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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Lots O' Links

'Tis the season for an overflowing inbox with links to share:
  • An Atlas of Radical Cartography :: "A collection of 10 maps and 10 essays about social issues from globalization to garbage; surveillance to extraordinary rendition; statelessness to visibility; deportation to migration."
  • 2007-8 Franzen Lecture on Architecture and the Environment :: "An annual invited lecture by an international figure whose work has significant implications for understanding and reconceiving the relationship between architecture and the environment, will be delivered by Shigeru Ban," in Cooper Union's Great Hall on Tuesday, January 22 at 7pm.
  • useful + agreeable house :: Now's your chance to purchase a pre-designed house by "world-renowned architect", Neil M. Denari. Yes, you too can live in an "ergonomic world."
  • Willa's Wonderland :: LOOM Studio's urban intervention for the Atlanta Beltline, described in comic book form with 11-year-old Willa. Part of re/constructing atlanta exhibition.
  • White House Redux :: An international ideas competition that asks, "What if the White House, the ultimate architectural symbol of political power, were to be designed today?"
  • weeHouse :: A prefab house that's small in size and price, by Alchemy Architects.
  • NYSCA Grants :: Deadline is March 1 for grants that include an architecture, planning & design program.
  • Architecture | Patent Room :: Architectural drawings and building designs found in patents from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s, with new building designs added regularly.(via MUG)
  • Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum :: Zaha wins another competition and makes more headlines. (Thanks to Nate for the head's up!)
  • Hugh Ferris Drawings :: Drawings from the Avery Collection generously shared by kosmograd.
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