Walking home from the U-Bahn today, I was thinking about how most American cities are now attempts at small town living in an urban environment. It seems like this is what people want—distance, space, a yard, a garage. I’m not knocking it, either. The way I see it, if it makes people happy, they should [...]

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I have had my eye on this specific house for a long time. It’s a lustron home from the middle of the 20th Century. From the listing
walk to decatur square! mid century modern! here is your chance to own a rare ‘lustron’ home! check it out at lustron dot org. situated on a great [...]

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A coffee house in Vienna where the ultra designed furnishings are for sale, and the right and left clash over fortresses in the city.

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One of the best tricks played by architects, designers and builders in history has been to place their own secret messages, inside-joke winks, metaphorical projections or expressions of their own likenesses into the result of their efforts.
One example, and a favorite of mine, is how Anton Pilgram, the lead architect of one of the phases [...]

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I just stumbled across the Loft Cube and felt it worth a mention.
The space seems ideal for a single human, but privacy is next to nil. That being said, the interior seems refreshing, thoroughly well-engineered and I consider it a successful realization of the prevailing aesthetics and design philosophies of this modern age.
I’m just [...]

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It’s a depressing time for massive public projects.
Recent news that the already-poor design of the New World Trade Center (don’t blame me, I voted for THINK) has to be compromised didn’t surprise me. It’s going to be difficult to build the largest penis on the planet smack dab in the middle of Lower Manhattan.
But [...]

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The New World Trade Center design has been chosen. In my opinion, the other contender was a far better plan which provided for some of the most unique architecture on the planet. The winning design is yet another giant corporate cock sticking out of the island of Manhattan.
The two plans:
Team Think (the good [...]

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I just found this web site for Charles Brewer’s (former Mindspring CEO and Mullet-head) new development project, Glenwood Park.
This development is located very near our old house in a disused section of urban Atlanta and, quite frankly, looks really kick ass. One could dis for the “theme park” quality, but hey, it’s better [...]

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Atlanta, contrary to many people’s perceptions, is a HUGE city—over 4MM population in the metro area. Atlanta also contains many of the world’s tallest buildings, including the Bank of America (formerly Nations Bank) tower, which is the 7th tallest structure in North America. Among U.S. cities, only New York and Chicago have any [...]

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The Gasometer in Vienna is part of a new initiative to remake architectural history in the city. Long known for its architectural innovation, Vienna continues to remake itself. In typical Viennese fashion, the city lives in an imagined version of itself after transformation. When Wieners tell you about the city, they [...]

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