Archive for August, 2008
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Hurricane Katrina, Three Years Later
29 Aug 2008[photo taken in May...2008] It’s the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. For new readers who may not have followed this…
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Banksy Tags New Orleans?
28 Aug 2008[image via Flickr usr anthonyturducken] If its not him, then its a damn good imitator. Never one to resist controversy,…
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Preserving The Modernist Schools of New Orleans
27 Aug 2008[Thomy Lafon School, Curtis and Davis, architects; Frank Lotz Miller, photographer; Tulane Libraries, Special Collections, Southeastern Architectural Archives. Via Regional…
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Links Without Buildings – 22 August
22 Aug 2008[image via City of Sound] Tomason: the purposeless artifacts of architecture. An idea inspired by the work of Atelier Bow…
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Bus Stops As Urban Playground
20 Aug 2008[image via DVICE] For far too long, bus stops have been ugly, ubiquitous reminders of inefficient transportation, dreary commutes, and…
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Future Megastructures, Starship Breaking, and Independence Day 2
19 Aug 2008[image via io9] As the human race dares to venture further out into space, we’re going to have to adapt…
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It’s Pinup Time for The Sundance Channel’s Architecture School
18 Aug 2008[The URBANbuild house designed and built during Architecture School] In today’s reality-TV obsessed culture, any architecture student who has spent…
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Links Without Buildings – 15 August
15 Aug 2008[The Phyllis Wheatley school in New Orleans. Currently threatened with demolition. via regional.modernism] Region Modernism: The New Orleans Archives. “Documenting…
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“The suburbs have three destinies, none of them exclusive: as materials salvage, as slums, and as ruins.”
14 Aug 2008[My childhood home and personal corner of Suburbia] That bit of wisdom from James Kunstler. Yes, the James Kunslter who…
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Razing Rome’s Ara Pacis Museum
13 Aug 2008Is there any hope for Rome to become a modern city? A Reuters article from this Sunday takes a look…
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Base Jumping Inside a Belgian Basilica
12 Aug 2008You read the headline right: base jumping inside a Belgian Basilica. Namely, the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart (or…
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The Eye of Sauron Descends Upon Beijing Olympics
08 Aug 2008[original image via The New York Times, inset - The Eye of Sauron] Who knew that the Bird’s Nest would…
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Links Without Buildings – 080808
08 Aug 2008[Australian Pavilion image via Dezeen] Designed by Davide Marchetti Architetto, the Australian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale is something between…
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Exploring The Ruins of San Francisco’s Sutro Baths
07 Aug 2008Gloomy San Francisco Days are always good for exploring ruins. This week, on a particularly grey and windy day, a…
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“Building Blogs” on Current TV
06 Aug 2008Current TV ran a brief feature today introducing viewers to the wide world of Architecture Blogs. Mentioned in the piece…
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Ant Farm Media Van v.08 Update 2
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A New Perspective on Navigating Parking Structures
05 Aug 2008[image via Eureka Carpark, Melbourne] “Perspective-localized” art—that is, art intended to be seen from a specific vantage point—is by its…
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Links Without Buildings
01 Aug 2008[image via Dezeen] The Kivik Pavilion, in Österlen, Sweden — a collaboration between architect David Chipperfield and artist Antony Gormley. An…