One tunnel, wide enough for three people walking abreast, connects to another underground town six miles away.
Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
7/16/2011
Massive ancient underground cities
Tens of thousands of people in a single underground city?! So cool. Apparently these cities are thought to have been used for religious purposes and to escape persecution and attackers.
2/10/2010
1/12/2010
Blind Architects
Wow... [via BLDGBLOG] I am a visual learner, as most architects are, and vision is one of the most important senses to me...
1/11/2010
12/08/2009
attempting to solve a social conflict through architecture
a fascinating attempt to explore the social conflict in Switzerland over mosque minarets from an architectural perspective
12/06/2009
Malcolm Wells, Architect
Sad that I first learned about him from an obituary - Crazy that I never knew about him either, since apparently he was a pioneer of the exact style of architecture I favor myself!! I, like he, favor building into the ground - using the landform for protection, insulation, and to minimize impact on the land. I shall have to find his books and explore his website.
12/05/2009
10/25/2009
8/19/2009
5/27/2009
3/28/2009
3/16/2009
Writing like an architect
heh, i know my professor would have some objections with his legibility here - looks like fun eh? tedious horendously-smudgy fun... i like the tape on the triangle trick, very handy!
[via Kottke]
[via Kottke]
3/13/2009
3/09/2009
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces - Whyte
i LOVE this video - seen it two or three times now in several of my classes, should really look into buying the dvd...
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[via Kottke]
3/01/2009
I Hate Lawns
life goal: never own a lawn
They're an environmental abomination, a horrendous waste of space, and an unfortunate legacy of our pathetic suburbanization fad. They take all sorts of time and energy to maintain, and are an aesthetic statement of power, that "american dream" manifest destiny crap ("owning one's piece of the land"), and are well, simply ugly.
I would far prefer a city apartment/condo with access to a generous public park (much more space to enjoy, more "truly natural" albeit in a still fake form, or perhaps a Co-op development with a common yard. (this would potentially be more advantageous for that/those theoretical young kid(s) i may choose to have one day who could do that running around thing while still in sight of many adults in the co-op - still, many kids have grown up in cities and came out just fine, there's no reason that a yard is a prerequisite to a good childhood, that is simply an modern American myth)
But hey, mowing the neighbor's lawns is good money in the interim...
They're an environmental abomination, a horrendous waste of space, and an unfortunate legacy of our pathetic suburbanization fad. They take all sorts of time and energy to maintain, and are an aesthetic statement of power, that "american dream" manifest destiny crap ("owning one's piece of the land"), and are well, simply ugly.
I would far prefer a city apartment/condo with access to a generous public park (much more space to enjoy, more "truly natural" albeit in a still fake form, or perhaps a Co-op development with a common yard. (this would potentially be more advantageous for that/those theoretical young kid(s) i may choose to have one day who could do that running around thing while still in sight of many adults in the co-op - still, many kids have grown up in cities and came out just fine, there's no reason that a yard is a prerequisite to a good childhood, that is simply an modern American myth)
But hey, mowing the neighbor's lawns is good money in the interim...
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