Architecture

BUY // Living with a Mid-Century Utopia
Jarrett Moran |

What is life like in a modernist urban renewal project, fifty years after it was built?

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MoMA Takes on the Foreclosure Crisis (And the American Dream)
Victoria Rogers |
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Architects, activists, and artists reimagine America’s failing suburbs.

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Where Does the Internet Come From?
Amanda Ryan |
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In his new book Tubes, journalist Andrew Blum explores key sites in the architecture of the internet, from transatlantic cables thousands of feet long to the buildings where the internet first began.

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What Can Architecture Learn from Crystals?
Zach Bell |
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Crystals aren’t just for healing anymore.

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What Happens to Olympic Cities After the Games?
Amanda Ryan |
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Olympic host cities pour millions of dollars into building facilities for the games, but what happens to the expensive structures when the festivities are over?

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Bringing Incongruous Architecture to Natural Landscapes
Tiffany Jow |
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Invading natural environments with man-made structures is something we do all the time, right? Sure—but Alex Hartley does it much more eloquently.

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Tate Modern Unveils a Space for Live Art
Tiffany Jow |

What’s the best structure to house performance art? Oil tanks, of course.

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An Architectural Gem on a Private Island
Amanda Ryan |
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The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar is I.M. Pei’s latest masterpiece.

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Meet Wendy, the Summer Party Eco-Friendly Spike Ball
Tiffany Jow |
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Sky blue spikes, a sound system, water cannons, giant fans, and pollution-fighting skin: Wendy pulls out all the stops to set the stage for the ultimate summer party spot.

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A Japanese Island Conceals an Underground Museum
Spencer Nelson |
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In the small Seto Inland Sea in south Japan, the Benesse Corporation has turned three sparsely inhabited islands into sanctuaries for art.

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Turkish Delight: Ten Things I Think I Saw
Manish Vora |
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Turks are intensely proud of their heritage. But on my recent trip to Istanbul, we were encouraged to forget the past and look only at the present.

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Going to the Olympics? Spend a Night in an Artist's Houseboat with a View
Tiffany Jow |
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Forget The Dorchester. The best London city views are from high above Southbank Centre, which is precisely where artist Fiona Banner chose to erect a one-bedroom houseboat available to the public for one-night-only stays.

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