Paper Bits

Jun 30

“If you’re someone who can’t drive, like I can’t, you find a lot of American cities are not just difficult, but really quite strange.”

China Miéville in an interview with BLDGBLOG, Unsolving the City. (via blech)

I remember the day I realized that a friend who grew up in Brooklyn not only didn’t have a driver’s license, but didn’t know how to drive at all, and probably never would.

Surprise, tinged by envy, followed by a moment of seeing the world in a different way.

(via iamdanw)

Dec 10

BLDGBLOG: Air Hive

[H]ives of 3D-printed sand as a way of generating thermally advantageous microclimates in the city

Oct 26

Cheek by Jowl - High Street - Archigram Archival Project

“The FLESH of the buildings can be pricked and pummeled.” Thank you, Matt for introducing me to archigram.

The Archigram Archival Project makes the work of the seminal architectural group Archigram available free online for public viewing and academic study. The project was run by EXP, an architectural research group at the University of Westminster. It was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and made possible by the members of Archigram and their heirs, who retain copyright of all images.