Category Archives: architecture

Here comes the bride

Posted on April 19, 2018 by things magazine

The former Wedding Palace in Tbilisi, by Victor Djorbenadze became the private house of the late oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili, the definition of a colourful character. There only seems to be one plan available online, but it sort of backs up … Continue reading →

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Markings and territories

Posted on April 18, 2018 by things magazine

The Enfield Poltergeist made for an an interesting episode of The Renunion / a map of Europe’s Roman roads / South Hill Park, a Brutalist masterpiece in North London, for sale / on hull markings and plimsoll lines: the secret … Continue reading →

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Two theatres and an ice rink

Posted on April 5, 2018 by things magazine

The Fighting Fantasy books are back, courtesy of a new title written by Charlie Higson. FF rivalled the Choose Your Own Adventure series, but both didn’t weather the rise of first computer text adventures and then just video gaming in … Continue reading →

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In living colour

Posted on February 28, 2018 by things magazine

Unseen photos of East End London in glorious colour / sort of related, SHE F ELD, a tumblr devoted to glorious archive imagery of Sheffield / the Handbook of Tyranny deploys infographics to chart the world’s ills, inequalities and pressure … Continue reading →

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Down in the city

Posted on January 30, 2018 by things magazine

The Tube is really noisy / this is what an abandoned high-speed train looks like / a bit of both: abandoned Tube trains / we liked the story of the US bases revealed by eager joggers (via MeFi, etc.) / … Continue reading →

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Stacked up

Posted on January 26, 2018 by things magazine

Centralia, then and now. Home to the long-burning Centralia Mine Fire / R.I.P M.E.S / there’s a ghost tower in the city / music by Grok, especially their live soundtracks to silent classics like The Cabinet of Dr Caligari / … Continue reading →

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Ruined forms

Posted on January 16, 2018 by things magazine

Casa Sperimentale, by Giuseppe Perugini, at Architizer and Dear Magazine, where these photos by Marco Ponzianelli were published. One of the internet’s favourite bits of ‘lost Brutalism’. See also the Visual News essay by Oliver Astrologo / twisted pop, slowed … Continue reading →

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Modelling, or not

Posted on January 4, 2018 by things magazine

London 2026 is promising us a glossy lump of architectural inelegance, largely unreadable from every direction, with the grim reality likely to be far less pleasing than the CGI. Eight years ago we were lamenting the lack of a 3D … Continue reading →

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Downstairs

Posted on January 3, 2018 by things magazine

Three necks, 15 strings, Feel Good Inc / If birds left tracks in the sky… / how much of Britain is concreted over? / Ghent in Motion / a signwriter’s life, work by Nick Garrett / What a difference… Cars … Continue reading →

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Things we learned

Posted on December 5, 2017 by things magazine

Open for Business, 1966 VW Van brochure / the end of Every Frame a Painting / 52 things I learned in 2017 (also via K) / for her 90th birthday, Elton John’s estranged mother hired an Elton John tribute act … Continue reading →

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Bouncing down

Posted on November 28, 2017 by things magazine

Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman scene comparisons from Man on the Moon. Now watch Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton / the delightful Vistabule teardrop travel trailer / an … Continue reading →

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Built environments

Posted on October 17, 2017 by things magazine

A collection of Lost Modern buildings / Mariah Carey and the sound of Christmas / 80s.nyc. Now do London / music from The Barnslou Trio / 8 built projects that inspired: ‘five urban housing cases, which despite being architecturally overlooked, … Continue reading →

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Checks and balances

Posted on August 26, 2017 by things magazine

Citywide transportation based on gyroscopic balancing buses. Some beautiful animation, and defiantly utopian. See also this city of rotating buildings from 2007 or do away with commuting altogether and just wait for work to come to you: the Clockwork City … Continue reading →

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What happened when

Posted on August 24, 2017 by things magazine

The story behind a few things: the story of gated reverb / the origins of Zork / an obsession with foppishness, retro, or just the old ways, Print Mag explores the origins and influences of the McSweeney’s Aesthetic / Doug … Continue reading →

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Shapes

Posted on August 6, 2017 by things magazine

Google Street View photography discovered and presented by Jacqui Kenny (via Metafilter). Related, the Streetview Landscapes of Aaron Hobson (also via MeFi) / portraits of Trellick Tower residents by Nicola Muirhead / more architectural photography: Spaceships by Lars Stieger (via … Continue reading →

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Mystery jets

Posted on July 6, 2017 by things magazine

Benedict Redgrove documents NASA’s next generation rocket launcher / the exceptionally pretty Effeffe Berlinetta / Wreck, a sculpture by Jordan Griska / Unbuilt Liverpool / Shard apartments remain unsold. But wait / strangely intrigued by private islands / sort of … Continue reading →

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Slightly more sombre

Posted on June 28, 2017 by things magazine

We meant to link to this a few weeks ago, but then tower blocks burned and in the immediate aftermath it seemed a bit too raw. But it’s at least heartening that K+C’s new MP – a noted design writer … Continue reading →

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Pixels

Posted on June 21, 2017 by things magazine

Rómulo Celdrán, HI RES (via tmn). See also United Nude’s lo-res Lamborghini / vaguely related, Raphael Fabre’s CGI portrait ID / also vaguely related, Lego architecture by Sean Kenney / Cook’s Camden, a new book on modern housing in the … Continue reading →

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Hiding in plain sight

Posted on June 19, 2017 by things magazine

A critique of Apple Park, which is then given its own critique at Dezeen. The take-away: is a big, bespoke office building a good use of the world’s resources? / Lesbian Separatist Cottage Fantasy, occasionally quite nsfw – a sort … Continue reading →

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Bricks, snaps, clips and cupcakes

Posted on June 5, 2017 by things magazine

How Lego clicked: the super brand that reinvented itself / ooh, Monument Valley 2 / Tallulah Fontaine, a tumblr / photography by Frank Herfort / photography by Georg Aerni / on Brutalism, a story in the Washington Post / Commoditised … Continue reading →

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