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not sure exactly what the article says, but i like where it’s going….

the photos of  j henry fair

Renzo Piano’s masterstroke of design lies in making the park’s environment such a visible part of the building

itself. The rooftop’s seven undulating green hillocks pay homage to the iconic topography of San Francisco

and blurs the boundary between building and parkland.

Agro-housing, the winning design for construction in China, blends urban and rural living by creating vertical

greenhouse space within high-rise apartments. Designed by Knafo Klimor Architects, the Agro-housing concept

allows tenants to produce their own food, reducing commuting needs and providing a green neighbourhood.

unlikely producers, vbs.tv (read: vice magazine), create a compelling webisode about the plastic that is floating

in the currents of the pacific, and the ramifications of bisphenal A (the main chemical in plastics) on the human

body. read more about charles moore and the plastics issue here.

since i’m working with the google maps API for a project right now, i’ve been searching around the net for

inspiring uses….. this one i found more disturbing than inspiring.

this is a neat little number for a city getaway…..

not only is their store, packaging, website and fragrances world class, but now le labo will refill your old

bottles and put a new label on them.

intense landscapes.

SCI-Arc MediaSCAPES is a one year, three semester non-professional M.Arch degree program.  Sounds like

an interesting program which finally takes into account the span of technology in the core teachings.