Tag Archives: Architecture
The infinite city, cont’d: A doorway to the underworld
Geoff Manaugh at BLDGBLOG has written a fascinating post about an innocuous-looking building in my borough that — to my delight — turns out to be a ventilator and escape hatch leading to NYC’s vast underground subway system: In the … Continue reading
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“The future has arrived and it’s all about dreaming of the past”: Have we reached the end of cultural history?
You must read this fascinating cultural analysis from Kurt Andersen, who argues that even as we experience breathtaking advances in science, technology, and communications, the American cultural landscape “has been stuck on repeat, consuming the past instead of creating the … Continue reading
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Coolest libraries, cont’d
For its wonderful facade, add the Kansas City Public Library to this list. (via Abe Books)
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“The 12 coolest libraries”
The Calgary Herald offers a list. They’re all very visually striking, but I particularly like this one — Jay Walker’s massive personal “Library of the History of Human Imagination” is a wonder to behold: Love the fact that there’s an … Continue reading
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Only in dark the light
Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk’s flight on the empty sky. – Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Creation of Ea” Lighting architect Rogier van der Heide gives an excellent … Continue reading
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An apartment transforms
New Yorkers proudly claim to make the most of our famously small apartments, but architect Gary Chang in Hong Kong shows us how it’s really done: This reminds me of the time when my sister-in-law, who had been living in … Continue reading
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“The 600 Years”: A medieval clock tower comes to life
This is absolutely wonderful: So many levels to this. Art has been an integral part of architecture since architecture began, of course; buildings have always served not just functional needs but aesthetic ones, expressing the myths, stories, and philosophies of … Continue reading
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