Author: Marcus Trimble

Alvaro Siza talks to bdonline on the eve of receiving the RIBA Gold Medal.

You can apply here to occupy the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of Antony Gormley’s One & Other project.  A different person will occupy the plinth for one hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days to create a portrait of the 21st century UK.  Read more at The Guardian.

Twitter. I am there, if you are into that kind of thing.

Tabbloid takes RSS feeds that you specify and turns them into PDF files that are then emailed to you on a daily or weekly basis. A quick test revealed a nicely set out document that works best with longer format, text heavy entries. It is sponsored by HP so, I guess they are looking for…

POST is a new architecture journal out of Melbourne. “POST aims to represent multiple attitudes towards architecture from inhabitant through to practitioner; architect, developer, builder, artist, interior designer, writer etc.” PDFs of the first two issues are available for download.

Toyota is looking to build an ultralight hybrid with a bioplastic body made from seaweed within 15 years.  Wired