Archive for March, 2010
Life of An Architect
There are a diverse range of Architecture blogs or blogs that are Architectural to put it more accurately. The best often cover theory and conjecture or post cool stuff. But someone who hits the sweet spot somewhere in the middle is lifeofanarchitect.
Against the Eiffel Tower
Note: The following post is by my Father Graham Martin. He sent this to me after a conversation we had over the phone. I don’t remember exactly what we started talking about but we ended up with Dad telling me about this passage by a famous French author about the Eiffel Tower which had been [...]
Michelin 2010
Finland has five restaurants with at least one Michelin Star Luomo, Carma, Demo, Postres, and Chez Dominique with two. Honourable mentions go to Grotesk, Mecca and Solna, all based in Helsinki. (via)
First LEED Building in Scandinavia
The first LEED certified building in Scandinavia is the office Moveres Business Garden in Pitäjänmäki in Helsinki, Finland. By SARC Architects and with the artist Outi Martikainen who designed the custom painted glass facades.
Ascending and Descending
The first showing of M.C.Escher in Finland is now at the Amos art gallery. With a film and most of Eschers best loved wood cuttings and prints on show it is a real treat. What I love about Escher is his play with dimensions. He shows with his illusions on the paper the difference between [...]
Ecosia
Save the worlds rainforests a search at a time with Ecosia. (via blankbullet.com- link deprecated) update: Lee in comments to this post said Ecosia is a scam(see update 3). I’ve had a look at this (see article here and here). It seems Ecosia is a for profit organisation but looks quite legitimate and worthwhile to [...]