BLDGBLOG: Architectural Sustainability Architect B – who has mastered the art of ornamentalizing sustainability – comes off as a hero; Architect A, despite his accomplishments, is overlooked. Again, my point is simply that relatively unspectacular design decisions can be ... http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/architectural-sustainability.html
BLDGBLOG: Geomagnetic harddrive In her recent biography of Sir Christopher Wren – whose towers, domes and steeples appear in the image above – Lisa Jardine describes how she discovered that the London Monument, designed in 1677 by Wren and Robert Hooke together, ... http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2005/08/geomagnetic-harddrive.html
BLDGBLOG: When my dome opens, I see stars As an aside, while perusing the heartbreakingly wonderful bookshelves of an antique store in Pasadena, CA., I ran across a multi-volume set of books about the world's architecture. I think there were at least ten volumes in the set, ... http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/when-my-dome-opens-i-see-stars.html
BLDGBLOG: BLDGBLOG Goes to Paris... Digital Art Photography for Dummies said... The statue of liberty in 7.5 million years would look like? July 03, 2006 2:23 AM; Anonymous said... You should definitely visit the Palais de Tokyo, lightly remodeled by Lacaton and Vassal. ... http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/bldgblog-goes-to-paris.html
BLDGBLOG: Best... what? ... Inhabitat, Land+Living, Daily Dose, Brand Avenue, Interactive Architecture dot Org (and many, many, many others); then there's Régine, winner of Best Urban Arts Blog for the increasingly better-than-everything we make money not art. ... http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/best-what.html
BLDGBLOG: The Urbs – One Week to Go! The churches of Christopher Wren, transformed into a working geomagnetic harddrive! Proto-terrestrial landscapes swarming with alien bacteria! James Bond thwarts a San Franciscan attempt at tectonic warfare! ... http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/urbs-one-week-to-go.html
Art Blog By Bob: The Naked Truth When her friend, photographer, and lover Julien Levy took Frida Kahlo’s photograph of her topless, unbraiding her hair (above), Levy called it “a fantastic liturgy.” In the current exhibition of Kahlo’s art at the PMA, ... http://artblogbybob.blogspot.com/2008/02/naked-truth.html
BLDGBLOG: BLDGBLOG Goes To California... Tim, I was actually at the MJT about two years ago, loved it, really loved it, and I love the Weschler book about it, which I highly recommend to anyone at all, especially if you like BLDGBLOG. But I didn't make it this time; ... http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/bldgblog-goes-to-california.html
BLDGBLOG: Vent-Based Asteromo Be sure to stop by Pruned for some amazing new posts and images, including Asteromo, "an outside-inside ellipsoidal earth," designed by Italian architect Paolo Soleri. Soleri, of course, was also the man behind Arcosanti, that monument ... http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/vent-based-asteromo.html
Things That Inspire: Lanterns My Photo. Things That Inspire: I am very inspired by art, architecture and design. All three (art, architecture, and design) are expressions of man's artistic nature, and I like to look for ways in which the three are intertwined. ... http://freshpalette.blogspot.com/2008/06/lanterns.html