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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 distances from the … Continue reading Transforming French WW1 Lambert Coordinates to WGS84 →
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 … Continue reading Cartographic palettes and colour harmonies →
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 screenshot… What the heck is this? … Continue reading Constructing Bourgoin’s Figure 171 – Part 1 →
The Maps for Books collection has a new page: Peter Erasmus’s Buffalo Days and Nights. In 1920, Henry Thompson, an Alberta newspaperman, began interviewing 87-year-old Peter Erasmus, who lived near him in the area of Whitefish Lake, Alberta. Erasmus, who had been born in 1833 in the Red River settlement of what is now Manitoba, … Continue reading Mapping “Buffalo Days and Nights” by Peter Erasmus →
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Mexico-based practice HW Studio has completed Casa Malonic, a coastal residence in Zihuatanejo. The scheme is designed around a sequence of enclosed and open spaces that frame the surrounding jungle and Pacific Ocean. Image credit: César BéjarImage credit: César Béjar The project responds to a site characterized by dense vegetation, mature trees, rocky terrain, and expansive views toward the sea. Rather than treating the house as an isolated object within the landscape, the design team sought to reduce the scheme to a limited number of elements, primarily a ground plane, roof, walls, and shaded spaces. Image credit: César BéjarImage credit: César Béjar From the street, the scheme appears as a largely enclosed minimalist white volume accompanied by a curved concrete wall. Following the trajectory of the adjacent road, the wall establishes a boundary between the residence and the street while guiding occupants toward the entrance. Existing vegetation, rocks, and changes in topography fu...
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