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you break it you bought it
the iraque scrap scene
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HATEBEAK
via brianturner
zaha hadid w/ terry gross on (her)self (her)architecture and (her)clothes: issey miyake and yoji yamamoto
Traveling to Hale County, Ala., to see the Rural Studio's modest yet magical works of architecture in their home settings would be the ideal choice. A trip to the National Building Museum is the next best thing.
Opening today, the exhibition titled "Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio: Community Architecture" takes visitors on a quick if gratifying tour through interesting, and in some ways amazing, terrain.
TPB thursdays at 9 BBCamerica
"The original premise of the show was about how AVERAGE people on an AVERAGE budget could afford home ownership by buying a "fixer-upper" and doing much of the renovation work THEMSELVES. The show in recent years has jumped seriously as it became more and more about million dollar homes in Maui, factory tours, and Yuppie owners who do no more than agonize over which shade of solid marble countertop to install! I learned a lot about how to actually do home renovations MYSELF from the early episodes, and the knowledge has saved me considerable money! I learn nothing now from the show except crap like how doors, casement windows, and ceramic tile are manufactured! Real handy if I want to go into the building products manufacturing business!"
notes on "camp"
11 most endangered historic places 2004
including 2 columbus circle
"At the end of LOT-EK's presentation at Ryerson, a gentleman in the audience stood up to object to the very idea that anybody would really want a mobile dwelling unit lifestyle. I felt a twinge of sympathy for the irate speaker's position. It all seems so terribly unsettled -- this life of endless travel, temporary clusterings in "harbours," dispersal again and again. I would not believe it to be a life worth living, had I not met sensible, sober people who have embraced exile (or pilgrimage) as their personal destiny.
These are not "virtual travellers," surfing the Internet in rec-room comfort. They are real, uprooted men and women abroad in a globalized, mobilized world, and as much in need of snug homes as anyone else. The MDU was conceived and created for them."
"If the accident is determined to have been caused by a structural failure, the terminal's strikingly unconventional design is likely to stir debate about how far architects can push new materials and construction theories in the pursuit of beauty without endangering lives."
monster house
"But that is what tended to happen to concert hall sound during much of the 20th century, and that, too, reflected a changing aesthetic. The music of Modernism demanded a kind of sonic ruthlessness, a crispness and unforgiving clarity. Often, it took a polemical stance toward the mainstream audience as well. How could this not affect the sonic character of halls?"
glidehouse via livemodern
a dome of your own
wallace neff's shell house
sopranos week 11 clue me