Here’s one way for an architect to make a buck. Or rather, a nickel.
A few of the things I saw today at lunch, with notes.
The eloquence of everyday details in Peter Zumthor’s buildings.
Wow, there is a Flickr group for everything, including every single part of a building, from bricked up doorways to belfries (apparently belfries are less popular). Also, everything on the street & sidewalk from double yellow lines to manhole covers Again: wow.
Awesome Filmore Place in Williamsburg may get landmarked, according to the Municipal Arts Society.
The really unreal worlds of photographer and artist Filip Dujardin.
The interesting architectural interventions of Legoist Jan Vormann.
Herewith, the Book Cover Archive Presents an archive of book cover designs and designers, for the purpose of appreciation and categorization.
The sun always shines in architecture magazines.
An often overlooked construction detail comes out of the woodwork (and sheetrock and masonry).
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