The Magazine for Swedish Architecture is Arkitektur. But they have an excellent weblog which is worth checking out, they name checked me, so thanks guys! Mostly in Swedish, I can get some sort of idea of the content of the site from my desktop translator although it churns out much rubbish, but its worth it [...]
Above is Artek and Shigeru Ban’s pavillion for the Milan Triennale which uses a wood/plastic composite material partly recycled from UPM the giant Finnish paper manufacturer. A great interview with Ban and an indepth look at the design and construction of the building is at design boom.
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt takes place in Venice, Berendt arriving just after the fire in the Fenice Opera House. The story of the burning down of the Fenice provides the backbone of the book, but other stories are intertwined, and much like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is [...]
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Vonnegut’s writing career spanned more than half a century and saw him produce 14 novels…. as well as dozens of short stories, essays and plays. He ranged from the conventional science fiction, Cat’s Cradle to the satirical Breakfast of Champions and the semi-autobiographical Slaughterhouse-Five, the catalyst for which was his own experience as a [...]
(image from Arkkitehtitoimisto ALA Oy)
ALA just won the design competition for the new urban plan of Hanasaari. As can be seen from the graphic the new housing blocks are going to make a real statement from the sea, with large balconies and an extended wave like form or possibly boat hulls. This development will start [...]
I don’t often write about food but I would like to more. I was back in Edinburgh over Easter and my brother cooked us all something called Shish Barak a dish from Lebanon. The recipe comes from the excellent book Arabesque by Claudia Roden. Much to my surprise there is even a Lebanese restaurant in [...]
