by Nicola | Oct 15, 2010
Over at the Glass House Conversations website, BLDGBLOG’s Geoff Manaugh has posed an interesting question, inviting speculation on the opportunities and pitfalls that might emerge as twenty-first century cities flex their geopolitical muscles in an increasingly... by Nicola | Oct 8, 2010
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of hearing Jim Fleming address BLDGBLOG’s Glacier/Island/Storm class at Columbia University’s GSAPP. Fleming teaches the history of science and technology at Colby College, and is the author of a recently released book... by Nicola | Oct 5, 2010
Tim Hayward, Guardian food writer and editor of the year-old food quarterly, Fire and Knives, has made a lovely video featuring taxi driver Anthony Street. Together, they trundle round London, starting with a full English in a neon-lit Portakabin caff behind... by Nicola | Oct 4, 2010
IMAGE: Street Life, a project by The Living (David Benjamin + Soo-in Yang) in association with the Living Architecture Lab at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. In his lecture at Sci-Arc last week, architect David Benjamin... by Nicola | Sep 30, 2010
For the next sixth months, visitors to the gloriously named Maison d’Ailleurs in Switzerland (a museum of “science fiction, utopia, and extraordinary journeys”) have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be given a deep-tissue massage by a prototype... by Nicola | Sep 22, 2010
IMAGE: Artist Liz Hickok is gelatin-mapping Manhattan’s skyline for “You Are Here.” Katherine Harmon loves maps, and is the author of two gorgeous books that collect unexpected and idiosyncratic applications of the cartographer’s craft — You...