The Once and Future KFCs

Last week, Architecture.mnp posted a few images of what might possibly be the nicest Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant ever built. Ever.

[above images via architecture.mnp]
The contemporary building looks like it was appropriated by the fast-food giant, but no — it was apparently designed for no other reason. Looking at this thing, I was immediately reminded of [...]

Artful Project Documentation

The architectural photography of Kurt & Walter Photographies:

Amazing compositions and almost surreal environments.

Merzbau in the Hizz-ouse

Last week while cruising the internets (or “surfing the web,” if you like), I couldn’t help but notice a few Merzbau-like projects making the rounds on the blogsphere. First, let’s take a look at Kurt Schwitters’ original live/work environment. As photos were prohibited, this first shot was discreetly the Sprengel Musuem in Hannover, where [...]

Truck Commercial Architecture, pt 1

While watching football this weekend, I realized two things. 1) I hate the Dallas Cowboys (well, I already knew that, really) and 2) Truck commercials are CRAZY. More and more commercials are featuring insane testing facilities and truck torture devices. Usually this stuff is somewhere in the desert. This first example is like some sort [...]

Kicked to the Curbed

Hi readers. It’s been while since we’ve talked. How are things? Did you have a nice holiday? Good. Well, you may have noticed the drop off in posting lately. Sorry about that, but there’s a good reason this time. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to get my sea legs as the new [...]

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