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  1. “The Most Awesome Building in The Universe”

    http://lifewithoutbuildings.net/2008/11/the-most-awesome-building-in-the-universe.html

    [image via ABC] In Monday night’s episode of How I Met You Mother, main character Ted Mosby Architect is competing against “Swedish architecture collective” Sven for a Manhattan high rise commission. …

    2 days ago
  2. A Crisis of Conscience and Containers

    http://lifewithoutbuildings.net/2008/11/a-crisis-of-conscience-and-containers.html

    In the wake up the economic, housing, and automaker crises, we find ourselves in he midst of a new global dilemma — enter: The Shipping Container Crisis. Yes, The Shipping Container Crisis. An NPR piece describes the ready-for-cinema story of complex personal relationships and interweaving lives …

    4 days ago
  3. Barack Obama: First Architect

    http://lifewithoutbuildings.net/2008/11/barack-obama-first-architect.html

    Some architecturally relevant little-known-facts about President-elect Barack Obama, courtesy the Daily Telegraph: He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician His house in Chicago has four fire places He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso So there you go. …

    10 days ago
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    Day Around the Bay

    http://sfist.com/2008/11/19/day_around_the_bay_97.php

    "I gave you a hand job on CalTrain - w4m - 58" [Craigslist, via annagaz]The difference between the Bart extension could come down to less than a dozen votes. [LA Times]How I Met Your Mother and Eurotrash architects. [Life Without Buildings]

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    The Most Awesome Building in The Universe

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    “The Most Awesome Building in The Universe.”

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    links for 2008-11-15

    http://thegovernance.com/?p=157

    Here’s what happens when you look for truth: Life Without Buildings Interviews Charlie Kaufman : Life Without Buildings

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    Worlds within worlds

    http://www.thingsmagazine.net/2008/11/worlds-within-worlds.h...

    , when Leger was clearly all the rage. * A fine exposition on several contemporary topics, Who Stole My Volcano? Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dematerialisation of Supervillain Architecture / we missed this: Life Without Buildings interviews Charlie Kaufman, on the occasion of the release of Synecdoche, New York, a film about a world within a world (rather than a film within a film, the original meta digression that denoted a knowing post-modern treatment).

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    The New York MiNute by MiN.com. Style. Trends. Fashion. Travel. Design. Make your MiNutes count!

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    56 Leonard Street

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    no paran. Ahora que el estadio olímpico de Beijing ha sido terminado, inaugurado, evacuado, limpiado, utilizado como símbolo de poder Chino, protagonista de un documental ( además de un comercial de coca cola) e incluso impreso en ediciones especiales de billetes de 10 yuans (reemplazando la figura de Mao Tse-tung), estos arquitectos Suizos han decidido comenzar la construcción de una torre más para uso habitacional que se unirá a la colección de rascacielos que definen el paisaje noeyorkino.

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    Hello Beautiful!

    http://edwardlifson.blogspot.com

    • Were he not a politician, he would have liked to have been an architect! - According to The Telegraph (U.K.) (" Life without Buildings" photoshopped that photo and linked to the story.) • His favorite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville • His favorite artist is Pablo Picasso • His favorite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees

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    Yes We Can Do Your Renovation: What President-elect Barack Obama would look...

    http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/11/yes_we_can_do_your_ren...

    What President-elect Barack Obama would look like if he'd gone with his second choice of a career and decided to become an architect. [Life Without Buildings]

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