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6 votes
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Mini Stories: Volume 6
3 votes -
How we lost our ambitions for the tech-enabled home
16 votes -
'Will I have existed?' The unprecedented plan to move an Arctic city.
14 votes -
What should America do with its empty church buildings?
13 votes -
Point of view matters: The scourge of modelitis
9 votes -
A 23-year-old designer has won a top £50,000 ($64,385) prize after creating a low-cost bamboo housing unit to address the Philippines' slum crisis
8 votes -
The all-white house: Where did the trend come from and will it last?
7 votes -
Bursts of stylized flowers by ‘Ouizi’ transform buildings into floral canvases
4 votes -
"Brian Eno's ideas have unexpected resonance for architecture"
5 votes -
Thirteen overlooked and forgotten murals of San Francisco
3 votes -
Robert and Virginia Heinlein's Colorado Springs House
6 votes -
Desire paths: The illicit trails that defy the urban planners
23 votes -
The tallest mural in the southern hemisphere is on a Melbourne commission flat
5 votes -
From skyscraper to 'plyscraper': The towering potential of timber
6 votes -
An inversion of nature: How air conditioning created the modern city
3 votes -
Famous Landmarks, Before They Were Finished
4 votes -
Books about social housing & architecture
I read the book 'Municipal Dreams' a few weeks ago and really enjoyed the history of social housing presented in it. I picked up 'Living in Cities' by Ralph Tubbs which is like a modernist new...
I read the book 'Municipal Dreams' a few weeks ago and really enjoyed the history of social housing presented in it. I picked up 'Living in Cities' by Ralph Tubbs which is like a modernist new town pamphlet style book about the futures of cities & towns. I also have 'Post-Modern Buildings in Britain' which is quite nice for a flip through and some history of these buildings.
I'd definitely reccomend Municipal Dreams for anyone even slightly intrested in UK social housing (and more) and I think the way it is presented is really nice.
I was wondering if anyone knew any particularly good books about architecture (specifically about social housing's architecture), I realise this is quite hard as little has been recorded around some of this stuff.
Further any books surrounding modernist ideals that lead to this would be nice to discuss as well as I've not seen much in the way of primary sources here.
8 votes -
'Beacon of culture': West Bank's £16m arts centre opens against huge odds
4 votes -
Pre-fabricated timber system to enable modern, self-built homes
2 votes -
A visit to Peterborough cathedral
14 votes -
Inside the mesmerising bicycle parking garage in Utrecht
15 votes