Postcard Architecture Disseminates the Future of U.S. Infrastructure
["Bridging Parallel Infrastructures"] One of my greatest frustrations with architecture is how inaccessible it is to…well, everyone. All too often architecture is something reserved for the backgrounds of car commercials, the occasional feature of a weekend paper, and the interiors of glossy magazines relegated to their own little corner of bookstores. That’s why it’s such [...]
Selective Demolition: The Work of Richard Galpin
[image via Richard Galpin] For almost 10 years, artist Richard Galpin has been carefully excavating cities; revealing their hidden geometries and composition. The removal of buildings from their context and vice versa makes Galpin a perfect fit for the virtual pages of Life Without Buildings. His technique could be described as a form of subtractive [...]
More Than Meets The Runway: The Prada Transformer
[image via Prada Transformer website] A oddly malformed pavilion-like object stands next to the 16th-century Gyeonghui Palace in Seoul, Korea. What is it exactly? Whatever you need it to be. Composed of four uniquely-shaped sides—hexagon, cross, rectangle, and square—the Prada Transformer is another in a long list of collaborations between the famed Italian designer and [...]
Spacebuster: Currently Inflating All Over New York City
[All images courtesy Doug Johnston. Click for larger version.] Stuck on the Wes Coast but Intrigued by a press release for Spacebuster, a mobile, inflatable structure designed to “transform public spaces of all kinds into points for community gathering,” Life Without Buildings enlisted the help of Doug Johnston to cover the Manhattan opening of the [...]
Love, Loss, and World Building
Architecture may not be able to mend a broken heart but perhaps it can help ease suffering. Found at the always-inspiring information aesthetics, the above short film comes from the co-creator of the LA traffic nightmare 405, and artfully depicts a man designing a world using a type of sci-fi Sketchup. But while our silent [...]
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