• Nicolai Ourousoff reviews the Hammer Museum’s exhibition “Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner,” and suggests that the show ‘makes a strong case that Lautner’s role in forging that architectural legacy has been curiously underestimated.’ NYT Article. Slideshow. 

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• The category shortlists have been announced for the World Architecture Festival Awards. 

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• “Only an Idiot Would Have Said No” An interview with Jacques Herzog on working on their stadium in China.  

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• Unnecessary Knowledge: For example: “There is 293 different ways to give back change on a dollar.” Via  

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• From the vaults — Antoinette’s recent skirmishes with Microstation reminded me of the good old days of looking busy at BVN. 

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• Is Not Magazine — A Melbourne publication where each issue is the size of a bill poster that is then glued up on walls around the city “and is, among other things, an experiment in publishing real content where people expect to find advertising.” 

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• The Eamespunk Manifesto. What if the steampunkers had better taste? Via Archinect. 

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• Added: Zip Zip lego USB sticks. Via The Design Files 

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• Want: Naolab’s Charger Frame. 

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• Silica Boy — I just discovered this intriguing essay by Archinect editor Orhan Ayyuce on voyuerism and transparency.  

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• Recently added to the SC Library:
  Pamphlet Architecture 1-10 — Nice. Now please release 11-20.
  Blue Monday: Stories of Absurd Realities and Natural Philosophies — I have been meaning to pick this up for a while and looking forward to getting stuck into it.  

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• Kenneth Chang on the science of glass. ‘It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottom because glass is a slow-moving liquid that flows downward over centuries. Well known, but wrong’. IHT. 

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• Starbucks is closing 72% (61 of 84) of its Australian stores. There are coffee shops opening all over the place here, so it is good to see Australians are a discerning drinkers. 

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• Inanimate Objects With Blogs: Restorefront for Art and Architecture. Documenting the restoration of the hingey walled one. Previously. 

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• From The Independents’ suggestions for the 10 best alarm clocks #7 is the coolest. 

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• NYT on home energy monitoring devices.  

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• Arup’s Chris Caroll on the structural design of the CCTV Headquarters. bdonline.
   

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• The Guardiuan tours the creations of Mexican architect Javier Senosiain. ‘Aside from Casa Nautilus and the flower house, Senosiain’s zany, organic constructions include houses that replicate a whale, a mythical plumed serpent and a shark. All are in the same area in Mexico City, and he keeps a close eye on his creations, living in the shark and renting out the rest.’ 

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• Tate v Moma The Guardian. 

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• Like: The Kielder Observatory by Charles Barclay Architects. 

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• Bruce Mau has redesigned his website since my last visit and included new projects. 

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• Login 2030 “A look at how infomatic networks may re-orientate a different sense of urban, the city, architecture and information. An alternative blueprint for what Sydney 2030 could be.” Some interesting propositions in here, including the integration of alternate reality games into the city, surveillance, and exploitable glitches in systems.  

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• The cover of the 75th anniversary issue of Esquire magazine will have embedded flashing text. This prototype, using e-ink, although rudimentary paves the way for video content incorporated into printed material.  

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