Today's archidose #791

Here are some photos of the Fondation Louis Vuitton (2014) in Paris by Gehry Partners, photographed by C D _Fr.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just::: Tag your photos #a...

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Why Bother with Facebook?

On Tuesday I tooted my own horn, and today I vent some steam – Facebook steam.If, like me, you have or administer a Facebook fan page, you probably know that the number of people who see your posts on their walls is at the mercy of Facebook's algorithms. In late 2013 Facebook implemented a change to...

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Today's archidose #790

Here are some of my photos of Situation NY by Jana Winderen and Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY now at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. See a dozen more photos of the installation in my Situation NY Flickr set.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose...

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A Sometimes (Published) Photographer

Pardon some tooting of my own horn, but it's not everyday (or every year, to be more accurate) that my photos are found in not one, not two, but three publications. Such is the case with the below magazine and books.Now, I'm no pro at photography, but photographing buildings is important for me in understanding...

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Today's archidose #789

Here are some photos of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (2014) at Kalamazoo College, Michigan, by Studio Gang Architects, photographed by Trefoil.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images...

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Today's archidose #788

Here are some photos of House in Jura (2012) near Zawiercie, Poland, by Kropka Studio, photographed by Maciek Lulko. (See more on the project at Europaconcorsi.)To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images...

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Cloning W57

It was just a matter of time before other architects started taking the leaning-pyramid form of Bjarke Ingels Group's W57 development under construction on Manhattan's west side...[W57 under construction | Photo by Rasmus Hjortshøj]...and creating inferior versions of it. First up appears to be Kutnicki...

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Guggenheim Helsinki's 1,715 Submissions

Stage One Gallery of the open, anonymous international, two-stage competition for the design of a proposed Guggenheim museum in the Finnish capital of Helsinki:...

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Book Review: Three Books for Kids

Sunrise to High-Rise: A wallbook of architecture through the ages by Lucy DalzellCicada Books, 2014Hardcover, 24 pagesWho Built That? Modern Houses by Didier Cornille Princeton Architectural Press, 2014Paperback, 84 pagesWho Built That? Skyscrapers by Didier Cornille Princeton Architectural Press, 2014Hardcover,...

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Sinking Barge

One of the thousand-or-so photos I took on a recent trip to Chicago was of an empty barge on the Chicago River between Lake and Randolph Streets; I was actually crossing the Randolph Street bridge when I snapped the photo of the immense (about 15-20' deep) barge:[Photo by John Hill] The barge was serving...

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Today's archidose #787

Here are some photos of The Elastic Perspective (2013) in Barendrecht, The Netherlands, by NEXT Architects, photographed by Ken Lee.5346801430_414295ea97_c.jpg" width="535" />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your...

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Everything Old Is New Again

Clive Wilkinson's design for the Barbarian Group (completed 2014) in New York City, which features an "endless table":[Barbarian Group | Photo: Michael Moran, from Clive Wilkinson Architects website]reminds me of a project by Wilkinson from ten years earlier. Mother's, as I referred to the project when...

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Today's archidose #786

Here are some photos of the SUTD Library Pavilion (2013) in Singapore by City Form Lab, photographed by Trevor Patt.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just::: Tag your photos...

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