Author: Marcus Trimble

Bustler has a complete listing with images of the winners of the NSW Australian Institute of Architects awards.

Chicago’s Sears Tower is to undergo a $350m green renovation with roof gardens, wind turbines and solar panels joining the pair of antennas atop the 110-storey skyscraper. The project could reduce the tower’s electricity use by 80% and save 24 million gallons of water a year. The Guardian

If you were a fan of Hollywood Squares or the Brady Bunch grid then you will love the Human Calender. Thanks Julie.

Handmade Fonts including types crafted from plywood, feathers, Lego, caviar, toast, iced cranberries, waffles, cheese  and hair.

Xárene Eskandar is logging the Iranian protests on a Google Maps page each day as they are reported.  Events are tracked by the hour showing movement of  special forces vans and helicopters as well as reports of gunshots. via Wired

Gilbert and George talk frankly with the Guardian on the eve of their new exhibition Jack Freak Pictures at White Cube.  “We used to have a stove, but it was taken away.” Why? “Because it wastes so much time, shopping and washing up, disposing of waste. We keep our brains for the more important things.…