On a recent trip to Munich, I suffered from a severe case of river envy. It was fairly hot weather for a Friday in July and my friends that I was visiting decided to play hooky from work. Taking a leisurely bike ride from the center of the city south along the Isar river, a [...]
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The Sandpit
The Sandpit is a cool depiction of a day in the life of New York City urban landscape. Sam O’Hare’s short film recorded in 35,000 stills on Vimeo has won the 2012 Webby Awards for Best Viral, and the 2010 Prix ARS Electronica Award of Distinction. Sam O’Hare has a degree in architecture from UK and [...]
Santiago Calatrava: a better bridge designer than an architect
I recently visited Calatrava’s City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain. This huge complex was built in the bed of the river Turia, which was diverted after a devastating flood in 1957. Shortly after, the riverbed was converted into a park to showcase the work of the Valencia native, Santiago Calatrava. The park has one [...]
Disaster Management & Public Libraries
Recently I watched Spotlight on: The Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program on US Building Digest‘s website. It is about the construction program for libraries in Massachusetts, which is a state program, as opposed to New York’s more local systems. New York City has three separate systems, by the way: New York Public Library (which has [...]
STOP WORK IMMEDIATELY!
City of Sweaty Falls Inga Studtmeier, Mayor Frank Botulism, Commissioner of Planning and Development STOP WORK ORDER DOCKET #2012-HX-0728 From: Sweaty Falls Department of Planning and Development To: Playa De La Quesadilla Beach Club and Resort Re: Unauthorized and Unregulated Waterfront Construction Commencing on July 3, 2012 EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY This order to STOP WORK IMMEDIATELY [...]
Mr. Stephenson, Tear Down This Wall
MEMO To: Randall Stephenson, CEO and Grand High Poobah, AT&T From: Erik Seims Re: 33 Thomas St., New York, NY, a.k.a. “The Long Lines Building” April 29, 2012 I’m writing to ask you to do something about this:
