A New Perspective on Street Art

I think this has been around the internets for a while, but I just saw these chalk drawings by English artist Julian Beever. Sidewealk art, sort of in the spirit of Felice Varini, whom I first became aware of thanks to Gravestmor.

Pritzker gets a Brazilian

Strike that. Reverse it. Brazilian Brutalist Paulo Mendes de Rocha was awarded architectures highest honor at the tender age of 77. With Niemeyer still kickin’, Buenos Aires as the new Prague, and now this, South America is just so hot right now. It’s nice to see a more substantial architecture get recognzied. Steel [...]