a collection of breathtaking subterranean temples decorated in several motifs stressing peaceful human collaboration. The Temples are nestled in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 48km from the ancient city of Turin
Tag: architecture
Going Agro
a combination of housing and urban agriculture. There’s an apartment tower in which people live. Then there’s a multi-story greenhouse that sits in the middle of the building where fruits, vegetables, spices, and flowers will grow.
how awesome is that?
Lebbeus Woods
Unlike the past decades, the present moment is lacking in architectural discourse, generally. In particular, there is an absence of criticism of works and ideas, except in terms of efficiency, and that is not good enough.
Urban Noise Generation
Some of the “surprisingly agreeable” sounds discovered thus far include “car tires on wet, bumpy asphalt, the distant roar of a motorway flyover, the rumble of an overground train and the thud of heavy bass heard on the street outside a nightclub.”
Wonders of the World
Mary Beard is a Professor of Classics at Cambridge University. She also writes a blog called A Don’s Life, and she is the editor of an excellent new series of books, The Wonders of the World. The latter is “a small series of books that will focus on some of the world’s most famous sites or monuments.”
A few notable titles in that series include Mary Beard’s own book about The Parthenon; her collaboration with Keith Hopkins for The Colosseum; Cathy Gere’s extraordinary look at The Tomb of Agamemnon (previously discussed on BLDGBLOG here); and many others, including books about Westminster Abbey, The Temple of Jerusalem, and The Alhambra, with other titles ranging from the birth of Egyptology to the history of British railways and the First World War.
on books for the “intelligent ignorant”. the series sounds like a must-read
Eryn Free Spirit Spheres
spherical tree houses. the interior looks pretty crappy though, like an RV.
Drains of Canada
Despite its subject matter, however, Vanishing Point is more than just another website about urban exploration. Cook’s accounts of his journeys into the subterranean civic infrastructure of Canada and northern New York State – and into those regions’ warehouses, factories, and crumbling hospitals – often include plans, elevations, and the odd historical photograph showing the sites under construction.
urban exploration at its finest
Welcome to my squash cave
Many of London’s most financially advantaged residents, including oil tycoons and Indian steel magnates, have been “seeking permission to excavate under the garden… making space for a 3-story garage with car stacker, a swimming pool, a gym and a private home cinema.” There are even “walk-in showers with waterproof television screens and glass walls that turn opaque with the press of a button, and cost £1000 / m2.”
if they keep their mac mansions underground more power to them. at least it does not contribute to sprawl.
KML Walkthroughs
KML meets architecture. now they only need to upload them to the 3d warehouse
Underground city
Manhattan will be gone, Los Angeles gone, Cape Canaveral flooded and covered with seaweed, London dissolving into post-Britannic muck, the Great Wall of China merely an undetectable line of minerals blowing across an abandoned landscape – but there, beneath the porous surface of Turkey, carved directly into tuff, there will still be underground cities.
truly a wonder of the world. glimpses at things like cappadocia really make you wonder what was going on in ancient times. it often feels like we got the sanitized version, the kids stuff.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 