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Don’t listen to Le Corbusier—or Jakob Nielsen
Scientific analysis is useful as long as you don’t take it too seriously: people hated living in Le Corbusier’s buildings.
usability  design  architecture  software 
february 2011 by threedaymonk
In Arabian Desert, a Sustainable City Rises
Uses the sun and wind to create a livable, walkable city in the desert.
architecture  abudhabi  environment 
october 2010 by threedaymonk
Gruen transfer
‘the moment when a consumer enters a shopping mall and, surrounded by an intentionally confusing layout, loses track of their original intentions.’
psychology  shopping  retail  architecture  advertising 
august 2010 by threedaymonk
The problem with bicycles
Very good point: bicycles may be an improvement over cars, but designing cities that don't require any personal transport is the ideal.
cycling  city  architecture  design  ecology 
august 2010 by threedaymonk
Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries
art  books  library  beauty  architecture 
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Beijing Mean Value Theorem
Our bridges are usually covered in graffiti if anything. One bridge in Beijing has a slightly more edifying decoration.
china  beijing  architecture  mathematics  education 
february 2009 by threedaymonk
What they’re building opposite the Reevoo offices.
reevoo  planning  architecture  pdf 
july 2008 by threedaymonk
Anti-kid modifications to public steps
A fascinating journey into our attitudes to young people. Read the linked articles too.
uk  society  architecture 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
The Personal Well-Tempered Environment
architecture  environment  design 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
The World's first screen to be made of concrete
Just perfect for that ancient alien technology aesthetic.
architecture  art  design  concrete  screen 
november 2006 by threedaymonk
Michael Wolf and the Architecture of Density
Amazing photos of high-rise Hong Kong apartments.
photography  city  hongkong  architecture  wow 
july 2006 by threedaymonk
BLDGBLOG: The cantilevered void house
「ハウルの動く城」を思い出さないか？
architecture  weird 
june 2006 by threedaymonk
For a real exhibition of modernism, skip the V&A and go to Manchester
Simon Jenkins on the ‘bleak minimalism’ and ‘cruel brutalism’ of modernism.
architecture  art  modernism  design  society 
april 2006 by threedaymonk
3D Painted Rooms
By painting a room anamorphically, an optical illuson can be seen from the right position.
art  architecture 
february 2006 by threedaymonk
PARK(ing)
Car parks as parks for people. How subversive!
architecture  environment  weird  art 
december 2005 by threedaymonk
Skyscraper that may cause earthquakes
Taipei 101 ‘may have reopened an ancient earthquake fault.’
earthquakes  architecture  environment 
december 2005 by threedaymonk

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