Green Roof
I do like how the greening of buildings is becoming more common. See more here about this project.
Arctic Treehouse Hotel - Studio Puisto (Finland)
Happy winter holidays to all. See more here.
Plan B - DEOC Arquitectos (Guatamala)
Surprisingly thoughtful public restrooms. See more here.
Optical Illusion
Check out video.
Nedd House - Mary Arnold-Foster Architects
Burnt larch-wood home in the Scottish Highlands. See more here.
House Built around Ruin
This house in an old Chinese village nicely embraces it’s site that contains on old ruin. See more here.
Keith Haring - Artist, Activist (May 4, 1958 - Feb 16, 1990)
Haring developed his own recognizable iconography in his street art that he utilized in the mid 80’s to spread awareness of safe sex during the AIDS crisis.
UCCA DUNE Art Museum - Open Architecture
An impressive minimalist concrete structure that is mostly buried and looks like scattered seashells from above. See more here by Open Architecture.
Villa Cerro Corá House/ ArquitecTava + Grupo Culata Jovai
Unexpected moves on this narrow slot home in Paraguay. See more here.
1/2 A-Frame (Atelier l’Abri Architects)
I particularly like how these designers utilized the awkward end of the triangle for wood storage. See more here about this project.
Greta Thurnberg - Climate Activist
She is an impressive human.
a simple plan
Things I find helpful about this plan: people, color, rugs, plants and bikes - dimensions, therefore, are not as necessary.
Pauline Kael (June 19, 1919 – Sept 3, 2001) Film Critic
Kael never held back, even if people disagreed with her sharp criticisms, they respected she was looking closely at everything. Eager to see this new documentary coming out about her.
Steven Holl - Architect
Early Steven Holl works are my favorite. I used to walk by this gallery space (below) in NYC years ago and get inspired. See more work by Holl here.
Notre Dame Roof Proposal by Miysis Studio
Check out more here about this excellent modern idea for transforming the damaged cathedral.
A-Frames - Wiki World Architects
Experimental community in China’s Morgan River Valley. See more info. here.
El Anatsui - Artist
El Anatsui is a Ghanaian sculptor best known for using common materials (e.g. bottle caps in attached photo) to make tapestry-like pieces. The idea is the use objects with which thousands of people have interacted. See more here.
The Crown - Peter Morgan
This series that follows Queen Elizabeth has it all: great stories, acting, sets/costumes, filming, etc. The 3rd season seamlessly replaces the younger cast with older actors playing the same roles. A+
Strandbeest
Check out these lovely, creepy kinetic creatures by artist Theo Jansen.
