Life Without Buildings in the News

Posting to LWB has been infrequent of late because I’ve been preparing for a trip to the News. Orleans, York, and Haven, to be precise. In a sublime mix of business and pleasure, I’ll be visiting New Orleans for the Prospect.1 Art Biennial, then it’s off to New York to catch up with some friends, [...]

Lit Without Buildings - The Apocryphal Cartographies of Carroll and Borges

An excerpt from the astounding Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, by Lewis Carroll:
“What a useful thing a pocket-map is!” I remarked.

“That’s another thing we’ve learned from your Nation,” said Mein Herr, “map-making. But we’ve carried it much further than you. What do you consider the largest map that would be really useful?”

“About six inches to the [...]

Important Information From The Handbook For Playground Safety

[image via The Handbook for Playground Safety]
Do not, we repeat, DO NOT do this. Thank god for childlike crash-test dummies. Needless to say it’s back to the drawing board with my floating-high-dive-prison-guillotine-themed preschool playground. Keep reading for more life saving infographics.

A Shootout in the Guggenheim

The real star of the new Clive Owen / Naomi Watts movie The International? Architecture. That’s according to The Architects Newspaper Blog, anyway, who spotted several recognizable buildings in preview for the um… banking and finance thriller. The best part? A climactic shootout in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim museum. It might be a little early [...]

Here’s what happens when you look for truth: Life Without Buildings Interviews Charlie Kaufman

[Philip Seymour Hoffman and Charlie Kaufman. Image courtesy Sony Pictures]
Synecdoche, New York is a masterpiece of filmmaking. In his ambitious debut as director, Charlie Kaufman—who made his name writing such groundbreaking films as Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind—has crafted a film that can only be described as sublime - [...]

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