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Life Without Buildings 2009-09-21 08:24:55
[Still from Modern Times] “The construction of situations begins beyond the ruins of the modern spectacle. It is easy to see how much the very principle of the spectacle – nonintervention – is linked to the alienation of the old world. Conversely, the most pertinent revolutionary experiments in culture have sought to …


Life Without Buildings 2009-09-21 08:24:55
[Still from Modern Times] “The construction of situations begins beyond the ruins of the modern spectacle. It is easy to see how much the very principle of the spectacle – nonintervention – is linked to the alienation of the old world. Conversely, the most pertinent revolutionary experiments in culture have sought to …


Life Without Buildings 2009-08-29 04:37:44


Life Without Buildings 2009-08-29 04:37:44


Life Without Buildings 2009-08-28 01:12:33
Gordon Bunshaft for SOM, 1963


Life Without Buildings 2009-08-28 01:12:33
Gordon Bunshaft for SOM, 1963


Life Without Buildings 2009-08-01 01:18:28
[BLDGBLOG book wordle via flickr] An interview I did with former Dwell Editor and current BLDG BLOG author Geoff Manaugh went up this week at Dwell.com. We spoke about the new The BLDGBLOG Book, old media, new media, novels, inspirations, and and the future forms BLDGBLOG might take. · Author Q&A: The BLDGBLOG …


Life Without Buildings 2009-08-01 01:18:28
[BLDGBLOG book wordle via flickr] An interview I did with former Dwell Editor and current BLDG BLOG author Geoff Manaugh went up this week at Dwell.com. We spoke about the new The BLDGBLOG Book, old media, new media, novels, inspirations, and and the future forms BLDGBLOG might take. · Author Q&A: The BLDGBLOG …


Life Without Buildings 2009-07-31 02:58:54
[Shigeru Ban MIR house] Can you guess who designed this rather clumsy looking Make it Right house? While it almost looks like some sort of elevated, mundane prefab structure, it is in fact designed by one of our most innovative contemporary architects. You’re looking at a Shigeru Ban design – and one …


Life Without Buildings 2009-07-31 02:58:54
[Shigeru Ban MIR house] Can you guess who designed this rather clumsy looking Make it Right house? While it almost looks like some sort of elevated, mundane prefab structure, it is in fact designed by one of our most innovative contemporary architects. You’re looking at a Shigeru Ban design – and one …


Life Without Buildings 2009-06-21 17:41:08
[The Yale School of Architecture. Paul Rudolph.] Things have slowed down here on Life Without Buildings as I’ve been preparing for another major move. I’ve lived in San Francisco for three years now and it has been an absolutely incredible time. The city is impossible beautiful and the people I’ve been lucky …


Life Without Buildings 2009-06-21 17:41:08
[The Yale School of Architecture. Paul Rudolph.] Things have slowed down here on Life Without Buildings as I’ve been preparing for another major move. I’ve lived in San Francisco for three years now and it has been an absolutely incredible time. The city is impossible beautiful and the people I’ve been lucky …


Life Without Buildings 2009-06-01 13:30:37
[Looking west from across the Gotham River, by Anton Furst] New York, Dubai, Tokyo, Moscow, Gotham. Every city in every atlas?real and fictional? has a unique character shaped by history and geography. More than a mere sense of place derived from architecture and planning, cities have a feeling that pervades the consciousness …


Life Without Buildings 2009-06-01 13:30:37
[Looking west from across the Gotham River, by Anton Furst] New York, Dubai, Tokyo, Moscow, Gotham. Every city in every atlas?real and fictional? has a unique character shaped by history and geography. More than a mere sense of place derived from architecture and planning, cities have a feeling that pervades the consciousness …


Life Without Buildings 2009-05-30 04:18:32
[image via luxist] As seen in the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the modern home of Ferris’ best friend Cameron is now on the market. 370 Beech Street, aka The Ben Rose Home, in Highland Park, Illinois was designed by architect A. James Speyer. After a traditional Beaux-Arts education, Speyer traveled …


Life Without Buildings 2009-05-30 04:18:32
[image via luxist] As seen in the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the modern home of Ferris’ best friend Cameron is now on the market. 370 Beech Street, aka The Ben Rose Home, in Highland Park, Illinois was designed by architect A. James Speyer. After a traditional Beaux-Arts education, Speyer traveled …


Life Without Buildings 2009-05-21 22:23:07
[image via Strange Harvest] So now that we’ve seen The Fountainhead as interpreted by America’s favorite cartoon family, The Simpsons, it seemed like it might be a good time for a more…informed take on Ayn Rand’s book and the resulting 1949 film. Recently, Fantastic Journal, Strange Harvest, Lebbeus Woods, and Things Magazine …


Life Without Buildings 2009-05-21 22:23:07
[image via Strange Harvest] So now that we’ve seen The Fountainhead as interpreted by America’s favorite cartoon family, The Simpsons, it seemed like it might be a good time for a more…informed take on Ayn Rand’s book and the resulting 1949 film. Recently, Fantastic Journal, Strange Harvest, Lebbeus Woods, and Things Magazine …


Life Without Buildings 2009-05-20 07:49:20
Over at the SF Appeal, I’ve written a brief review of the new sculpture garden at SFMOMA. Here, an excerpt from that post. Afters three years of competition, construction, and even a little controversy, the new sculpture garden at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art made its public debut on May …


Life Without Buildings 2009-05-20 07:49:20
Over at the SF Appeal, I’ve written a brief review of the new sculpture garden at SFMOMA. Here, an excerpt from that post. Afters three years of competition, construction, and even a little controversy, the new sculpture garden at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art made its public debut on May …


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