2014 Holiday Gift Books, 1 of 4

This year I'm presenting a selection of 40 holiday gift books from the same number of publishers, presented alphabetically in chunks of 10. Some none-too-serious recommendations of who might like the titles are indicated. See the others here.Click covers ↓ to visit Amazon - or click titles ↓ to visit...

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Today's archidose #798

Here are some photos of the Roman Temple of Diana Environments (2011) in Merida, Spain, by José María Sánchez García Architects, photographed by Gonzalo Mauleón.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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Interactive Tour: Bushwick Inlet Park

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Today's archidose #797

Here are some photos of the Departments Of Law And Central Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business (2014) in Vienna, Austria, by Crab Studio (Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau), photographed by Sebastian Deptula.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and...

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Book Review: Nordic Light

Nordic Light: Modern Scandinavian Architecture by Henry PlummerThames & Hudson, 2014Paperback, 256 pagesLast year I included Henry Plummer's Cosmos of Light, a record of three religious buildings designed by Le Corbusier, in my list of notable books of 2013 at Designers & Books. I must admit...

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Today's archidose #796

Here are some photos of the ARoS Art Museum (2004) in Aarhus, Denmark, by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, capped by Olafur Eliasson's Your rainbow panorama (2011), and photographed by Sindre Ellingsen.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose...

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The Next Glass Walkway?

First in the recent trend of glass walkways came the Grand Canyon Skywalk (2007):[Photo from Grand Canyon National Park]Then The Ledge at Willis Tower's Skydeck (2009):[Photo from Skydeck website]And this year came the Eiffel Tower:[Photo from Tour Eiffel]And the Tower Bridge:[Photo from Tower Bridge...

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