Efficiencity by Greepeace shows how we can make our cities and infrastructure more ecological with the technology we already have now. Well worth a walk through.
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Japanese House
February 16, 2008 – 3:25 pm
Houses in Japan typically last for 30 years and are never sold before they are demolished. This article in the economist explains the economic reasons behind this but I instantly remembered that at least some Japanese temples like the Ise Shrine are remade every few years. The ideas of time, ageing and solidity seem tantalisingly [...]
Jjimjilbang
February 8, 2008 – 1:22 pm
I’d never heard of a Jjimjilbang before I’d read Adam Greenfield write about inspaworld in New York, an outpost of this Korean take on the sauna. It seems a little different from the Finnish version though, which is usually quite private and dark and more intimate. Inspaworld is like the sauna meets Disney on Ice. [...]
Oscar Niemeyer 100 today
December 17, 2007 – 4:06 pm
Congratulations to Oscar Niemeyer who is 100 today. Listen to an interview by Jonathan Glancey with him on the BBC. Truly one of the great 20th Century Architects. (Thanks to Bifta for the heads up!)
Museum of Horses***t
November 14, 2007 – 7:30 pm
I haven’t laughed so much for a long time….
It is what it is: An attractive and diverting repository for a massive load of horseshit. And, well, let’s be realists: That load of horseshit’s not going away anytime soon. Might as put it somewhere that it’s out of everyone else’s way. The Creation Museum manages [...]
Warsaw Museum
July 1, 2005 – 12:02 pm
The Warsaw Museum of Jewish Heritage competition has been won by the Finnish Lahdelma & Mahlamaki. Check out the bbc article.
