June 2009

Architecture Lego

June 12, 20090 Comments Tagged: , , ,

Architecture Lego

I have fond, fond memories of growing up playing with Lego. We used to have all the pieces wrapped up in a sheet (placed in a box) and when we wanted to play, we would lay the sheet out, and ...

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SKA Design

June 9, 20090 Comments Tagged: , , ,

SKA Design is a Californian firm who produce some really nice environmental graphic design services. Some really nice signage and wayfinding design.

Website: By George!

June 8, 20091 Comment Tagged: , , , , , ,

By George! is a project being run by the City of Sydney as an attempt to "to enliven the City's laneways and forgotten spaces". The plan is to create installations in a number of Sydney's small laneways by interdisciplinary teams later on in the year. This website is currently an introduction to the project, and a call for submissions by teams with their ideas for what can be done

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What’s a Spooey?

June 8, 20090 Comments Tagged: , , ,

Some great aerial photos of freeway interchanges. Some great planning and design going on here, making for some spectacular photos.

Tufte and Cartography

June 4, 20090 Comments Tagged: , , , ,

How useful is Tufte for making maps? - a study of Edward Tufte's classic The Visual Display of Quantative Information and how it relates to cartography

MegaChurches and Architecture

June 4, 20090 Comments Tagged: , ,

triplecanopy looks at the similarities between US MegaChurches and Corporate Organisation complexes. Some eerie similarities