One of my favourite projects of recent years is One Nimman in Chiang Mai, by Ong-ard Architects. It's so crafted and human, every inch carefully considered. It is anti-lazy architecture, the opposite of the sterile "bigness" approach evidenced by most projects today.
One of the most ambitious mass housing programs in the world was run by French Communist architects in the middle of capitalist France from the 60s thru the 80s. My latest in @CityLab on Vanessa Grossman's @yalepress book, A Concrete Alliance. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
My favorite productivity hack is working at a library with no laptop charger and using the battery life as time pressure I call it the poor man’s pomodoro
alpha bros be having podcasts where they coach other men to be hyper-masculine controlling red-flag assholes meanwhile every woman i know is completely horny for this 40 sec clip of tom holland in drag shaking his little ass to a feminist anthem
alpha bros be having podcasts where they coach other men to be hyper-masculine controlling red-flag assholes meanwhile every woman i know is completely horny for this 40 sec clip of tom holland in drag shaking his little ass to a feminist anthem
PSA: Chicago Open House is this weekend! It’s a free 2 day event when the general public can explore over 100 cool buildings and spaces across the city for free.
Everyone should check it out! Here is a thread of my highlights from last year ⬇️
Lots of dunks on this already so I’m going to do an educational thread about the alternatives to small market housing.
1) First, to get it out of the way: people who grew up in North America are used to luxurious housing.
Lots of dunks on this already so I’m going to do an educational thread about the alternatives to small market housing.
1) First, to get it out of the way: people who grew up in North America are used to luxurious housing.
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