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Crazy shoes designed by architects.

If Louis Kahn Wore Nikes: 7 Sexy Shoes For Architects If Louis Kahn wore Nikes, they would probably look something like this. The newly released Blazer Mid Metric shoe displays a slick monohedral tessellation re...

What a gorgeous piece.
I love that it fully blends with nature. It feels like not only part of landscape, but part of ancient history of Turkey.

Sancaklar Mosque, 2011 Sancaklar Mosque located in Buyuk Cekmece, a suburban neighborhood in the outskirts of Istanbul, aims to address the fundamental issues of designing a mosque by distancing itself from the current architectural discussions based on form and focusing solely on the essence of religious space.

Urban projects can be as expensive as 10 jars of paint...

17 самых прекрасных и ярких лестниц по всему миру Краски - вот что делает нашу жизнь ярче! Как потрясающе меняет такая лестница целую улицу, квартал и даже город!

I have ran into Alex Hogrefe grass tutorial quite some times ago, and it was brilliant. Fast, simple, effective. He has much more then that. Check out his website, very useful.

BLOG - architectural rendering and illustration blog Free Architectural rendering tutorials focusing on Photoshop, Sketchup, and Kerkythea,

This woman touched many urban projects in NYC, including High Line. This incredibly popular city park STILL requires protection. Very inspirational and honest talk. She is American "royalty", she knows all or most "big fish" not only in NYC, but in entire world. She said that the negotiation about the park took nine months, every day, many hours. Tough crowd, those businessmen.

TED Talk: How Public Spaces Make Cities Work / Amanda Burden Amanda Burden, former animal behaviorist turned New York’s chief city planner, has discovered what makes cities desirable: great public spaces. During

Aj-aj-aj, so many gorgeous places! The winners of the Best Public Space in Europe is announced. I had just a quick scroll thru it, but what I loved that list of finalists was not limited to wealthy Western nations. Way to go, Romania, so many nominations! Tonight I will have a good look at it :)

public space: Results of the Eighth Award of the European Prize for Urban Public Space

YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT WHEN...
...you know the janitors by name.
...your roommates say "good morning," and you reply "good night."
...you carry a toothbrush in your backpack.
...you only leave studio to buy supplies.
...you see showering as a waste of time.
...you've ever dreamt about your models.
...upon hearing 'supermodel', you think of a nicely crafted-foam core model.
...you say "It's only midnight- I have plenty of time to finish."

You guys, tell me what that is Not exactly, but what it represents. . Except those who know - I know you know :)

Not only work :) My fav is the last one - rainbow.

WTF? 22 Of The Weirdest and Most Unexplainable Pictures Ever These 22 totally bizarre photos are all perfect examples of how, sometimes, context can be critically important to understanding exactly WTF is going on in a given picture. Why is that man holding a sewing machine in front of the scene of an accident? What exactly is it about that dog that has ...

One of my most favorite diagrams ever. Which I can't fully understand.

There you go, indie public square, ready to go!

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