Archive for August, 2005
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New Orleans in Exile
30 Aug 2005Life Without Buildings has evacuated to Houston, and it looks like it’s going to be an extended stay. New Orleans…
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RePost: Hey! Let’s Get Known
25 Aug 2005Forget Thomas Mayne! Unleash your inner Thomas PAINE! That’s right, you wanna-be revolutionaries and posing pamphleteers, here’s your chance to…
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Listen Up
24 Aug 2005Somewhat relevant audio for your perusal. Now available in convenient podcast form: Studio360 – an interview with Terry Gilliam KCRW’s…
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FedEx Furniture
23 Aug 2005Heading back to school and moving into an empty apartment? Plan on spending all your limited funds on tuition, booze,…
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Modern in New Orleans
18 Aug 2005So I recently got a new bike and have since become addicted to just cruising around New Orleans. Despite its…
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"A Warped Perspective"
17 Aug 2005Check out this great, somewhat biographical, article on Zaha Hadid. The author briefly summarizes Hadid’s entire career and also seems…
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Life Without Books – The Green House
16 Aug 2005From the mountains of Stuttgart to the roofs of the Netherlands to the streets of Manhattan, critics Alanna Stang and…
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60 Years Ago Today
14 Aug 2005From Today’s Writer’s Almanac: Today is the 60th anniversary of the day on which President Harry Truman announced that the…
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Photo Shoots and New Museums
12 Aug 2005I love/hate photos of Herog and/or de Meuron. They’re always dramatic and self-imporant, and just seem to be saying “oooh……
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Banksy Tags Palestine
05 Aug 2005“The Israeli government is building a wall surrounding the occupied Palestinian territories. It stands three times the height of the…
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The Future Looks Bright…
05 Aug 2005…for Eminent Domain! Check out this friendly cartoon guide to Eminent Domain. “Stevie, your mother and father and the city…
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS
04 Aug 2005I coughed up a couple bucks this afternoon to register a new domain name. If you can’t see your address…
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Everyone Knows it’s Windy
03 Aug 2005This offshore wind turbine, designed by Grimshaw Architects, almost out-Calatravas Calatrava. Planned for the harbour area of Las Palmas on…
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Is the Library Relevant?
03 Aug 2005“A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a…
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Bio-Products: From the Unique You
02 Aug 2005Have you ever been shopping for jewlery and thought “that’s just not me…” I know I have! You’ll never have…
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Miscellaneous Distractions
02 Aug 2005Land + Living has great coverage of CA Boom 2, the contemporary design expo in Santa Monica. If you’re not…