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Moving Beyond Modernism in 6 Easy Steps - LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS

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Billboards are almost all right. Moving Beyond Modernism in 6 Easy Steps. Is a simple guide for architects that was originally included in Issue 2 of Something Interesting Kit. Is a freelance writer, researcher, and recovering architect. He has contributed to The Guardian. The Journal of Architectural Education. And many other websites and publications. His first book Pedagogy and Place: 100 Years of Architecture Education at Yale. Or email him at jamestamp@gmail.com. View all posts by Jimmy Stamp. The m...

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Death Star Architecture Around the Globe - LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS

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Billboards are almost all right. Death Star Architecture Around the Globe. It’s a case of life imitating art as Death Stars. Sprout around the globe and the inevitable struggle between competing Galactic Empires will surely annihilate the planet. Rem Koolhaas strikes first with a new scheme for Dubai. It’s like Manhattan…but way more futuristic and in the desert:. Development for Dubai by OMA. The 44-story sphere is actually a “a self-contained three-dimensional urban neighborhood” containing. The render...

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The Architecture of Superman: A Brief History of the Daily Planet - LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS

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Billboards are almost all right. The Architecture of Superman: A Brief History of the Daily Planet. The first appearance of the iconic Daily Planet building in the “The Arctic Giant,” the fourth episode of the Superman cartoon created by Fleischer Studios. Original airdate: February 26, 1942. Up in the Sky! It’s a giant metal globe hurtling toward us that will surely result in our demise! Oh, nevermindSuperman took care of it. It didn’t exist at all. Back then, Clark Kent worked for the. Until the 1940 S...

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The Map-maker of Gotham City - LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS

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Billboards are almost all right. The Map-maker of Gotham City. Eliot R. Brown’s hand drawn map of Gotham. (Eliot R. Brown). Gotham City is the perpetually dark comic book metropolis of alleys, asylums, caves, mansions, and of course, Batman. The Dark Knight of DC Comics celebrates his 75th anniversary this year but Gotham didn’t become the hometown of the Caped Crusader until 1940, when Batman co-creator Bill Finger named the city for the first time in. The cartographer of Gotham. Brown has no formal tra...

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Skip to main content. Sponsors and Institutional Support. New York Tri State. How to evaluate modern. Docomomo books on Amazon. Modern Properties for Sale. Resources: Architecture Related Organizations. Resources: Modern Buildings, Sites, Landscapes and Historic Districts. Resources: Realtors and Real Estate Services. Subscribe to our mailing list. Tweets by @docomomo us. Docomomo US begins next phase of new website. By info, posted on Thursday, August 18, 2016. Raquo; read more. Sneak Peek: Tour Day 2016.

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Dr. No, Die Hard, and Deleuze: Mechanical Spaces and Movies - LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS

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Billboards are almost all right. Dr No, Die Hard, and Deleuze: Mechanical Spaces and Movies. John McClane crawls through the mechanical spaces of. The following essay on. Kafka, Deleuze,. James Bond, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning originally appeared in. Volume 37: Is This Not a Pipe? So you’re telling me the new space is secure and the old street entry has been closed off? What about that duct up there? Couldn’t someone get through there? I think it’s about 18-inches across. Those programmed...

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New To Me: BLOCK - LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS

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Billboards are almost all right. New To Me: BLOCK. Why do I like French architecture firm BLOCK? Similar ideas can be seen in this sports complex in Brest:. The structure sits like on the site like a well-formed boulder, but it’s exterior belies the open space within. In their own words,. 8220;The design appears as a hybrid form that lies somewhere between an industrial hangar, the generic image of sports graphics and a bunker. “. To keep up with these guys. All images via BLOCK]. And many other websites...

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Exploring The Ruins of San Francisco's Sutro Baths

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Billboards are almost all right. The Ruins of San Francisco’s Sutro Baths. Gloomy San Francisco Days are always good for exploring ruins. Will surely attest with pieces of bent, rusted metal and concrete holes aiming to trip up careless explorers. When the Sutro Baths opened in 1896, it was the world’s largest indoor swimming hole complete with 7 different pools, a private museum and 8,000 seat concert hall. Image via Alamedainfo.com. Image via Alamedainfo.com. The Journal of Architectural Education.

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Fulton Center Review

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Billboards are almost all right. Fulton Center is built in a transit vernacular that extrapolates the charm of a subway car to the scale and complexity of a Piranesian prison. The Fulton Center isn’t a great building, but it does have its moments. It’s rush hour in Fulton Center. Is a freelance writer, researcher, and recovering architect. He has contributed to The Guardian. The Journal of Architectural Education. Or email him at jamestamp@gmail.com. View all posts by Jimmy Stamp. 26 January, 2015.

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Batman, Gotham City, and an Overzealous Architecture Historian

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Billboards are almost all right. Batman, Gotham City, and an Overzealous Architecture Historian With a Working Knowledge of Explosives. Looking west from across the Gotham River, by Anton Furst. Itself is an avatar, not only of the dreams of its fictional architects, but of our collective urban paranoia. Panel from LOTDK #27. As noted by Charles Holland in his excellent article. Dark Knight / White Heat: The Architecture of Gotham City. Covers to Batman #474, LOTDK #27, Detective Comics #641]. The dark n...