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How to Build a Home that Lasts a Thousand Years
https://wrathofgnon.substack.com/p/how-to-build-a-home-that-lasts-a • 4 min
Tradition in the building arts explained the long way around, in three easy to remember rules.
Making architecture easy
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/making-architecture-easy • 18+ min
Unlike nearly all other arts, architecture is inherently public and shared. That means that buildings should be designed to be agreeable – easy to like – not to be unpopular works of genius.
What is ‘Gothic’? It’s more complicated than you think.
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/02/what-is-gothic-its-more-complicated-than-you-think • 1 min
Hidden in the architecture of some of the world’s most famous buildings is a cultural exchange between Europe and the Middle East.
Give Us Something to Look At
https://theamericanscholar.org/give-us-something-to-look-at • 17+ min
Why ornament matters in architecture
How to build neighborhoods we actually like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_oZVVS2nVk
The city is too packed. The suburbs are too isolated. How do we build neighborhoods we actually like?Subscribe to Freethink on YouTube ► https://freeth.ink/y...
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What Ever Happened to the Tiny House Movement?
https://www.wired.com/story/what-ever-happened-to-the-tiny-house-movement
Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic.
We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Stood The Test of Time
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-why-ancient-roman-concrete-stood-the-test-of-time • 3 min
The ancient Romans were master builders and engineers, perhaps most famously represented by the still-functional aqueducts.
In Praise of the Pointless ❧ Current Affairs
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/11/in-praise-of-the-pointless • 6 min
Not everything should have to prove its market worth. We need places that serve no utilitarian function and exist only to be interesting.
Concrete Built The Modern World. Now It’s Destroying It.
https://www.noemamag.com/concrete-built-the-modern-world-now-its-destroying-it • 20+ min
A growing chorus of architects argue we have to build differently with concrete — which contributes to global warming and environmental destruction on a scale that’s hard to fathom — or perhaps…
The asbestos times
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-asbestos-times • 10 min
Asbestos was a miracle material, virtually impervious to fire. But as we fixed city fires in other ways, we came to learn about its horrific downsides.
Real Estate's Hidden AI Revolution
https://nfx.com/post/ai-revolution-proptech • 11+ min
AI is optimizing a fragmented real estate production chain from planning to property management. It's initiating a productivity cascade.
The Most Popular Interior Design and Decorating Styles
https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/interior-design-styles-267905 • 7 min
An interior design dictionary, if you will.
A rebel spirit and an artist’s eye: Russell Page’s landscape design
https://aeon.co/essays/a-rebel-spirit-and-an-artists-eye-russell-pages-landscape-design
In an era of 20th-century suburban sprawl, the great designer Russell Page infused soulful philosophy into his gardens