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architecture
- Two roads to longevity
The latest issue of Res Extensa draws parallels between the story of Ford and Rolls-Royce and Stewart Brand's framework of Low Road and High Road design, from How Buildings Learn. We have polar opposite philosophies oā¦
- Initiation Well
The Initiation Well at the Quinta da Regaleira estate in Portugal.
- Leuven Town Hall
Leuven Town Hall. Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
- Storehouses of history
As I was reading this article from Ted Gioia the other day, I noticed in this image he used a logo I recognized: This is Hollywood Boulevard from the 1930s. Notice the Kress Building on the far side of the street. Itā¦
- patternlanguage.cc
I've been diving back into Alexander's A Pattern Language the past few days. As I was making notes in Obsidian, it occurred to me that APL, with its interlinked system of patterns, could be an interesting medium for bā¦
- Roman Ruins At Schonbrunn
Roman ruins at Schƶnbrunn. Carl Moll, 1892.
- Western Electric Plant
Western Electric Plant. Cicero, IL. Western Electric was the captive equipment arm of the Bell System and produced the majority of the telephones and related equipment used in the U.S. for almost 100 years.
- They Died To Make The Desert Bloom
āThey died to make the desert bloomā Hoover Dam bas relief.
- Bell Labs Holmdel Complex
Bell Labs Holmdel Complex. New Jersey.
- Winged Figures Of The Republic
Winged Figures of the Republic. By Oskar Hansen at Hoover Dam, 1937.
- The Dome Of Sta Maria Della Salute
The dome of Sta Maria Della Salute. Venice.
- Highrises
An incredible project from Chris Hytha, documenting the gorgeous art deco architecture scattered across the country: The prosperity of early 20th century America resulted in a boom of skyscrapers that still tower overā¦
- Book Notes How Buildings Learn
My latest post is a deep dive on Stewart Brandās How Buildings Learn. If you canāt tell from the length, this book is full of gold, and one of my favorites in a long time:
- Karahnjukar Hydropower Plant
The amazing spillway at KĆ”rahnjĆŗkar Hydropower Plant , Iceland. I canāt see brutalism without thinking of Dune. Upper image looks like Caladan.
- Bixby Creek Bridge
Bixby Creek Bridge. Big Sur, California. The PCH is a national treasure.
- Zaghouan Aqueduct
Zaghouan Aqueduct. South of Tunis, Tunisia. Visited in 2014. Built by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago, and channeled water from the springs to the south to coastal Carthage.
- Saint John Church Of Sohrol
Saint John Church of Sohrol. East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
- Sidi Bou Said
The blue and white architecture of Sidi Bou Said. Tunis, Tunisia.
- Teatro Regio
Teatro Regio.) Turin, Italy. That lighting.
- Adalaj Stepwell
Adalaj Stepwell. Gujarat, India. Built in 1498. We should build more stepwells.
- Scenes Pattern Languages And Nested Systems
My latest essay. Comparing the notion of āpattern languagesā across domains, like writing and architecture:
- Central Control Building Of A Solar Farm
The central control building of a solar farm in Karapınar, Turkey. Future site of an unnamed science fiction film location shoot.
- Etienne Louis Boullee
Iām no big fan of the high modernist flavor of neoclassicism, at least when made real. But damn Ćtienne-Louis BoullĆ©e ās concepts are incredible.
- Moongates
We should build more moongates in our gardens and backyards. From Austin Tennell on X.
- The Eden Project
The Eden Project is a complex of geodesic domes housing different biomes ā a Mediterranean climate, and the worldās largest indoor rainforest. An island of foreign terrain in a retired mining pit in cold Cornwall, Engā¦
- The Magic City
The Magic City , by Russian artist Artur Skizhali-Veis.
- Kowloon Walled City
Cross-section of Hong Kongās Kowloon Walled City.
- Conversation Pits
Letās return to conversation pits.
- WrocÅaw Cathedral
The interior of WrocÅaw Cathedral , Poland. Built in 1272.
- Chillon Castle
Chillon Castle , island fortress on Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The building originally dates to the 11th century, but thereās evidence the Romans had forts on the small island a millennium earlier. Itās functioned as fā¦
- Dragon Bridge
Dragon Bridge). Da Nang, Vietnam.
- Centuripe A Sicilian Town That Looks Like A
Centuripe ā a Sicilian town that looks like a person. Browsing maps is my favorite way into new rabbit holes. Now central Sicily is on the travel wishlist.
- Depthscrapers
āDepthscrapersā When will we build one?
- Architecture
archiveofaffinities: Rhone and Iredale Architects, Bogue Babicki and Associates (Structural Engineers), Westcoast Building, Vancouver, B.C. Rhone and Iredale Architects, Bogue Babicki and Associates (Structural Engineā¦
- Japan Architecture
uroko: äŗ¬é½ č²“č¹ / Kibune, Kyoto Japan has some of the best examples of vernacular architecture. Buildings are a perfect fit for the surrounding environment.
- Arcology
Paolo Soleri's book Arcology is out of print and extremely hard to find. Luckily you can find it here online in its full visual glory. Makes me want to go back and play SimCity 2000.
- Soleri
Novanoah ā Paolo Soleriās floating city.
- Tower Of Babel
Atsushi Wakamatsu, Tower of Babel.
- Johnson Wax Building
thevaultoftheatomicspaceage: Johnson Wax Building, Mijdrecht, Netherlands (Hugh Maaskant, 1966) Typically modernist architecture is a travesty, but occasionally itās glorious.
- Architecture from Every Country
This was a fantastic thread from The Cultural Tutor ā so simple, but had me on an epic Wikipedia / Google Maps rabbit hole. Some of my favorite examples: Las Lajas Shrine, Colombia Samtavisi Cathedral, Georgia Monasteā¦
- Weekend Reading: Kipchoge's 2 Hours, Future Ballparks, and the World in Data
šš¾āāļø Eliud Kipchoge Breaks 2-Hour Marathon Barrier An amazing feat: On a misty Saturday morning in Vienna, on a course specially chosen for speed, in an athletic spectacle of historic proportions, Eliud Kipchoge ofā¦