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Architecture

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PropertyProf Blog October 28, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
A slideshow documenting Picasso's influence on architecture:The fact that historically, there has only been a single movement of contemporary architecture officially related to cubism - Czech Cubism, does not imply…
PropertyProf Blog October 21, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
Ten awesome dog houses.Steve Clowney
Land Use Prof Blog October 17, 2011
Amazing “Vertical Forest”
By Land Use Prof
Inhabit.com has a beautiful slide show and accompanying article about the world's first residential building incorporating a verticle forest.The Bosco Verticale is a system that optimizes, recuperates, and produces energy.…
PropertyProf Blog September 30, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
The New Yorker does not dig Apple's new headquarters:So why is Foster’s design troubling, maybe even a bit scary? The genius of the iPhone, MacBook, iPad, and other Apple products…
Land Use Prof Blog September 25, 2011
Bicycle Diaries
By Land Use Prof
At our house we just finished reading Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne (Penguin Group 2009). Byrne, who most know as the lead singer for the rock band Talking Heads, is…
PropertyProf Blog September 16, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
Canadian Living Magazine's list of the world's ten most beautiful buildings.Steve Clowney
PropertyProf Blog September 9, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
Paul Goldberger, writing for The New Yorker, surveys the new construction at the World Trade Center site.Steve Clowney
PropertyProf Blog September 2, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
The world's largest wooden structure/waffle (Seville, Spain):You can read more here.Steve Clowney
PropertyProf Blog August 26, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
Witold Rybczynski explains the enduring appeal of Fallingwater through a series of slides:Fallingwater is a house of theatrical effects, but one of its charms is that there is no backstage.…
PropertyProf Blog August 5, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment: Embassy Design
By propertyprof
Designing American Embassies is really hard:Ever since the bombing of the American embassy in Beirut in 1983, security has been the overarching concern when designing new embassies. Safety rules have…