boredandtired:

El arquitecto Affonso Eduardo Reidy subiendo la escalera de acceso al Museum of Modern Art de Río De Janeiro durante su construcción en 1953. (via)

How the Pyramids in Egypt really look like…

(via boredandtired)

untitled by davidboysoncooper on Flickr.

Amazing photo

Amazing Light

(Source: furys, via urbnist)

thiscitylife:

I was having dinner with my girlfriends one Friday night a few weeks ago and we got into a conversation about the ideal place to live. In a city like Vancouver, where houses that look like crack shacks can sell for over a million dollars, citizens often have to make sacrifices – ultimately…

Sunrise

publicdesignfestival:

Ciudades Paralelas is a mobile festival created by Lola Arias and Stefan Kaegi that turns libraries, factories and other ordinary spaces into stages for performances and urban interventions. It takes place in the cities of Berlin, Buenos Aires, Warsaw and Zurich.

urbalize:

New York City officials broke ground on Phase 1 of the new Governors Island Park. The first two built sections will be Hammock Grove, and Liggett Terrace.

urbanistin:

One of the nicest interventions I have seen!

flashmob in the Copenhagen Metro. Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra playing Peer Gynt.

(via urbanfunscape)

Converting construction sites into canvases

citybreaths:

Converting construction sites into canvases

Brazilian communication agency Ginga convinced the country’s largest construction company to have murals created on its property, resulting in over 4000 sqm of urban canvas over 8 cities. It’s a nice video and although some of the text is too advertisey to me, it is a great way for a company to work on its visual identity. And I think covering construction sites with art is beneficial to how you experience a city.

Sections

(Source: stargods, via lebeskie)

publicdesignfestival:

Untitled #158 is the new architectural sculpture by Aeneas Wilder, where passers-by can observe the surrounding landscape and undergo a contemplative experience. The round construction offers a 360º view and is aligned with uniform vertical wooden slats. The installation is part of pit, the project of Z33 - house for contemporary art that brings artworks in public spaces of Limburg district (Belgium).

Photos by Kristof Vrancken - All rights reserved.

untitled by coolhandluke on Flickr.

Portugal

I love hand drawing and sketch. It has a certain feeling that computer renders can’t show. 

(Source: fabriciomora, via architecturesketch)