What inspires us: Architecture
The ideas that have grabbed our attention today

San Rocco is an upcoming architecture magazine with a really interesting approach to graphic design. I can’t wait for the first issue.

Frank Gehry will be speaking this Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Pratt.

Frank Gehry to Speak at Pratt Institute on Architecture and Beauty | ArchDaily.

I recently came across the most stunning technical detail drawings in “Graphic Anatomy” by Atelier Bow-wow. The merging of graphics with technical information is mind-blowing.  Highly recommended for the bookshelf of anyone who loves architectural details.

P.S. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-wow will be lecturing at Cooper Union November 3.

Architects are designing in the communities they live in around the world. Though they bring technical expertise to the work, they often lack community development skills that are important to effecting change on the ground. Now is the time to begin training architects to become community developers and leaders. At Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! we will share the tools and knowledge needed to bring architects to the decision-making table.

via Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! | Architecture for Humanity.

These designer CFL’s are pretty cool. You can now have exposed CFL’s instead of incandescent bulbs without it looking like a mistake.

The Plumen Project.

What can I say, I’m a sucker for faceted interiors.

New Kyoto Town House par Alphaville | REFLEXDECO.

This is by far the most interesting use of light track I’ve ever seen.

UNstudio: loft in new york.

5 Beekman St

Scouting New York is a blog run by a film location scout. He manages to find the most amazing, unexpected places, all over the city–for example, this abandoned office building next to City Hall, with the most impressive atrium in New York.

The Abandoned Palace On Beekman Street « Scouting NY.