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“Well hung 60s block bites the dust.” Unusually-constructed 60s office building is being demolished from the bottom up—the floors are hung from … gulfstream/2318
Great piece on Toronto’s subway signage, and public signage in general. gulfstream/2330
Nice building: small weekend cabin in Mazama, WA. gulfstream/2394
Run-down auto repair shop converted into architects’ offices (pictures; associated story). gulfstream/2404
Scrollbar art installation. gulfstream/1784
“The truth is that individuals and institutions usually turn to architecture at moments of decline. … ‘During a period of exciting discovery … gulfstream/1860
Alternative town planning: Curitiba, a midsize Brazilian city, is a surprisingly nice place to live. (Sounds suspiciously idyllic to me, though … gulfstream/1875
Architect Shigeru Ban—who’s currently working on a Pompidou outpost—has several unconventional ideas, including a love for building with … gulfstream/1884
Pictures of Volkswagen’s extremely pretty “Glass Factory,” which contains the production line for the Phaeton. It has wooden floors. (Or … gulfstream/1926
A whole heap of stuff is being built—somewhat improbably, given its history, climate, prospects—in Dubai. gulfstream/2040
Beaver Overthinking Dam: “After much thought, Messner decided to reconstruct the anterior section of the dam with poplar wood on Tuesday, after he finished … gulfstream/2062
“Can good architecture help the sick?” Does architecture and design affect the physical well-being of those being treated for cancer? The Maggie’s … gulfstream/2087
A lot of work (and patents) have gone into the glass staircases at Apple Stores. gulfstream/2103
Are cities the new countries? “The most important place to London is New York and to New York is London and Tokyo … London belongs to a country composed … gulfstream/2114
Buildings in Mecca and Medina dating back to the time of Mohamed and before are being destroyed by Wahhabists in an attempt to prevent idolatry. (The … gulfstream/2206
URL design, and why the same piece of content should never be reachable by more than one URL. (See also Jacob Neilsen’s 1999 piece on the URL as UI.)(Listing … gulfstream/2225
Glowing account of Apple’s retail stores. “The interiors, too, have been distilled to a minimum of elements. ‘We’ve gotten it down so there’s … gulfstream/2256
“In the early years of the Soviet Union, many believed that architecture could function as a tool of social transformation. It was a … gulfstream/1759
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Google spotlights data center inner workings | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
a little bit of detail on the architecture of google's datacenters
Architecture of London, England - Great Buildings Online
The New Yorker: The Critics: The Sky Line
architect is Rocio Romero, house is called Laguna Verde
Can good architecture help the sick? By Witold Rybczynski
Slide show: Adventurous visions - arts - International Herald Tribune
The Evelina Children's Hospital Appeal | Hospital
what's the address?!
Inside MySpace.com
the architecture of myspace
Powers of 10 | Metropolis Magazine
10 engineering marvels
A San Francisco museum reinvented. - By Witold Rybczynski - Slate Magazine
Architecture Portal News: Tremendous Symbiosis of Progress and Nature [Pics]
Lust for Height — AMERICAN.COM: A Magazine of Ideas, Online
where big buildings are, where they're being built, and why
無印良品［無印良品の家］
pre-fabricated muji house
無印良品［無印良品の家］
pre-fabricated house by muji
Branislav Kropilak photography
An Inside Look at Philip Johnson’s Glass House - Home Design Spring 2007 -- New York Magazine
PartIV » Blog Archive » Dear Architects, I am sick of your shit.
But does it work? | Art & Architecture | Guardian Unlimited Arts
what are various acclaimed uk buildings like to work in?
Fallingwater, The Movie
fly-through of fallingwater construction and final product.
Writers' rooms | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Books
ArchitectNotes - Varnish - Trac
the design of varnish, a reverse proxy. supposedly written the way kernel code is now written (no distinction between ram and disk--let the kernel worry about paging)
Time Out New York: Space craft
special on small spaces
