Back to Disneyland. When Walt Disney was designing the theme park based on the animations he created, he wanted the place to be bigger and better than real life. It would be a land of fantasy. To that end, he had the designers design the castle at the entry to the park to LOOK BIGGER […]
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Adorable Adobe
Do you know what adobe is? It is a building material that is as old as the hills (not sure what the means) except that adobe has been around for many centuries and it is made of earth (like the hills). It starts out as earth. Earth that is not too wet and yet not […]
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A Tower Named Camp
We love this Danish tower so much. And we hope to be able to visit it someday and climb, climb, climb up to the top and look out in the forest. I mean, who wouldn’t want to go there, to Haslev, Denmark, and visit a 900 meter boardwalk connected to a 45 meter tall observation […]
Cover Up!
Ghanaian artist, Ibrahim Mahama covers up buildings in a most interesting way. The artist takes sacks made of jute, also called hessian sacks, that are commonplace in his native country, Ghana. Artist Mahama has collected a zillion of the sacks and then proceeded to sew them together and completely cover up buildings with the material. […]
Girih Tiles and Strapwork
A Short Booklet about How to Become an Architect
The booklet was created for the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust in England. It seems to be a valuable opportunity to mention to tell you about Stephen Lawrence. He was aspiring to possibly be an architect, but he was killed in an unprovoked racist attack. Stephen was only 18 years old. The murder occurred in 1993 […]
Recovered History
Something to Build While at Home
Forts from Sweden
While you are stuck at home, perhaps you want to create a new space. You can build some kind of fort. All you need is a sheet or blanket and some chairs or tables and your BIG ideas. If you have some string lights, perhaps some clips or clothespins, the possibilities are endless. The huge […]