2, Nick Job for Network Rail, 2022)

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

14th Dec 2022
It takes some strange mixture of bravery, confidence, and the thickest of skins to take on the job of redesigning a national icon. Once again, the rail industry’s “double arrow”, the symbol that has come completely to mean “railway” in Britain, has been given a facelift. Previous...
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The Classic Planning Herald International: A Window into the Global New Traditional Architecture... The Classic Planning Herald International is a new quarterly magazine from the Classic Planning...
17th Dec 2024
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The Classic Planning Herald International: A Window into the Global New Traditional Architecture Movement

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17th Dec 2024
The Classic Planning Herald International is a new quarterly magazine from the Classic Planning Institute. The project offers insights into what is happening in the New Traditional Architecture community and aims to challenge the modernist dogma. In this article, Michelle Sofge...
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This Elevated Home Allows Plants To Be Grown Underneath Bates Masi + Architects has sent us photos of a new home they recently completed in Bridgehampton,...
9th Jan 2024
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This Elevated Home Allows Plants To Be Grown Underneath

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

9th Jan 2024
Bates Masi + Architects has sent us photos of a new home they recently completed in Bridgehampton, New York, that has its living spaces elevated above the ground.
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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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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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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

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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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A City in Retreat: Les Devantures by Sandrine Marc (2018) Sandrine Marc is a photographer and artist based in Paris with a specific interest in self-made...
7th Nov 2022
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A City in Retreat: Les Devantures by Sandrine Marc (2018)

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7th Nov 2022
Sandrine Marc is a photographer and artist based in Paris with a specific interest in self-made editions. She investigates urban and suburban territories through slow, long walks immersing herself in mutating environments. In December 2018, after the first demonstration by the...
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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

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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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White Elephants in the State of Vermont This map, which originally appeared in the Community atlas, has been revised. The typeface has been...
14th Jul 2020
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White Elephants in the State of Vermont

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

14th Jul 2020
This map, which originally appeared in the Community atlas, has been revised. The typeface has been changed to Cornerstone, which is used in the logo for the Black Lives Matter movement. How did you decide to map what you mapped for the Community atlas?  That was the question...
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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

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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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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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Chairs For Sitting On Stairs ARTA Architects has designed the Tai Kwun Chairs for The Hong Kong Jockey Club, allowing a more...
6th Dec 2024
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Chairs For Sitting On Stairs

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6th Dec 2024
ARTA Architects has designed the Tai Kwun Chairs for The Hong Kong Jockey Club, allowing a more comfortable and modular seating solution for these stairs. The chairs complement the distinctive design languages of the Tai Kwun arts and cultural centre’s ancient and contemporary...
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Conceiving the Plan Conceiving the Plan: Nuance and Intimacy in Civic Space Edited by Yael Hameiri Sainsaux Skira,...
5th Dec 2022
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Conceiving the Plan

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5th Dec 2022
Conceiving the Plan: Nuance and Intimacy in Civic Space Edited by Yael Hameiri Sainsaux Skira, August 2022 Hardcover | 12-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches | 240 pages | 170 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9788857246543 | $45.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: In Honor of Diane Lewis...
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What’s the Point of Lower-Density Urbanism? We need new models for fixing existing sprawl and growing small towns.
5th Jul 2023
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What’s the Point of Lower-Density Urbanism?

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5th Jul 2023
We need new models for fixing existing sprawl and growing small towns.
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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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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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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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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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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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A Change of Course – Honing Network Rail’s Wayfinding Guidance Finding your way around a Network Rail station is becoming another step easier. The publication of...
23rd Jul 2025
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A Change of Course – Honing Network Rail’s Wayfinding Guidance

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23rd Jul 2025
Finding your way around a Network Rail station is becoming another step easier. The publication of the most recent version of Network Rail’s Wayfinding design manual represents the latest step in the company’s quest to design the best possible signage system for stations. Given...
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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

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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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Unconventional strategies for practicing Spanish Language skills are highly multi-dimensional*, so while learning a language, it's important to come...
26th Dec 2019
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Unconventional strategies for practicing Spanish

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

26th Dec 2019
Language skills are highly multi-dimensional*, so while learning a language, it's important to come at it from lots of different directions. Here are some of the tricks I've used to practice Spanish that I haven't heard so many other people use. (They're likely useful for other...
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The Large Arch Window In Front Of This Cafe Offers A Glimpse Of The Creative Interior Anatomy Architecture + Atelier has shared photos of a cafe they designed in Ayutthaya, Thailand,...
14th Jun 2023
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The Large Arch Window In Front Of This Cafe Offers A Glimpse Of The Creative Interior

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

14th Jun 2023
Anatomy Architecture + Atelier has shared photos of a cafe they designed in Ayutthaya, Thailand, that incorporates a collection of windows to create a welcoming arch shape on its facade.
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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?

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

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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Four Versions: This Is How Penn Station, NY, Might Look if Rebuilt You may have heard about ReThinkNYC, a movement and not-for-profit corporation dedicated to...
13th Jun 2024
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Four Versions: This Is How Penn Station, NY, Might Look if Rebuilt

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

13th Jun 2024
You may have heard about ReThinkNYC, a movement and not-for-profit corporation dedicated to rebuilding the original Pennsylvania Station in New York through ReThinkPennStationNYC. Collaborating with classical architect Richard Cameron, they have developed three new variations on...
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The Black Exterior Of This Home Leads To A Pink Kitchen Inside Paul Archer Design has shared photos of a home they completed in Wivenhoe, England, for an artist...
11th Jun 2024
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The Black Exterior Of This Home Leads To A Pink Kitchen Inside

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

11th Jun 2024
Paul Archer Design has shared photos of a home they completed in Wivenhoe, England, for an artist who wanted a light-filled interior with room to work and to entertain.
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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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Pools and Populations in the SF Bay Area For many people, swimming in a pool on a hot July day with kids splashing and lifeguards hollering...
18th Nov 2024
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Pools and Populations in the SF Bay Area

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

18th Nov 2024
For many people, swimming in a pool on a hot July day with kids splashing and lifeguards hollering is the quintessential summer experience. Not only do pools provide a place for people to recreate and cool off in the summer heat, but access to pools is essential to making basic...
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What's Going On In Budapest? A Return to Beauty
6th Jan 2026
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What's Going On In Budapest?

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6th Jan 2026
A Return to Beauty
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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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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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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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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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Does Building More Housing Bankrupt Cities? The Numerate Case for Aesthetic Abundance
3 weeks ago
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Does Building More Housing Bankrupt Cities?

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3 weeks ago
The Numerate Case for Aesthetic Abundance
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simulacra for bootlickers FYI, this post is a little more NSFW than usual with the language. Usually I think McMansions are...
7th Apr 2025
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simulacra for bootlickers

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

7th Apr 2025
FYI, this post is a little more NSFW than usual with the language. Usually I think McMansions are kind of funny. Sometimes, I even like them. If I didn’t like them at least a little bit, I don’t think I’d be running this blog for a solid eight years and counting. Some McMansions...
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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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High Speed at High Speed (Tianjin West station, China) In scale and speed of construction, Tianjin West seems almost impossible – especially when viewed...
4th Oct 2023
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High Speed at High Speed (Tianjin West station, China)

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4th Oct 2023
In scale and speed of construction, Tianjin West seems almost impossible – especially when viewed from Britain. It is, therefore, the perfect embodiment of China’s high speed rail network, on which the station can be found. It is also, I am sorry to say, the antithesis of the...
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Hi everyone: I’ve written a long deep-dive on the present state of the McMansion, from... The McMansion as Harbinger of the American Apocalypse Hi everyone: I’ve written a long deep-dive on...
10th May 2023
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Hi everyone: I’ve written a long deep-dive on the present state of the McMansion, from farmhouse…

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

10th May 2023
The McMansion as Harbinger of the American Apocalypse Hi everyone: I’ve written a long deep-dive on the present state of the McMansion, from farmhouse chic to imminent environmental collapse. If you’ve been seeing an inordinate number of big ugly houses pop up in your...
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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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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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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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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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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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Building Fast and Slow: The Empire State Building and the World Trade Center (Part I) The Empire State Building was completed in 1931. At a height of 1250 feet [0], it was the world's...
23rd Nov 2022
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Building Fast and Slow: The Empire State Building and the World Trade Center (Part I)

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

23rd Nov 2022
The Empire State Building was completed in 1931. At a height of 1250 feet [0], it was the world's tallest building, exceeding the recently completed Chrysler building by 202 feet. It would hold that title for the next 39 years, until 1970 when it was surpassed in height by...
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A Round House Design Inspired By A Tree Trunk Mobius Architekci has sent us photos of a home they designed in Izabelin, Poland, that has a round...
1st Mar 2023
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A Round House Design Inspired By A Tree Trunk

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Mar 2023
Mobius Architekci has sent us photos of a home they designed in Izabelin, Poland, that has a round design. The vast, sandy plot densely covered with a pine forest created a unique setting for the house, with the architect drawing inspiration from a tree trunk. The home has been...
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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

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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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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

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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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here are some things i like Often people say to me, “Kate, you’re an architecture critic! You must have an impeccably designed...
28th Feb 2023
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here are some things i like

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28th Feb 2023
Often people say to me, “Kate, you’re an architecture critic! You must have an impeccably designed home full of wonderful design.” Haha, NO! However, I do think it’s entirely possible to collect design and live an aesthetically satisfying life on, like, a normal salary. Last...
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Vermont's Great Retreat To begin the process of creating this map, I asked questions. Devoured books. Consumed articles....
10th Nov 2021
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Vermont's Great Retreat

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10th Nov 2021
To begin the process of creating this map, I asked questions. Devoured books. Consumed articles. Talked to historians and librarians. And read maps. Lots of maps. As I did, I wondered if there was something in the landscape, the communities, the culture that made Vermont...
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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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This Home Has A Living Room That Extends Over The Swimming Pool Below Daniel Marshall Architect (DMA) has shared photos of a new home they designed in New Zealand, that...
11th Apr 2023
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This Home Has A Living Room That Extends Over The Swimming Pool Below

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11th Apr 2023
Daniel Marshall Architect (DMA) has shared photos of a new home they designed in New Zealand, that includes a cantilevered living room.
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Does construction ever get cheaper? I've mentioned a few times that I generally prefer looking at construction progress through the lens...
1st Feb 2023
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Does construction ever get cheaper?

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1st Feb 2023
I've mentioned a few times that I generally prefer looking at construction progress through the lens of cost indexes rather than productivity indexes. Whereas productivity indexes try to track changes in the amount of construction we get for a given amount of labor (for labor...
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I’d rather live in a nostalgic Disneyland than a modernist wasteland Critics often dismiss traditional or historicizing architecture as mere “Disneyland” — a fake,...
16th Jun 2025
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I’d rather live in a nostalgic Disneyland than a modernist wasteland

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

16th Jun 2025
Critics often dismiss traditional or historicizing architecture as mere “Disneyland” — a fake, nostalgic fantasy out of step with modern life. But millions visit Disney’s Main Street every year, drawn to something they rarely find in real cities: beautiful, human-scaled streets...
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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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How did solar power get cheap? Part I Solar photovoltaics (PV) have become one of the cheapest sources of electricity. Lazard’s estimate...
12th Apr 2023
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How did solar power get cheap? Part I

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12th Apr 2023
Solar photovoltaics (PV) have become one of the cheapest sources of electricity. Lazard’s estimate of unsubsidized levelized cost of energy (LCOE)
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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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Inside A Modern Australian Home Surrounded By Tropical Rainforest Designed by Void Building Design, Raintree is a contemporary three-level home located beside Noosa...
3 weeks ago
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Inside A Modern Australian Home Surrounded By Tropical Rainforest

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3 weeks ago
Designed by Void Building Design, Raintree is a contemporary three-level home located beside Noosa National Park in Queensland, Australia. The residence occupies a compact 350-square-metre site, yet manages to create a generous sense of space, privacy, and openness. With...
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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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Olmsted Trees Olmsted Trees Photographs by Stanley Greenberg, with contributions by Tom Avermaete, Kevin Baker,...
10th Oct 2022
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Olmsted Trees

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10th Oct 2022
Olmsted Trees Photographs by Stanley Greenberg, with contributions by Tom Avermaete, Kevin Baker, Mindy Thompson Fullilove Hirmer Publishers, August 2022 Hardcover | 9 x 11 inches | 160 pages | 100 illustrations | German/English | ISBN: | $X.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: Central...
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Dark Vertical Wood Siding Was Chosen As The Primary Exterior Cladding To “Camouflage” This Cabin Architecture firm Prentiss + Balance + Wickline has shared photos of a house they designed in...
7th Feb 2024
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Dark Vertical Wood Siding Was Chosen As The Primary Exterior Cladding To “Camouflage” This Cabin

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

7th Feb 2024
Architecture firm Prentiss + Balance + Wickline has shared photos of a house they designed in Wawona, California, for a couple with grown children and their families.
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The Penn Station Announcement: What Did We Actually Learn? The new Trump-backed proposal produces more questions than it answers.
1st Jun 2026
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The Penn Station Announcement: What Did We Actually Learn?

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1st Jun 2026
The new Trump-backed proposal produces more questions than it answers.
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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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Empathy for the Devil I. Loan application Before serving time for mortgage fraud, Toby Groves seemed like the last person...
3rd Feb 2019
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Empathy for the Devil

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3rd Feb 2019
I. Loan application Before serving time for mortgage fraud, Toby Groves seemed like the last person who would get into that kind of trouble. His older brother had been sentenced for the same crime twenty years earlier, and Toby had seen how it destroyed his family. He swore he’d...
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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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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

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8th Aug 2023
What we build is who we are.
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Myopia: Observing Communities in Chiang Mai, Thailand The genesis for “My Parallel Communities of Chiang Mai (ชุมขนคู่ขนานที่เชียงใหม่)” likely began on a...
8th Oct 2020
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Myopia: Observing Communities in Chiang Mai, Thailand

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8th Oct 2020
The genesis for “My Parallel Communities of Chiang Mai (ชุมขนคู่ขนานที่เชียงใหม่)” likely began on a calm, wet-season night after the rains had subsided at One Nimman, my group of friends — portrait artists from Chiang Mai University — shooting the breeze and hustling what money...
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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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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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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.

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26th Dec 2021
for even after the deepest night, the sun always rises.
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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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The Making of Unique Athangudi Tiles : An Unforgettable Experience Chettinad, the land of wealthy Chettiars in the southern part of Tamil Nadu, is famous not only for...
1st Oct 2023
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The Making of Unique Athangudi Tiles : An Unforgettable Experience

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1st Oct 2023
Chettinad, the land of wealthy Chettiars in the southern part of Tamil Nadu, is famous not only for its mouth-watering cuisine but also...
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Why Would You Want to Teach Architecture? Opening minds and defining a way of working is the ultimate payoff.
4th Jan 2024
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Why Would You Want to Teach Architecture?

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4th Jan 2024
Opening minds and defining a way of working is the ultimate payoff.
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Hachures and sketchy relief maps I’ve never been a terrain representation expert, but occasionally I get briefly super interested in...
9th May 2016
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Hachures and sketchy relief maps

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9th May 2016
I’ve never been a terrain representation expert, but occasionally I get briefly super interested in some DIY technique for relief mapping, not using typical GIS tools or rendering software. Tom Patterson’s old (but still applicable) Photoshop tutorials were my introduction to the...
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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?

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2nd May 2024
Like or loathe it, symbolism over substance has a long tradition.
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Life Advice: “You’ll Do Fine If You Believe, ‘I Do My Best.’” Author and educator Steven Heller’s commencement address to the School of Visual Arts’ Class of...
3rd Jun 2025
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Life Advice: “You’ll Do Fine If You Believe, ‘I Do My Best.’”

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3rd Jun 2025
Author and educator Steven Heller’s commencement address to the School of Visual Arts’ Class of 2025.
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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

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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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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

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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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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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Which Construction Tasks Have Gotten Cheaper? We spend a lot of time around here looking at construction costs, and whenever we do the same story...
7th Dec 2023
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Which Construction Tasks Have Gotten Cheaper?

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7th Dec 2023
We spend a lot of time around here looking at construction costs, and whenever we do the same story emerges: construction never gets cheaper. Construction costs tend to rise at or above the level of overall inflation. A square foot of building costs as much or more to build today...
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Uncontrolled Remains I find landfill chemistry weirdly fascinating, particularly the idea that untold millions of tons of...
7th Jul 2025
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Uncontrolled Remains

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7th Jul 2025
I find landfill chemistry weirdly fascinating, particularly the idea that untold millions of tons of garbage being stored in giant, artificial landforms—or simply buried underground like false geological deposits—might be inadvertently catalyzing chemical processes we neither...
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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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Chicago Slashes Parking Mandates In a Big Win for Small Developers A new ordinance removes costly parking requirements across most of Chicago, clearing the way for...
1st Aug 2025
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Chicago Slashes Parking Mandates In a Big Win for Small Developers

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1st Aug 2025
A new ordinance removes costly parking requirements across most of Chicago, clearing the way for more affordable housing and business development.
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Separated at Birth AS CHAIR OF CNU NYC, I was part of the Empire Station Coalition’s long opposition to the efforts of...
1st Jun 2026
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Separated at Birth

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1st Jun 2026
AS CHAIR OF CNU NYC, I was part of the Empire Station Coalition’s long opposition to the efforts of Governor Cuomo and then Governor Hochul to turn the area around Penn Station into a towering Vornadoville (Vornado calls it “The … Continue reading → The post Separated at Birth...
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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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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!

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25th Nov 2022
Together we make your home healthier, full of sunlight & abound with natural energy
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What Is Sacred Architecture in an Increasingly Secular Time? Is it space or the people who animate it?
5th Feb 2024
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What Is Sacred Architecture in an Increasingly Secular Time?

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5th Feb 2024
Is it space or the people who animate it?
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A Laneway House With A Rotated Brick Facade Architecture firm Williamson Williamson has shared photos of a laneway home they completed in...
1st Jun 2024
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A Laneway House With A Rotated Brick Facade

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1st Jun 2024
Architecture firm Williamson Williamson has shared photos of a laneway home they completed in Toronto, Canada, that features a distinct rotated brick facade. Usually, laneway houses are small, however, this one is a four-bedroom home, designed for a family of five, providing...
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Kelp Farming May Help Clean New York’s Polluted Waterways and Fight Climate Change The seaweed found in Newtown Creek, Gowanus Bay, and the East River could suck up carbon and...
27th Mar 2023
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Kelp Farming May Help Clean New York’s Polluted Waterways and Fight Climate Change

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27th Mar 2023
The seaweed found in Newtown Creek, Gowanus Bay, and the East River could suck up carbon and pollutants, bolstering marine ecosystems.
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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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Man Ray, Mathematical Objects (1934-36) The collection of 19th-century three-dimensional models of algebraic and differential equations at...
14th Jan 2024
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Man Ray, Mathematical Objects (1934-36)

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14th Jan 2024
The collection of 19th-century three-dimensional models of algebraic and differential equations at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris made a great impression on Surrealist artists. Allegedly, after Max Ernst brought these wood, metal, wire, and plaster forms to Man Ray’s...
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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

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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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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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This Small Apartment Has A Yoga Wall And A Coffee Bar LITTLEMORE INTERIOR DESIGN has shared photos of a small 380-square-foot (35 sqm) apartment in Hong...
8th May 2023
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This Small Apartment Has A Yoga Wall And A Coffee Bar

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8th May 2023
LITTLEMORE INTERIOR DESIGN has shared photos of a small 380-square-foot (35 sqm) apartment in Hong Kong, that includes both a custom yoga wall and a coffee bar.
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The Permanence of Form from Vernacular to Rationalism: Giuseppe Pagano’s “Architettura Rurale... Giuseppe Pagano was a central figure in Italian architecture of the first part of the 20th century....
16th Jun 2024
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The Permanence of Form from Vernacular to Rationalism: Giuseppe Pagano’s “Architettura Rurale Italiana” at Milan Triennale (1936)

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16th Jun 2024
Giuseppe Pagano was a central figure in Italian architecture of the first part of the 20th century. Along with his practice as a rationalist architect and his political engagement, which led him to leave the Fascist Party, join the Resistance, and later be deported to Mauthausen,...
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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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Building Fast and Slow Part III: Design of the World Trade Center This is Part III in a series comparing the construction of the Empire State Building and the World...
6th Dec 2022
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Building Fast and Slow Part III: Design of the World Trade Center

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6th Dec 2022
This is Part III in a series comparing the construction of the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center. Part I covers the design and construction of the Empire State Building, and Part II covers the initial development of the World Trade Center
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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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ode to a faux grecian urn Howdy everyone, Today’s house, built in 2001, comes to you from, you guessed it, the Chicago...
2nd Apr 2024
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ode to a faux grecian urn

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2nd Apr 2024
Howdy everyone, Today’s house, built in 2001, comes to you from, you guessed it, the Chicago suburbs. The house is a testimony to traditional craftsmanship and traditional values (having lots of money.) The cost of painting this house greige is approximately the GDP of Slovenia...
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New academic dissertation questions architects’ taste Many architects look down upon residential areas built with the small town as a model, with new...
6th Apr 2024
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New academic dissertation questions architects’ taste

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6th Apr 2024
Many architects look down upon residential areas built with the small town as a model, with new houses made in a traditional style. But this is exactly what the average person appreciates. “Why do many architects dislike the very thing that residents often enjoy?” asks architect...
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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

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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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A Radical (and Totally Practical) Rethinking of U.S. Housing Construction Vienna and Paris demonstrate that there are easier, less-expensive ways to build homes.
6th Jan 2025
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A Radical (and Totally Practical) Rethinking of U.S. Housing Construction

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6th Jan 2025
Vienna and Paris demonstrate that there are easier, less-expensive ways to build homes.
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Weeding is Fundamental On October 17th, 1989, the Oakland A’s were playing the San Francisco Giants in the World Series,...
5th Aug 2025
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Weeding is Fundamental

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5th Aug 2025
On October 17th, 1989, the Oakland A’s were playing the San Francisco Giants in the World Series, but just as the game was kicking off—the television broadcast cut out. When the signal came back, it was no longer the baseball game. These were the early minutes of the Loma Prieta...
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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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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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bonus mcmansion hell: terrible things are happening in McLean, VA Read the bonus post on Patreon!
27th Oct 2022
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bonus mcmansion hell: terrible things are happening in McLean, VA

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27th Oct 2022
Read the bonus post on Patreon!
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Dyed Cement Shingles Cover The Counter Inside This Bakery Grizzo Studio has shared photos of MALAU, a new bakery in Pilar Centro, Argentina, that includes...
1st Oct 2024
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Dyed Cement Shingles Cover The Counter Inside This Bakery

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1st Oct 2024
Grizzo Studio has shared photos of MALAU, a new bakery in Pilar Centro, Argentina, that includes handcrafted pieces of dyed cement in its design.
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Complicated History, Nice Backdrop From February 1946, a view of the East River waterfront in Brooklyn, with lower Manhattan in the...
1st Aug 2024
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Complicated History, Nice Backdrop

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1st Aug 2024
From February 1946, a view of the East River waterfront in Brooklyn, with lower Manhattan in the background. It was a cold month: note the ice in the river past the train storage to the right of pier 15. This is the old pier 15, which was close to the foot of Montague Street. It...
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This Cape Town Home Was Given An Updated Interior And A New Garden Pavilion Interior design firm ARRCC has shared photos of a project they recently completed in Cape Town,...
2nd Nov 2023
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This Cape Town Home Was Given An Updated Interior And A New Garden Pavilion

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2nd Nov 2023
Interior design firm ARRCC has shared photos of a project they recently completed in Cape Town, South Africa, that included the updating of the interior and the addition of a new garden pavilion.
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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

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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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A Stepped Design For This Renovated Century-Old Edwardian House In San Francisco Andrew Mann Architecture has shared photos of a century-old Edwardian house they renovated in a...
6th May 2024
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A Stepped Design For This Renovated Century-Old Edwardian House In San Francisco

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6th May 2024
Andrew Mann Architecture has shared photos of a century-old Edwardian house they renovated in a bustling San Francisco neighborhood.
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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...
1st Jan 2024
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A Design Award Announces Their Annual World Design Rankings

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1st Jan 2024
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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Why do we need infrastructure policy? My title at IFP is "Senior Infrastructure Fellow," which means that in addition to publishing this...
1st Sep 2023
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Why do we need infrastructure policy?

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1st Sep 2023
My title at IFP is "Senior Infrastructure Fellow," which means that in addition to publishing this newsletter, I do work related to infrastructure policy. At a high level, that work is figuring out which things we should be building, and how we can make building those things...
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Turn your Bedroom to a Sleep Sanctuary: 7 Vital Design Tips Upgrades for the deepest sleep of your life
1st Oct 2025
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Turn your Bedroom to a Sleep Sanctuary: 7 Vital Design Tips

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1st Oct 2025
Upgrades for the deepest sleep of your life
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Part 1: The story so far of California Forever A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the...
20th Feb 2024
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Part 1: The story so far of California Forever

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20th Feb 2024
A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the future of my home state in my lifetime. This post is part of a series I’m writing about this bold proposal. California Forever was founded by Jan Sramek in 2017 as a way to create...
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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?

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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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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?

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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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“Architecture Schools Are Responsible for Educating the Whole Student” A talk with ACSA’s executive director, Michael Monti.
3rd Sep 2024
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“Architecture Schools Are Responsible for Educating the Whole Student”

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3rd Sep 2024
A talk with ACSA’s executive director, Michael Monti.
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Howdy everyone! Some exciting news: I’m doing a stint at The Nation this month writing... Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex Howdy everyone! Some exciting news: I’m...
13th Mar 2023
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Howdy everyone! Some exciting news: I’m doing a stint at The Nation this month writing biweekly…

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13th Mar 2023
Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex Howdy everyone! Some exciting news: I’m doing a stint at The Nation this month writing biweekly design columns. In this first one, I’ve done my best to expand on an earlier McMansion Hell post in order to answer the...
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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

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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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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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A Hidden Surprise, But Not Really The picture above shows the nearly-complete Astor Court Apartments, on Broadway between 89th and...
1st Dec 2023
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A Hidden Surprise, But Not Really

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1st Dec 2023
The picture above shows the nearly-complete Astor Court Apartments, on Broadway between 89th and 90th Street, in 1915. (As a side note, we’ve got some heavy hitters involved: the architect was Charles Platt, the contractor was Marc Eidlitz & Son, and the photographer was Irving...
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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

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3rd Feb 2025
The film’s portrayal of its architect protagonist is entirely predictable, but carries a note of caution.
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Our Guide to Exeter: where to kayak, throw clay and blend your own botanicals in the West Country...
5th Feb 2025
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Our Guide to Exeter: where to kayak, throw clay and blend your own botanicals in the West Country capital

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5th Feb 2025
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Digital vs analog error correction The purpose of this writeup was to summarize something interesting I learned recently, to make sure...
3rd May 2020
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Digital vs analog error correction

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3rd May 2020
The purpose of this writeup was to summarize something interesting I learned recently, to make sure I understood it. I figured others might find it interesting, too. ~ ~ ~ Digital signal processing corrects for errors better than its analog counterpart. This is one of the...
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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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New Orleans, Like Every City, Is Mortal For those of us concerned with the Crescent City’s survival, we must finally acknowledge a startling...
2nd Jul 2026
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New Orleans, Like Every City, Is Mortal

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2nd Jul 2026
For those of us concerned with the Crescent City’s survival, we must finally acknowledge a startling reality: New Orleans can be saved only if it first accepts that it might not be.
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Notes on being an Architect
15th May 2023
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Notes on being an Architect

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15th May 2023
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Supreme Court allows Trump's White House ballroom construction to continue This just in: The U.S. Supreme Court today allowed construction of Trump's $400 million White House...
1st Sep 2026
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Supreme Court allows Trump's White House ballroom construction to continue

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1st Sep 2026
This just in: The U.S. Supreme Court today allowed construction of Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project to proceed indefinitely while legal challenges continue. In a 5–4 decision, the court blocked lower-court rulings that would have paused the aboveground portion of...
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Black Accents Contrast The Wood And White Material Palette Of This Home Design and interior architecture firm EntreQuatreMurs (EQM) has completed the contemporary interiors...
4th Dec 2023
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Black Accents Contrast The Wood And White Material Palette Of This Home

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4th Dec 2023
Design and interior architecture firm EntreQuatreMurs (EQM) has completed the contemporary interiors of a home in Quebec, Canada, that was originally built in 1959. The house had not been renovated for several decades and featured typical enclosed rooms and small, narrow, dark...
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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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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

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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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Situated Software Written by Clay Shirky First published March 30, 2004 on the "Networks, Economics, and...
14th Mar 2020
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Situated Software

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14th Mar 2020
Written by Clay Shirky First published March 30, 2004 on the "Networks, Economics, and Culture" mailing list. Subscribe to the mailing list. I teach at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), where the student population is about evenly divided between...
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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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Beyond the Sea, flowing and exploding edition Last year I took a whack at mapping what you’d “see” if you looked straight across the ocean from...
1st Jun 2017
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Beyond the Sea, flowing and exploding edition

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1st Jun 2017
Last year I took a whack at mapping what you’d “see” if you looked straight across the ocean from coastlines around the world. Since then, an interactive version of that has been a back-burner idea. Well, finally, here we go. To recap, these arcs represent straight-line paths out...
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Left to Write (1 of 3): Adaptive Keyboards & Writing Technologies for One-Handed Users Last year, an accident left my right arm and shoulder numb and paralyzed. After extensive testing,...
1st May 2025
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Left to Write (1 of 3): Adaptive Keyboards & Writing Technologies for One-Handed Users

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1st May 2025
Last year, an accident left my right arm and shoulder numb and paralyzed. After extensive testing, doctors determined that I had severely injured my right brachial plexus — a crucial nexus of nerve pathways carrying signals back and forth between my spinal column and right upper...
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A Requiem for MIT’s Room 10-485 Memories of a space whose unique qualities helped nurture a burgeoning planner from East Los...
3rd Nov 2025
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A Requiem for MIT’s Room 10-485

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3rd Nov 2025
Memories of a space whose unique qualities helped nurture a burgeoning planner from East Los Angeles.
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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

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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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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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Book Review: Healthy Buildings Healthy Buildings, written by John Macomber and Joseph Allen is, as the title suggests, a book about...
8th May 2023
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Book Review: Healthy Buildings

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8th May 2023
Healthy Buildings, written by John Macomber and Joseph Allen is, as the title suggests, a book about how buildings affect health. Allen is a former environmental consultant, professor of public health, and director of Harvard’s “Healthy Buildings” program. Macomber is a lecturer...
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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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A Modern Brick Home Designed Around The Original Placement Of Trees Exterio architects have shared photos of a new home they completed in Warsaw, Poland, that's...
9th Jul 2024
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A Modern Brick Home Designed Around The Original Placement Of Trees

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9th Jul 2024
Exterio architects have shared photos of a new home they completed in Warsaw, Poland, that's surrounded by a pine tree forest.
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A Belated Personal Anniversary I really intended to post this when it was the correct week (I don’t remember the day)…four weeks...
1st Oct 2026
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A Belated Personal Anniversary

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1st Oct 2026
I really intended to post this when it was the correct week (I don’t remember the day)…four weeks ago…but in any case last month marks the 50th anniversary of me starting to commute by subway, in 7th grade. At first it was simply the 7 train to Grand Central for school in east...
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“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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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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Why Minnesota’s Northstar Service Was Doomed From the Start The state could've used commuter rail, but Northstar didn't deliver.
2nd Feb 2026
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Why Minnesota’s Northstar Service Was Doomed From the Start

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2nd Feb 2026
The state could've used commuter rail, but Northstar didn't deliver.
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The ‘City of Yes’ Will Make a Big Manhattan Mess City council is expected to vote on the controversial proposal soon.
1st Nov 2024
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The ‘City of Yes’ Will Make a Big Manhattan Mess

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1st Nov 2024
City council is expected to vote on the controversial proposal soon.
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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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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

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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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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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Architecture as Described through Sight Lines: Hans Vredeman de Vries’ Perspective, 1604 Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527 – c. 1607) was a Renaissance architect from the Netherlands, best known...
22nd Jun 2025
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Architecture as Described through Sight Lines: Hans Vredeman de Vries’ Perspective, 1604

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22nd Jun 2025
Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527 – c. 1607) was a Renaissance architect from the Netherlands, best known for his printed works. In 1604, he published his most renowned tome, which offers a rich visual exploration of the possibilities of linear perspective in the depiction of...
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Field notes: Miami Update 5-Dec-2021: Read the updated version of these notes here. These field notes are a bit...
21st Apr 2021
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Field notes: Miami

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21st Apr 2021
Update 5-Dec-2021: Read the updated version of these notes here. These field notes are a bit different from previous cities I've explored, because unlike those, Miami is my home! So this post partially serves as a life update—I moved to Miami Beach from California a few months...
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A Circular Sunken Firepit Is Nestled Into The Desert Landscape Of This Home Architecture firm The Ranch Mine has sent us photos of a new home they completed in Paradise Valley,...
1st Feb 2024
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A Circular Sunken Firepit Is Nestled Into The Desert Landscape Of This Home

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1st Feb 2024
Architecture firm The Ranch Mine has sent us photos of a new home they completed in Paradise Valley, Arizona, that breaks down the barriers between indoor and outdoor living. As you approach the house, the first thing that captures the eye is the striking interplay of metal fins...
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We are Survivors. We are Stardust. STARLIGHT AND AN AEROSPACE ENGINEER This map wouldn’t exist without an igniting spark from an...
25th Aug 2020
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We are Survivors. We are Stardust.

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25th Aug 2020
STARLIGHT AND AN AEROSPACE ENGINEER This map wouldn’t exist without an igniting spark from an aerospace engineer. I was visiting with a friend (said engineer) when the theme for the Atlas in a Day Challenge was announced. Upon hearing the theme of Community, she shared that the...
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In Suburbia, No One Can Hear You Clean How college life created quiet logistical constraints against clutter
1st Oct 2026
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In Suburbia, No One Can Hear You Clean

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1st Oct 2026
How college life created quiet logistical constraints against clutter
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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

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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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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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Architects vs. the Public: A Surprising Study Sheds Light on Aesthetic Preferences Do architects have a different taste in buildings compared to the rest of us? A recent Swedish study...
9th Sep 2023
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Architects vs. the Public: A Surprising Study Sheds Light on Aesthetic Preferences

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9th Sep 2023
Do architects have a different taste in buildings compared to the rest of us? A recent Swedish study delves into this question, and the findings are intriguing. In the study “Green City Branding – How People Respond to the Built Environment“, people were asked to rate five...
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The Deceptive Grandeur of City Skylines Empty office towers are likely to remain that way for years.
5th Aug 2024
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The Deceptive Grandeur of City Skylines

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5th Aug 2024
Empty office towers are likely to remain that way for years.
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When a Beloved Client Dies The connection between designer and user can—wonderfully and painfully—transcend the business of...
4th Aug 2025
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When a Beloved Client Dies

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4th Aug 2025
The connection between designer and user can—wonderfully and painfully—transcend the business of architecture.
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Stage Design as a Narrative Device: Norman Bel Geddes’ Stage Set for The Divine Comedy (1921) American stage and industrial designer, director and producer Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958) worked...
6th Mar 2022
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Stage Design as a Narrative Device: Norman Bel Geddes’ Stage Set for The Divine Comedy (1921)

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6th Mar 2022
American stage and industrial designer, director and producer Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958) worked on a theatrical staging of Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy to be performed in Madison Square Garden in 1921 on the sexcentenary of Dante’s death. Geddes planned the...
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mojo dojo casa house Howdy folks! Sorry for the delay, I was, uhhhh covering the Tour de France. Anyway, I’m back in...
13th Aug 2023
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mojo dojo casa house

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13th Aug 2023
Howdy folks! Sorry for the delay, I was, uhhhh covering the Tour de France. Anyway, I’m back in Chicago which means this blog has returned to the Chicago suburbs. I’m sure you’ve all seen Barbie at this point so this 2019 not-so-dream house will come as a pleasant (?)...
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Hempcrete Walls Are On Display Inside This Home’s New Extension Architecture studio Cairn, has shared photos of a house renovation and extension they completed for...
2nd Sep 2024
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Hempcrete Walls Are On Display Inside This Home’s New Extension

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2nd Sep 2024
Architecture studio Cairn, has shared photos of a house renovation and extension they completed for a home in London, England, that uses a new low-carbon concrete. The ‘House made by many hands’ is the first building structure in the UK to specify a low-carbon limestone calcined...
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New and Old #280 Durable homes, the return of the Walkman (?), and very rare video gaming artifacts
2nd Sep 2026
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New and Old #280

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2nd Sep 2026
Durable homes, the return of the Walkman (?), and very rare video gaming artifacts
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On Yglesias on Manufactured Homes A few weeks ago, Matt Yglesias wrote “How to Unleash a Trailer Home Boom," which outlines a strategy...
5th Jan 2024
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On Yglesias on Manufactured Homes

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5th Jan 2024
A few weeks ago, Matt Yglesias wrote “How to Unleash a Trailer Home Boom," which outlines a strategy for getting more manufactured homes built. Broadly, Yglesias proposes ending HUD code requirements that manufactured homes have a steel chassis, making it easier and less...
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The Brooklyn-Queens Connector’s Greatest Risk Is Leaving Money on the Table The IBX, New York City’s biggest transit expansion since World War II, could unlock tens of...
2 days ago
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The Brooklyn-Queens Connector’s Greatest Risk Is Leaving Money on the Table

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2 days ago
The IBX, New York City’s biggest transit expansion since World War II, could unlock tens of thousands of homes and billions in value.
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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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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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The Trouble With Architectural Publishing The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.
5th May 2026
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The Trouble With Architectural Publishing

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5th May 2026
The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.
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The Architectural League of New York seeks its next Program Director Following our previous look at an opening for a Project Architect at STUDIO BANAA, we are using this...
1st Apr 2026
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The Architectural League of New York seeks its next Program Director

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1st Apr 2026
Following our previous look at an opening for a Project Architect at STUDIO BANAA, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Program Director at the Architectural League of New York. The role, based in New York...
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The Hard Parts of Open Source, by Evan Czaplicki Speaker: Evan Czaplicki Meeting: Strange Loop 2018 - September 2018 Video:...
25th Jan 2019
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The Hard Parts of Open Source, by Evan Czaplicki

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25th Jan 2019
Speaker: Evan Czaplicki Meeting: Strange Loop 2018 - September 2018 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_4EX4dPppA Slides: https://prezi.com/oowcpzsnwp-8/the-hard-parts-of-open-source/?webgl=0 [ References to videos, books, and articles mentioned in this...
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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

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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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Importance of Landscape in School Design Landscape plays a major role in the learning experience of a child. A school campus not only...
29th Aug 2023
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Importance of Landscape in School Design

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29th Aug 2023
Landscape plays a major role in the learning experience of a child. A school campus not only comprises of the buildings in a school,...
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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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Podcasts & conferences I've spoken at I haven't done a great job of tracking these, so this list is non-comprehensive: Urbanism and the...
26th Aug 2021
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Podcasts & conferences I've spoken at

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26th Aug 2021
I haven't done a great job of tracking these, so this list is non-comprehensive: Urbanism and the Future of Cities (Jan 2023) – Narratives podcast Inflation, Argentina, and Crypto (Oct 2022) – EconTalk podcast Devon Zuegel on Startup Cities (June 2022) Devon Zuegel, creator...
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Mapping Francis Younghusband in the Gobi Desert, 1887, Part 4: from the Ya-hu oasis to Hami. [Back to Part 3: from the Hun-kua-ling sandhills to the Ya-hu oasis] From Ya-Hu to Hami, we can see...
1st Jul 2020
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Mapping Francis Younghusband in the Gobi Desert, 1887, Part 4: from the Ya-hu oasis to Hami.

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1st Jul 2020
[Back to Part 3: from the Hun-kua-ling sandhills to the Ya-hu oasis] From Ya-Hu to Hami, we can see that Younghusband now has to turn south, as his own map shows. The journey takes from June 23rd to July 4th, or twelve days. His mapmaker places Ula Khutun almost halfway from...
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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

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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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An Interstate Highway Program — but for Sidewalks? What if communities had more control over their transportation priorities?
2nd Sep 2026
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An Interstate Highway Program — but for Sidewalks?

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2nd Sep 2026
What if communities had more control over their transportation priorities?
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Making the Case for Sustainable Housing: It’s Time for a New Argument How to undo the tension between affordability and sustainability.
1st May 2023
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Making the Case for Sustainable Housing: It’s Time for a New Argument

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1st May 2023
How to undo the tension between affordability and sustainability.
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My Favourite Parks Are Car Parks (Worcestershire Parkway, Worcestershire, UK) A very particular kind of hush descends as the 1253 to Worcester Shrub Hill departs. That hush is...
12th Oct 2022
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My Favourite Parks Are Car Parks (Worcestershire Parkway, Worcestershire, UK)

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12th Oct 2022
A very particular kind of hush descends as the 1253 to Worcester Shrub Hill departs. That hush is the hush of the parkway station between train services, and the station it has just departed from is Worcestershire Parkway. Though one of the best designed parkway stations, and a...
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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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About my last few months. the hairshirt doldrums About my last few months.
6th Mar 2025
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About my last few months.

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6th Mar 2025
the hairshirt doldrums About my last few months.
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A Sculptural Limestone Facade Was Designed For This Boutique Retail Store Photography by doublespace photography Architecture studio PARTISANS has shared photos of a boutique...
1st Jul 2024
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A Sculptural Limestone Facade Was Designed For This Boutique Retail Store

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1st Jul 2024
Photography by doublespace photography Architecture studio PARTISANS has shared photos of a boutique they completed that’s owned and operated by Royal de Versailles Jewellers in Toronto, Canada, and features a sculptural stone facade. Photography by doublespace photography...
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A Small Cabin-Like Structure That Can Be Compressed When Not In Use Architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia have shared some photos of their latest design, a small...
8th Mar 2023
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A Small Cabin-Like Structure That Can Be Compressed When Not In Use

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8th Mar 2023
Architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia have shared some photos of their latest design, a small cabin-like room that expands when needed.
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Job Opportunities at Benny Kuriakose and Associates in 2024 Every month, we receive a large number of applications for job positions and internships. Most of...
16th May 2024
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Job Opportunities at Benny Kuriakose and Associates in 2024

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16th May 2024
Every month, we receive a large number of applications for job positions and internships. Most of them sent the application three or more...
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This Blog in 2023 One year ago, in the first post of 2022, I shifted this blog from (almost) daily posts about...
2nd Jan 2023
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This Blog in 2023

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2nd Jan 2023
One year ago, in the first post of 2022, I shifted this blog from (almost) daily posts about architecture books to just once a week, changing the name of the blog to reflect that. In the fifth of five bullet points reasoning why that was happening, I wrote: "I'm planning on...
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Abdul Rahman Sahib Museum: The Freedom Fighter’s Home The Muziris Heritage Project narrates the stories from different timelines. From the first mosque in...
11th May 2023
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Abdul Rahman Sahib Museum: The Freedom Fighter’s Home

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11th May 2023
The Muziris Heritage Project narrates the stories from different timelines. From the first mosque in India to the Study Centre for the...
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In The Background The photo from the Bain News Service is titled “Post Office, New York” and the Library of Congress...
1st Apr 2024
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In The Background

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1st Apr 2024
The photo from the Bain News Service is titled “Post Office, New York” and the Library of Congress dates it as “between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915.” I think we can do better: that’s the Municpal Building in the background under construction. The building took longer than usual to...
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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)

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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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Urban design: Why architects should look beyond property lines This post is brought to you by Sam Fox School at Washington University in St. Louis Linda C....
2 days ago
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Urban design: Why architects should look beyond property lines

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2 days ago
This post is brought to you by Sam Fox School at Washington University in St. Louis Linda C. Samuels, an architecture and urban design professor at Washington University in St. Louis and author of “Infrastructural Optimism,” shares the impact an urban design perspective can have...
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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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Buildings are important People are born in themGrow up in them Fall in love in them Get married in them Raise kids in them...
31st Aug 2023
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Buildings are important

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31st Aug 2023
People are born in themGrow up in them Fall in love in them Get married in them Raise kids in them Grow old in them Die in them Buildings are important. People decide big things here Decide on small things too Draw conclusions inside Make plans Change plans Change our minds Make...
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Got Very Big, Very Fast Yesterday, I mentioned two department stores in New York, the 1846 A. T. Stewart Store at Broadway...
1st Oct 2024
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Got Very Big, Very Fast

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1st Oct 2024
Yesterday, I mentioned two department stores in New York, the 1846 A. T. Stewart Store at Broadway and Chambers Street that was the first real department store in the US, and the 1896 Siegel-Cooper Store at Sixth Avenue and 18th Street that was for a time the largest store in the...
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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)

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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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Inside Argentina's currency exchange black markets In Argentina, your money is worth double if you skip the airport currency exchange and instead go to...
10th Sep 2022
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Inside Argentina's currency exchange black markets

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10th Sep 2022
In Argentina, your money is worth double if you skip the airport currency exchange and instead go to one of the many black market exchanges hidden throughout Buenos Aires. These illegal exchanges are called "cuevas" (the word for "cave" in Spanish), and they are a crucial part of...
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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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New and Old #288 The scale of commerce, preservation versus urban life, manufactured housing, and a funny restaurant...
2 days ago
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New and Old #288

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2 days ago
The scale of commerce, preservation versus urban life, manufactured housing, and a funny restaurant review
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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

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2nd Mar 2026
Feeling at home in a big, anonymous place
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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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Now That Information Is Free, What’s a College Campus For? The internet and AI haven't killed the classroom. Instead, they’ve changed what university buildings...
1st Oct 2026
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Now That Information Is Free, What’s a College Campus For?

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1st Oct 2026
The internet and AI haven't killed the classroom. Instead, they’ve changed what university buildings can and should be used for.
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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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How Serifs Lost the Road War but Won the Streets It is 1961. At Benson Airfield in south Oxfordshire, a test car driver employed by the Roads...
3rd Nov 2021
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How Serifs Lost the Road War but Won the Streets

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3rd Nov 2021
It is 1961. At Benson Airfield in south Oxfordshire, a test car driver employed by the Roads Research Laboratory is revving the engine of his Morris Oxford and preparing to release the handbrake. With his car (unbalanced atop due to the addition of a large road sign attached to...
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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)

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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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Hiring Experienced Office Manager at Benny Kuriakose and Associates We are looking for a highly capable Office Manager for ourChennai office. This person will provide...
22nd Dec 2024
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Hiring Experienced Office Manager at Benny Kuriakose and Associates

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22nd Dec 2024
We are looking for a highly capable Office Manager for ourChennai office. This person will provide office services with proactivity,...
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The Wide Open When the Endangered Species Act passed in 1973, it was considered a bipartisan home run. The Act...
4th Feb 2025
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The Wide Open

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4th Feb 2025
When the Endangered Species Act passed in 1973, it was considered a bipartisan home run. The Act established protections for plants and animals on the endangered and threatened species lists, and across the aisle, everyone seemed to agree that it would be bad for a bunch of...
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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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Inside the Chic Winery Where the Owners Got Married Frank Family Vineyards has unveiled Miller House, a new hospitality space designed to host guests in...
1st Jun 2025
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Inside the Chic Winery Where the Owners Got Married

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1st Jun 2025
Frank Family Vineyards has unveiled Miller House, a new hospitality space designed to host guests in a setting that’s both refined and deeply personal. Located in Calistoga, California, the space was created by Hawkins Interiors in collaboration with Backen & Backen for...
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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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Michelangelo Caetani’s Six Topographic Maps of the Divine Comedy As a follow up to the latest post on Norman Bel Geddes’s stage set design for Dante Alighieri’s...
24th Apr 2022
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Michelangelo Caetani’s Six Topographic Maps of the Divine Comedy

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24th Apr 2022
As a follow up to the latest post on Norman Bel Geddes’s stage set design for Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, here we feature the six maps drawn by Michelangelo Caetani in a book titled La materia della Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri dichiarata in VI tavole, Roma (1855). A...
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Multimodal From 1911, a much-worn postcard showing Park Row: City Hall is off to the left, amongst the trees;...
1st Apr 2026
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Multimodal

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1st Apr 2026
From 1911, a much-worn postcard showing Park Row: City Hall is off to the left, amongst the trees; the big stone building on the right is the old New York Times headquarters, although the Times had moved uptown to Longacre Square, renamed after them, seven years earlier. The...
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2007-core nostalgia extravaganza Quick PSA: someone on Facebook is apparently impersonating me using an account called “McMansion...
1st Sep 2024
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2007-core nostalgia extravaganza

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1st Sep 2024
Quick PSA: someone on Facebook is apparently impersonating me using an account called “McMansion Hell 2.0” – If you see it, please report! Thanks! Howdy folks! I hope if you were born between 1995 and 2001 you’re ready for some indelible pre-recession vibes because I think this...
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A Sense of Place (White Hart Lane Station, London, UK) You will remember that my knowledge of football can be transcribed onto the reverse of a postage...
5th Jan 2022
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A Sense of Place (White Hart Lane Station, London, UK)

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5th Jan 2022
You will remember that my knowledge of football can be transcribed onto the reverse of a postage stamp, possibly with room left over, and that what knowledge I do possess is thanks to my other half’s family being Portsmouth FC supporters; an emotional rollercoaster, it has to be...
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6 Reasons Why Today’s Architecture Is Unsustainable The so-called sustainable buildings of today often fall short of genuine sustainability. Instead,...
5th Oct 2023
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6 Reasons Why Today’s Architecture Is Unsustainable

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5th Oct 2023
The so-called sustainable buildings of today often fall short of genuine sustainability. Instead, the concept is reduced to mere clichés and greenwashing. In this article, we delve deeper into the underlying factors concealed behind the sometimes eco-friendly exteriors of...
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Before & After – A 1970s Home Received A Contemporary Renovation Floisand Studio Architects has shared photos of a contemporary renovation project they did for a...
6th Nov 2023
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Before & After – A 1970s Home Received A Contemporary Renovation

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6th Nov 2023
Floisand Studio Architects has shared photos of a contemporary renovation project they did for a home in Seattle, Washington. The original 1970s Seattle rambler had a typical boxy layout, while the exterior featured brick with blue and red accents. The new exterior includes new...
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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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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

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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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The Modern House guide to Christmas gifts that give back The festive sprint comes with ample occasions for gift giving, from Secret Santa to stocking...
5th Dec 2024
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The Modern House guide to Christmas gifts that give back

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5th Dec 2024
The festive sprint comes with ample occasions for gift giving, from Secret Santa to stocking fillers. Where to start? This year, we’ve decided to focus on gifting with an altruistic inclination and present an edit of design-led festive finds that support the work of charities […]
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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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Ohio is still a piano In a hundred years, no one will remember our work. Strike that, make it about five years. Digital,...
8th Mar 2016
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Ohio is still a piano

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8th Mar 2016
In a hundred years, no one will remember our work. Strike that, make it about five years. Digital, web-based work can break or disappear in an instant. I’ve certainly done some things which are now gone forever. Anyway, one broken thing was the crazy Ohio piano map I made nearly...
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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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Mapping Francis Younghusband in the Gobi Desert, 1887, Part 3: Hun-kua-ling sandhills to Ya-hu oasis [Go back to Part 2: From the Galpin Gobi to the Hun-kua-ling sandhills.] From here to the Ya-hu...
29th Jun 2020
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Mapping Francis Younghusband in the Gobi Desert, 1887, Part 3: Hun-kua-ling sandhills to Ya-hu oasis

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29th Jun 2020
[Go back to Part 2: From the Galpin Gobi to the Hun-kua-ling sandhills.] From here to the Ya-hu oasis (which Younghusband reaches on June 23rd) the route is obscure, and we find old maps less useful. We have to rely more upon comparing his route description with images of the...
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Architects call for a crisis meeting after politicians demand more traditional architecture After enduring decades of failed modernism, the residents and politicians of Sweden’s second-largest...
17th May 2024
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Architects call for a crisis meeting after politicians demand more traditional architecture

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17th May 2024
After enduring decades of failed modernism, the residents and politicians of Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, want to see more new traditional architecture. This has led architects and officials to call for a crisis meeting. During the 1960s and 1970s, Gothenburg...
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On bounties Michael Kaminsky recently emailed me an interesting post he wrote about bounties in open source, and...
12th Oct 2020
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On bounties

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12th Oct 2020
Michael Kaminsky recently emailed me an interesting post he wrote about bounties in open source, and I took the opportunity to write up some thoughts that had been swirling in my head for a while. You can find the (lightly edited) response I sent to him below. ~ Bounties are...
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Reading List 04/5/2025 China’s sulfur emissions, Japan’s new semiconductor effort, declining sunbelt housing construction,...
5th Apr 2025
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Reading List 04/5/2025

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5th Apr 2025
China’s sulfur emissions, Japan’s new semiconductor effort, declining sunbelt housing construction, water competition in Texas, and more.
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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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Cover Story (Workington Bus Station, Workington, Cumbria, UK) Sometimes you seek out transport architecture, at others transport architecture is thrust upon you,...
6th Oct 2021
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Cover Story (Workington Bus Station, Workington, Cumbria, UK)

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6th Oct 2021
Sometimes you seek out transport architecture, at others transport architecture is thrust upon you, just as it was when I accidentally ended up in Workington a couple of months ago. With poor weather forecast on one of the days of a trip to the Lake District, I spent the day...
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Giant 'Woven' Fabric Graces The Window Of This Flagship Store Architecture firm LAAB has shared photos the Cozey flagship retail store they designed in Toronto,...
4th Nov 2024
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Giant 'Woven' Fabric Graces The Window Of This Flagship Store

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4th Nov 2024
Architecture firm LAAB has shared photos the Cozey flagship retail store they designed in Toronto, Canada, that includes an eye-catching window showcase.
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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

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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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With Rhetoric: The New York Apartment House WHEN I was in graduate school, I was one of the editors of VIA IV: “Culture and the Social Vision.”...
1st Dec 2024
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With Rhetoric: The New York Apartment House

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1st Dec 2024
WHEN I was in graduate school, I was one of the editors of VIA IV: “Culture and the Social Vision.” I helped Robert A.M. Stern write New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915. My summer job turned into a … Continue reading → The post With Rhetoric: The New...
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Airport Reading List The major sources I found helpful for learning about airports and their construction are listed...
3rd Mar 2024
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Airport Reading List

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

3rd Mar 2024
The major sources I found helpful for learning about airports and their construction are listed below. As usual, these are listed roughly in order of how useful I found them. And because “useful” isn’t the same as “actually interesting to read” I’ve marked the books that are...
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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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How Does Architectural Knowledge Get Passed On in the AI Office? Technology may reduce production hours, but that lengthier process has been a crucial learning time...
1st Sep 2026
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How Does Architectural Knowledge Get Passed On in the AI Office?

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1st Sep 2026
Technology may reduce production hours, but that lengthier process has been a crucial learning time for younger professionals.
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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

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1st Apr 2026
By testing small, temporary changes, Madison, WI, is building safer streets and a culture of continuous improvement.
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Preserving Common Food as a Defensive Strategy: the Ghorfas of Southern Tunisia The ghorfas (in arab غرفة [ghurfa], meaning “room”) are common granary chambers found mostly in...
30th Mar 2025
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Preserving Common Food as a Defensive Strategy: the Ghorfas of Southern Tunisia

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30th Mar 2025
The ghorfas (in arab غرفة [ghurfa], meaning “room”) are common granary chambers found mostly in southern Tunisia and certain areas of Libya and associated with Berber populations. In more recent times, they have also been used as dwellings. They consist of barrel-vaulted rooms...
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pre-recession, post-taste Hello, everyone. I hope this blog can bring some well-needed laughs in really trying times. That’s...
30th Oct 2023
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pre-recession, post-taste

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

30th Oct 2023
Hello, everyone. I hope this blog can bring some well-needed laughs in really trying times. That’s why I’ve gone back into the archives of that precipitous year 2007, a year where the McMansion was sleepwalking into being a symbol of the financial calamity to follow. We return to...
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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

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

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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Keep The Scale In Mind Here’s a photo from yesterday of Shaquana getting a good look at a brownstone finial that’s been...
1st Feb 2024
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Keep The Scale In Mind

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1st Feb 2024
Here’s a photo from yesterday of Shaquana getting a good look at a brownstone finial that’s been removed during restoration work. This is a minor decorative element for the church it was removed from. It’s visually important, of course, and we’re not removing it to throw it away,...
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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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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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The Making of Ponchartrain Park in New Orleans How a pair of wealthy outsiders, Edith and Edgar Stern, helped inspire the first neighborhood...
7th Mar 2024
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The Making of Ponchartrain Park in New Orleans

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7th Mar 2024
How a pair of wealthy outsiders, Edith and Edgar Stern, helped inspire the first neighborhood development exclusively available to Black middle-class families.
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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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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

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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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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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Car Free Brooklyn Bridge – photos and drawings A Car-Free Brooklyn Bridge Is Possible Images and Illustratons AFTER: Aerial view looking east...
1st Jun 2022
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Car Free Brooklyn Bridge – photos and drawings

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1st Jun 2022
A Car-Free Brooklyn Bridge Is Possible Images and Illustratons AFTER: Aerial view looking east towards a car-free Brooklyn Bridge. Centre Street and Park Row next to the Brooklyn Bridge are reimagined as an extension of City Hall Park. © 2020 … Continue reading → The post Car...
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Carlos Morago. Across the Ordinary Interior Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced...
22nd Jan 2023
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Carlos Morago. Across the Ordinary Interior

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22nd Jan 2023
Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced to the bare minimum: light floors and walls and sporadical furniture. Empty corridors and rooms are framed through opened doors and walls while opening on uneventful exteriors...
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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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Mini-Stories: Volume 20 Happy New Year! We’re starting 2025 with four more mini stories! This week we have a sleepy button,...
7th Jan 2025
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Mini-Stories: Volume 20

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7th Jan 2025
Happy New Year! We’re starting 2025 with four more mini stories! This week we have a sleepy button, electric signs, a very important sticker, and video you can smell. Let’s get into it! Snooze Buttons In the 1950s, General Electric changed alarm clocks forever by adding a snooze...
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It Looked Familiar: Contrast In Gotham, a cathedral surrounded by skyscrapers: In New York, a cathedral surrounded by...
1st Feb 2026
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It Looked Familiar: Contrast

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1st Feb 2026
In Gotham, a cathedral surrounded by skyscrapers: In New York, a cathedral surrounded by skyscrapers, albeit without a crossing tower:
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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

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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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A Lesson in Light How two identical park buildings reveal the power of small design choices.
3rd Nov 2025
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A Lesson in Light

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3rd Nov 2025
How two identical park buildings reveal the power of small design choices.
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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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Duck And Height What Do You Think You're Looking At? #279
26th Aug 2026
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Duck And Height

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26th Aug 2026
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #279
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A Yellow Interior Sets The Tone For This Cafe SIKORA INTERIORS has shared photos of a new dessert cafe with a bright yellow interior they...
3rd Mar 2025
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A Yellow Interior Sets The Tone For This Cafe

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3rd Mar 2025
SIKORA INTERIORS has shared photos of a new dessert cafe with a bright yellow interior they completed in the historic downtown of Hanseatic city in Poland. The goal was to create a bold, experimental space that would establish a strong new brand. The designers’ inspiration came...
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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

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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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Four Monographs Of the numerous books publishers send me for review — be they requested by me, pitched by them, or...
21st Aug 2023
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Four Monographs

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

21st Aug 2023
Of the numerous books publishers send me for review — be they requested by me, pitched by them, or arriving at my doorstep unsolicited — the highest percentage of them are monographs. This fact goes against the occasional sirens over the irrelevance and anachronistic nature of...
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A Building to Tell the Time: The Toghrol Tower in Rey, Iran (1063) The Toghrol Tower is a 20 meters high tower located in the city of Rey in Iran made of bricks and...
11th Dec 2022
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A Building to Tell the Time: The Toghrol Tower in Rey, Iran (1063)

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11th Dec 2022
The Toghrol Tower is a 20 meters high tower located in the city of Rey in Iran made of bricks and Sarooj, a water-resistant mortar. It was erected in 1063, and according to some sources, it was conceived as the tomb of Tuğrul Beg, the founder of the Seljuk dynasty. Other scholars...
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Ozymandias And Elitism Is pleasure evidence of unworthiness?
1st Nov 2025
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Ozymandias And Elitism

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1st Nov 2025
Is pleasure evidence of unworthiness?
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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

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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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The worst US bridges are getting fixed It’s become a common assumption that US infrastructure is in a poor state of repair; that our roads,...
2nd Aug 2023
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The worst US bridges are getting fixed

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2nd Aug 2023
It’s become a common assumption that US infrastructure is in a poor state of repair; that our roads, bridges, pipes, and transmission lines are decaying faster than they’re being repaired or replaced. This concern goes back to the early 1980s, when the book "
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Urban sprawl is a tragedy of the commons We tend to choose larger homes than we want our neighbors to choose. The result: sprawling...
4th Nov 2021
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Urban sprawl is a tragedy of the commons

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4th Nov 2021
We tend to choose larger homes than we want our neighbors to choose. The result: sprawling development that doesn't match what people actually want from their communities. People aim to maximize access and space when deciding where to live. All things equal, most people like...
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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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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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Soane, Mackintosh, Jencks: Three Architects, Three Exceptional Houses A residential designer visits a few buildings that are important to his own perspective.
13th Oct 2025
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Soane, Mackintosh, Jencks: Three Architects, Three Exceptional Houses

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13th Oct 2025
A residential designer visits a few buildings that are important to his own perspective.
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Want To Bring Your Neighborhood Back to Life? This South Bend Developer Shows How. This homegrown developer is bringing practical, thoughtful, and community-focused housing to...
1st Oct 2025
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Want To Bring Your Neighborhood Back to Life? This South Bend Developer Shows How.

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1st Oct 2025
This homegrown developer is bringing practical, thoughtful, and community-focused housing to disinvested neighborhoods in South Bend, Indiana.
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Camino de Santiago sketch maps Back in October in Montréal I finished my term on the NACIS board of directors at the annual...
8th Jan 2018
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Camino de Santiago sketch maps

from Cartogrammar [alt+shift+b] in architecture

8th Jan 2018
Back in October in Montréal I finished my term on the NACIS board of directors at the annual conference. (Side note: see video of the conference talks!) Tanya Buckingham (recent NACIS executive director, current candidate for local office) has always kindly handed out thank-you...
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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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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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Institute for Controlled Speleogenesis Recently, I’ve been looking back at a collaborative project with John Becker of WROT Studio. The...
8th Jul 2024
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Institute for Controlled Speleogenesis

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8th Jul 2024
Recently, I’ve been looking back at a collaborative project with John Becker of WROT Studio. The “Institute for Controlled Speleogenesis” (2014) was a fictional design project we originally set in the vast limestone province of Australia’s Nullarbor Plain. [Image: A rock-acid...
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The Black Exterior Of This Barn-Inspired Home Is Contrasted With A White Interior Architecture and interior design studio Laney LA has shared photos of a modern home they designed in...
21st Sep 2023
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The Black Exterior Of This Barn-Inspired Home Is Contrasted With A White Interior

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21st Sep 2023
Architecture and interior design studio Laney LA has shared photos of a modern home they designed in Culver City, California, that has a dark black exterior.
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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

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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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Regenerative Architecture Shifting our time horizon.
27th Feb 2025
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Regenerative Architecture

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27th Feb 2025
Shifting our time horizon.
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Possibly A Bad Idea John Zukowksy, a retired but still active historian, recently sent me a bizarre clipping from the...
1st Jul 2024
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Possibly A Bad Idea

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

1st Jul 2024
John Zukowksy, a retired but still active historian, recently sent me a bizarre clipping from the Chicago Tribune about a plane semi-faking bombing lower Manhattan in 1916. The short version of the story: DeLloyd Thompson, an early aviator of some note, took off from the airfield...
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Google Docs' sheet-of-paper metaphor For ages, I've wondered why Google Docs still clings to the sheet-of-paper metaphor when lots of its...
12th May 2019
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Google Docs' sheet-of-paper metaphor

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12th May 2019
For ages, I've wondered why Google Docs still clings to the sheet-of-paper metaphor when lots of its users never print out most of their documents. Of course it does make sense for "Print layout" to be an option. Many people do print docs, and students make up a huge portion of...
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The Tuba Mindset What Sam Quinones taught me about addiction, community, and the slow work of building strong towns.
1st Jun 2026
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The Tuba Mindset

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1st Jun 2026
What Sam Quinones taught me about addiction, community, and the slow work of building strong towns.
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The Color And Material Palette Of This New Home Allows It To Blend Into The Desert Setting Multidisciplinary creative studio mxtad has designed a home in Mexico, with a natural and earthy...
3rd Apr 2023
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The Color And Material Palette Of This New Home Allows It To Blend Into The Desert Setting

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3rd Apr 2023
Multidisciplinary creative studio mxtad has designed a home in Mexico, with a natural and earthy color palette that complements its surroundings. The home, designed for an architect and graphic designer, was built on a site with an irregular shape, however, from the street, it...
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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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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

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

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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Light, Empathy, and Silence: The Architecture of Marina Tabassum A Q&A with the celebrated Bangladeshi designer.
3rd Jun 2024
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Light, Empathy, and Silence: The Architecture of Marina Tabassum

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3rd Jun 2024
A Q&A with the celebrated Bangladeshi designer.
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The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of...
2nd Oct 2024
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The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis

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2nd Oct 2024
A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of architectural, cinematic, and literary history.
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Constructing Knowledge through Geometry: Ramon Llull’s Figures in Ars Magna, 1305 Catalan polymath, Ramon Llull was the first person to conceive a device able to externalise the...
3rd Nov 2021
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Constructing Knowledge through Geometry: Ramon Llull’s Figures in Ars Magna, 1305

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3rd Nov 2021
Catalan polymath, Ramon Llull was the first person to conceive a device able to externalise the human mind. In his seminal opus, the Ars Magna, Llull conceived a series of figures that could replicate the mental ability to connect information in order to acquire knowledge. Thanks...
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The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines Tunneling is an important technology for modern civilization, as a tunnel is often the only...
6th Oct 2023
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The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines

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6th Oct 2023
Tunneling is an important technology for modern civilization, as a tunnel is often the only reasonable way to create a direct path between two points. When the Hoosac tunnel was completed in 1875, it turned a difficult, 20-mile railroad route along “
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Athangudi Palace : The Chettinad Architecture Marvel The Nattukottai Chettiars were traders since the time of the Chola Empire in the 12th century and...
1st Dec 2023
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Athangudi Palace : The Chettinad Architecture Marvel

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1st Dec 2023
The Nattukottai Chettiars were traders since the time of the Chola Empire in the 12th century and were the trading and banking group in...
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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

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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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Constructing Bourgoin’s Figure 171 – Part 1 Just veering off into geometry here…. In November I was watching Eric Broug, an Islamic geometric...
26th Jan 2022
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Constructing Bourgoin’s Figure 171 – Part 1

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

26th Jan 2022
Just veering off into geometry here…. In November I was watching Eric Broug, an Islamic geometric design guru, give a talk online at an Islamic art conference, and I noticed that behind him they were projecting an interesting pattern on the scrim. I froze the video and grabbed a...
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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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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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Poetics of the Greenhouse: Works by Bernard Moninot Bernard Moninot is a French multimedia artist. Over the 1970s and the 1980s, he produced a series of...
12th Jun 2022
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Poetics of the Greenhouse: Works by Bernard Moninot

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12th Jun 2022
Bernard Moninot is a French multimedia artist. Over the 1970s and the 1980s, he produced a series of drawings, (inks, crayons and acrylics) of greenhouses based on various modes of representation, from axonometric projections, to outside central perspective or interiors views....
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Living aesthetics Museum of Orchid Garden community by 城理设计UrbanFabric During the planning process, the architect's prejudgment of "cost/construction" has become the...
1st Mar 2026
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Living aesthetics Museum of Orchid Garden community by 城理设计UrbanFabric

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1st Mar 2026
During the planning process, the architect's prejudgment of "cost/construction" has become the design guiding ideology for the overall cost saving of the project and the avoidance of repeated construction. Considering the internal functions of the building, the first floor is the...
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The silence is deafening Imagine you're at a dinner party, and you're getting into a heated argument. As you start yelling,...
2nd Jul 2020
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The silence is deafening

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

2nd Jul 2020
Imagine you're at a dinner party, and you're getting into a heated argument. As you start yelling, the other people quickly hush their voices and start glaring at you. None of the onlookers have to take further action—it's clear from their facial expressions that you're being a...
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Copper Kitchen Cabinets Add To The Refined Rustic Feeling Inside This Renovated Historic Loft MU Architecture has shared photos of a renovated historic loft in Montreal's Old Port that...
25th Mar 2025
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Copper Kitchen Cabinets Add To The Refined Rustic Feeling Inside This Renovated Historic Loft

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

25th Mar 2025
MU Architecture has shared photos of a renovated historic loft in Montreal's Old Port that seamlessly blends heritage with modern design.
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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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What Happens After the Zoning Code Says "Yes" One extra home can change the rules, the costs, and who can afford to build.
2nd Oct 2026
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What Happens After the Zoning Code Says "Yes"

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2nd Oct 2026
One extra home can change the rules, the costs, and who can afford to build.
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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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