January 2011
64 posts
SPACES OF FOOD #5: MADEIRA ODORLESS FISH MARKET... →
[Image: From the Madeira Odorless Fish Market by Lik San Chan]. The first is the Madeira Odorless Fish Market, from 2006. Camara de Lobos, Madeira, Chan explains, “is a fishing village located 10km west of the capital, Funchal. The fishing community is quickly dwindling into poverty as Funchal provides its own facilities for fish vending businesses. Camara de Lobos remains the only place in...
NEST FACTORY →
[Image: A swiftlet nesting house in Thailand; photo by Alexander S. Heitkamp, courtesy of Wikipedia]. “This drab, windowless concrete facade does not conceal an electricity substation, data servers, or a high security detention center,” Nicola Twilley writes over at GOOD. It is, instead, a living birds’ nest factory, an emerging building type that has “spread across...
The decay of Lisbon
citybreaths:
When you think of Lisbon, you think of the sunny weather and you see the picturesque neighbourhoods with their labyrinthic street patterns and the beautiful monuments reminding you of the riches from the age of discovery. Of course, it’s all there. But the city is falling apart. And it’s amazing.
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CITY BREATHS: Farming the city →
CITIES has organized an exhibition in Amsterdam, showing local and international examples of urban agriculture projects. The exhibition serves as an inspiration to municipality officials, architects, farmers, designers, engineers, academics, artists and legal experts participating in a…
Urban Pioneers in the 60's: Back to the city
citybreaths:
Interesting piece in the New York Times. It tells the story of people settling in New York in the late 60’s when cities were considered to be dying. The article nicely illustrates the life cycle of urban environments and how pioneers are needed to trigger gentrification.
CITY BREATHS: Telly Savalas and the redevelopment... →
citybreaths:
Accompanying this video.
During the 1960s and 1970s most British city centres of considerable size underwent major redevelopments in order to make way for office space, shopping centres and growing numbers of automobiles. Centralization was the keyword, and cars were to play a…
The Nazis and US are gone, but the devil stays →
citybreaths:
Check out my contribution to Failed Architecture about Teufelsberg (Devil’s Mountain). Failed Architecture is a blog by the Amsterdam based office for cultural innovation Non-Fiction.
Plastique Fantastique - Temporary Inflatable Space
citybreaths:
Raumlabor in Duisburg, courtesy of Plastique Fantastique I’ve written a short piece about the renowned Plastique Fantastique studio for CITIES The Magazine.
Abandoned Bunkers →
'The Stables' Refab Fire Station →
‘The Stables’ is an old fire station in Richmond, Victoria that has been re-fabricated into a modern home. The space exposes many of the original brick walls that stand out in strong contrast to the white ceilings and wood floor. The home is currently for sale if you’re in the market for a place in the Richmond, VC area.
blackv asked: Loving your inspirational blog! I am a building lover too (especially if they are very old and industrial)! Thank you for following and inspiring!
polis: The use of old buildings, 50 years later →
Jane Jacobs’s iconic Death & Life of Great American Cities remains one of the most read and influential texts in urban studies, now 50 years after publication. Surely this year will see numerous celebrations in honor of its 50th birthday, with tributes galore as to how the book helped turn around the seat tide of high modernism, urban renewal and other anti-urban activities that...
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: an Urban History →